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provocative adjective aggravating, alluring, arousing, attractive, bellicose, captivating, challenging, defiant, desirable, electric, electrifying, enchanting, exasperating, exciting, galling, galvanic, galvanical, grating, inciting, inflaming, inflammatory, influential, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, invidious, inviting, irksome, irresistible, irritating, motivating, piquant, provoking, ravishing, seductive, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, suggestive, tantalizing, tempting, thrilling, titillating, urgent, vexatious, vexing See also: catalyst, impertinent, incentive, inducement, insolent, invitation, moving, offensive, persuasive, presumptuous, provocation, salacious, sapid, suggestive, vexatious How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| There is a refreshing simple charm and provocativeness to many of these narratives that is perhaps a result of simply not being overwrought by academic rhetoric and formal writing training. But the Rorschach-like provocativeness of the image that may or may not appear is less the point than the apparent rapidity with which the marks were made. Responsibility of a rape victim in relation to her respectability, attractiveness, and provocativeness. |
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