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provocative

How many syllables in provocative?

  4 syllables

Divide provocative into syllables:   pro-voc-a-tive
How to pronounce provocative:   pruh-vok-uh-tiv
How to say provocative:

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      What rhymes with provocative

      4 syllables
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