All 5 Uses of
provoke
in
Atlas Shrugged
- Very stimulating and thought-provoking.†
Chpt 1.3 *provoking = causing (a reaction)
- The vase was a solid, dark green stone carved into plain surfaces; the texture of its smooth curves provoked an irresistible desire to touch it.†
Chpt 1.4provoked = caused (a reaction)
- We provoked family quarrels, to get somebody's relatives thrown out.†
Chpt 2.10
- He had thrown dollars about by the hundredsat that party he had given today-for unfinished drinks, for uneaten delicacies, for unprovoked tips and unexpected whims, for a long distance phone call to Argentina because one of the guests had wanted to check the exact version of a smutty story he had started telling, for the spur of any moment, for the clammy stupor of knowing that it was easier to pay than to think.†
Chpt 3.4unprovoked = not justified or explained as an understandable reaction to another actionstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unprovoked means not and reverses the meaning of provoked. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- The unconventional speech, which some of you might have heard on the radio last night, was a thought-provoking contribution to our pool of ideas on world problems.†
Chpt 3.8provoking = causing (a reaction)
Definition:
to cause a reaction — often an emotional reaction like anger, and sometimes done on purpose