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affricative
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n 1: a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a
fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair'
and `j' in `joy') [syn: affricate, affricate consonant,
affricative]
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indicative
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adj 1: relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in
declarative statements; "indicative mood" [syn:
indicative, declarative]
2: (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly;
"actions indicative of fear" [syn: indicative,
indicatory, revelatory, significative, suggestive]
n 1: a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or
state as an objective fact [syn: indicative mood,
indicative, declarative mood, declarative, common
mood, fact mood]
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locative
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n 1: the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the
place of the state or action denoted by the verb [syn:
locative role, locative]
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meditative
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adj 1: deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only
in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic
hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";
[syn: brooding, broody, contemplative,
meditative, musing, pensive, pondering,
reflective, ruminative]
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multiplicative
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adj 1: tending or having the power to multiply or increase in
number or quantity or degree; "the multiplicative
tendency of proportional representation"
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negative
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adj 1: characterized by or displaying negation or denial or
opposition or resistance; having no positive features; "a
negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative
personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative
reaction to an advertising campaign" [ant: neutral,
positive]
2: expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
[ant: affirmative, affirmatory]
3: having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant; "ran a
negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative
outlook on life"
4: not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a
specific condition; "the HIV test was negative" [syn:
negative, disconfirming] [ant: confirming, positive]
5: reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as
positive; "negative interest rates" [ant: positive]
6: less than zero; "a negative number"
7: designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive
or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism" [syn:
damaging, negative]
8: having a negative charge; "electrons are negative" [syn:
negative, electronegative, negatively charged]
9: involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors"
[syn: minus, negative]
n 1: a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative" [ant:
affirmative]
2: a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and
shade or colors reversed
v 1: vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The
President vetoed the bill" [syn: veto, blackball,
negative]
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predicative
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adj 1: of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the
predicate of a sentence; "`red' is a predicative
adjective in `the apple is red'" [ant: attributive,
prenominal]
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prerogative
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n 1: a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or
group (especially a hereditary or official right);
"suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males" [syn:
prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive
right]
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preventative
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adj 1: tending to prevent or hinder [syn: preventive,
preventative] [ant: permissive]
2: preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease;
"preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a
prophylactic drug" [syn: preventive, preventative,
prophylactic]
n 1: remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or
disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
[syn: preventive, preventative, prophylactic]
2: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn:
hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive,
preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference]
3: an agent or device intended to prevent conception [syn:
contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive
device, prophylactic device, birth control device]
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probative
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adj 1: tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade
you of the truth of an allegation; "evidence should only
be excluded if its probative value was outweighed by its
prejudicial effect" [syn: probative, probatory]
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prohibitive
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adj 1: tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price
was prohibitive" [syn: prohibitive, prohibitory]
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provocative
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adj 1: serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate;
stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; "a
provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative
Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony
Trollope [ant: unprovocative, unprovoking]
2: exciting sexual desire; "her gestures and postures became
more wanton and provocative"
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purgative
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adj 1: strongly laxative [syn: cathartic, evacuant,
purgative]
n 1: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
[syn: purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient]
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putative
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adj 1: purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on
inconclusive grounds; "the foundling's putative father";
"the putative author of the book"
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rehabilitative
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adj 1: designed to accomplish rehabilitation; "from a penal to a
rehabilitative philosophy"- J.B.Costello; "rehabilitative
treatment" [ant: punitive, punitory]
2: helping to restore to good condition; "reconstructive
surgery"; "rehabilitative exercises" [syn: reconstructive,
rehabilitative]
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repetitive
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adj 1: repetitive and persistent; "the bluejay's insistent cry"
[syn: insistent, repetitive]
2: characterized by repetition; "repetitive movement" [syn:
repetitive, repetitious] [ant: nonrepetitive]
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representative
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adj 1: serving to represent or typify; "representative
moviegoers"; "a representative modern play"
2: standing for something else; "the bald eagle is
representative of the United States" [ant:
nonrepresentative, unsymbolic]
3: being or characteristic of government by representation in
which citizens exercise power through elected officers and
representatives; "representative government as defined by
Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people,
for the people"
n 1: a person who represents others
2: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;
"the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major
organs of government" [syn: spokesperson, interpreter,
representative, voice]
3: a member of the United States House of Representatives [syn:
congressman, congresswoman, representative]
4: an item of information that is typical of a class or group;
"this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome";
"there is an example on page 10" [syn: example,
illustration, instance, representative]
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irritative
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adj 1: (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or
excite; "an irritative agent" [syn: irritating,
irritative]
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siccative
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n 1: a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide
absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) [syn:
desiccant, drying agent, drier, siccative]
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limitative
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misrepresentative
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nuncupative
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participative
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portative
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reduplicative
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entitative
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irrigative
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perturbative
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presentative
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denudative
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