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- pronunciation:
- ih
va
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tihv
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
tending to or able to evoke.
The smell of wood smoke in the chill air was evocative of childhood Christmases.- similar words:
- expressive, suggestive, vivid
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| derivations: |
evocatively (adv.), evocativeness (n.) |
The word evocative
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
educate, eject, elaborate, elect, eligible, eloquent, elude, emancipate, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emit, enormous, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, event, evict, evident, evolution, evolve
voc, -voke
Latin
root
that means voice, to call
Example words:
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