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Relative
  1. estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger"
  2. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production"
  3. an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
  4. a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
Relational
  1. having a relation or being related
Receptive
  1. able to absorb liquid (not repellent); "the paper is ink-receptive"
  2. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons"
  3. open to arguments, ideas, or change; "receptive to reason and the logic of facts"
  4. ready or willing to receive favorably; "receptive to the proposals"
Repellent
  1. incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
  2. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust;
  3. serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
  4. the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances"
  5. a chemical substance that repels animals
  6. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
Resistant
  1. incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
  2. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
  3. impervious to being affected; "resistant to the effects of heat"; "resistant to persuasion"
  4. relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
  5. able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress; "the plant is tolerant of saltwater"; "these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided"; "the new hybrid is more resistant to drought"
Rapacious
  1. devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"
  2. excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"
  3. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"
Ravening
  1. devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"
  2. excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"
  3. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"
  4. feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies"
  5. eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
  6. prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
  7. obtain or seize by violence
Ravenous
  1. devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"
  2. extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"
Real
  1. capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"
  2. having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary;
  3. being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow
  4. no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money"
  5. of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"
  6. coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson
  7. not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"
  8. (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings"
  9. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"
  10. used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"
  11. an old small silver Spanish coin
  12. the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
  13. any rational or irrational number
Rich
  1. affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply"
  2. strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red"
  3. marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
  4. pleasantly full and mellow; "a rich tenor voice"
  5. very productive; "rich seams of coal"
  6. possessing material wealth; "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles"
  7. having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources); "blessed with a land rich in minerals"; "rich in ideas"; "rich with cultural interest"
  8. suggestive of or characterized by great expense; "a rich display"
  9. high in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air; "a rich vein of copper", "a rich gas mixture"
  10. marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee"
  11. of great worth or quality; "a rich collection of antiques"
  12. containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar; "rich desserts"; "they kept gorging on rich foods"
  13. people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group); "only the very rich benefit from this legislation"