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Disputatives demur, dispute, object, protest, question
Responsives answer, reply, respond, retort
Suggestives conjecture, guess, hypothesize, speculate,
suggest;
Suppositives assume, hypothesize, postulate, stipulate,
suppose, theorize
2. Directives Requestives ask, beg, bessech, implore, insist, invite, petition,
plead, pray, request, solicit, summon, supplicate,
tell, urge;
Questions ask, inquire, interrogate, query, question, quiz;
Requirements bid, charge, command, demand, dictate, direct,
enjoin, instruct, order, prescribe, require;
Prohibitives enjoin, forbid, prohibit, proscribe, restrict;
Permissives agree to, allow, authorize, bless, consent to,
dismiss, excuse, extempt, forgive, grant, licensr,
pardon, release, sanction;
Advisories admonish, advise, caution, counsell, propose,
recommend, suggest, urge, warn;
3. Commissives Promises promise, swear, vow
contract
bet
swear that
guarantee that
guarantee x
surrender
invite
offers offer, propose;
volunteer
bid
4. Acknow- apologize
ledgments condole condole, commiserate;
congratulate compliment, congratulate, felicitate;
greet
thank
bid bid, wish;
accept
reject refuse, reject, spurn

Institutional Acts
Effevtives bequeathe, bid, exempting, resign, veto,
Verdictives find, rule, certify, appraise, assess, grade, rank, estimate

Admit into a position/institution - hire, appoint, nominate, elect, promote, naturalize,
ordain; remove – fire, suspend, demote, expel, ban;
Enlist, apply, join, accept membership, resign, abdicate, retire, take a leave of absence;
Install, inaugurate, graduate, confirm, administer or take an oath of office;