GRE vocabulary
Pliancy
The quality of being easily bent or flexible; the quality of being easily influenced.
Example
"The pliancy of the willow branches allowed them to sway gracefully in the wind without breaking."
Etymology
From Old French plier 'to bend', from Latin plicare 'to fold'.
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