admonitory
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ɪˌtɔr adjective
tending or serving to admonish; warning: an admonitory gesture.
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admonish (ədˈmɒnɪʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to reprove firmly but not harshly |
| 2. | to advise to do or against doing something; warn; caution |
| [C14: via Old French from Vulgar Latin admonestāre (unattested), from Latin admonēre to put one in mind of, from monēre to advise] | |
| ad'monisher | |
| —n | |
| ad'monitor | |
| —n | |
| admonition | |
| —n | |
| ad'monitory | |
| —adj | |
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Admonitory
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is fulmination. Does it mean:
| violent denunciation or censure |
| to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate: |
Example sentences
The statute is in three parts: the preamble, the enacting clause, and a final admonitory paragraph.
The look on his face is wary, distancing, maybe a little admonitory.
Later studies have modified the contrast, but have never entirely abandoned making invidious and admonitory comparisons.
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