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The denotative meaning of a word is

a. found in a thesaurus.
b. its dictionary definition.
c. derived from its root word.
d. its emotional associations.

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The correct answer is B. Its dictionary definition.

Thesaurus is used for finding synonyms, finding the root can often be misleading or a word might have change its original meaning, and emotional associations are connected to connotative meanings.
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