Vocabulary Word
Word: substantive
Definition: substantial; essential; pertaining to the substance; substantial; considerable; Ex. substantive issues
Definition: substantial; essential; pertaining to the substance; substantial; considerable; Ex. substantive issues
Sentences Containing 'substantive'
The Albino is as well made as other men--has no substantive deformity--and yet this mere aspect of all-pervading whiteness makes him more strangely hideous than the ugliest abortion.
More Vocab Words
::: solitude - state of being alone; seclusion; ADJ. solitary: existing or living alone (esp. by choice); remote or secluded; single; sole; Ex. solitary life/inn; Ex. no solitary piece of proof::: supposition - assumption; hypothesis; surmise; V. suppose
::: generic - characteristic of an entire class or species; of a genus
::: juncture - crisis; point in time; joining point; joint; act of joining
::: pigment - coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil)
::: bookish - fond of books and reading
::: unsullied - untarnished; CF. sully
::: rubric - title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol
::: exegesis - explanation, especially of biblical(of the bible) passages
::: visage - face; appearance
