Word Root: ive

pertaining to, tending to, doing
From Latin: ivus
Sample words for the root ive: destructive, attractive, comparative, defective, expensive, fugitive, inexpensive, informative, intuitive, inventive, naive, possessive, productive, sensitive, competitive, prospective, apprehensive, attentive, effective, extensive, festive, impressive, massive, positive, tentative, abrasive, conservative, inconclusive, lucrative, oppressive, persuasive. Each word has meanings and examples. Click their buttons to get sentences selected from classic works and modern media.

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 Words of ive
1 abortive   Speak  
a. unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless
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2 abrasive   Speak  
a. rubbing away; tending to grind down
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3 abusive   Speak  
a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use
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4 adaptive   Speak  
a. having a capacity for adaptation; capable of adapting
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5 addictive   Speak  
a. something you cannot stop taking once you have started
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6 adhesive   Speak  
a. sticky; glutinous; tending to persist
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7 affective   Speak  
a. sentimental; emotional; emotionally charged
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8 affirmative   Speak  
a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
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9 aggressive   Speak  
a. making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly
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10 apprehensive   Speak  
a. capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
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11 assertive   Speak  
a. positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory
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12 attentive   Speak  
a. alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
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13 attractive   Speak  
a. very pleasing in appearance or sound; inviting or tempting
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14 authoritative   Speak  
a. having weight of authority; peremptory and dictatorial
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15 automotive   Speak  
a. of or relating to motor vehicles; moving by itself; self-propelling
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16 cognitive   Speak  
a. knowing or perceiving; part of mental functions that deals with logic
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17 cohesive   Speak  
a. cohering or tending to cohere; well-integrated
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18 collective   Speak  
a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole
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19 comparative   Speak  
a. based on, or involving comparison
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20 competitive   Speak  
a. wanting very much to win or be more successful than other people
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21 comprehensive   Speak  
a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
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22 compulsive   Speak  
a. having the power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
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23 conclusive   Speak  
a. decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
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24 consecutive   Speak  
a. following one after another without interruption; sequential
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25 conservative   Speak  
a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change
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26 contemplative   Speak  
a. deeply or seriously thoughtful
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27 cooperative   Speak  
a. done with or working with others
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28 corrosive   Speak  
a. eating away by chemicals or disease
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29 cumulative   Speak  
a. increasing by successive addition
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30 cursive   Speak  
a. flowing, as writing letters joined one to another without raising pen; running
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31 deceptive   Speak  
a. misleading, likely or attempting to deceive; fraudulent
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32 decorative   Speak  
a. ornamental; embellishing; serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose
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33 defective   Speak  
a. having a faulty; imperfect or incomplete
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34 defensive   Speak  
a. intended or appropriate for defending against; protective
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35 definitive   Speak  
a. final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
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36 derivative   Speak  
a. unoriginal; derived from another source
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37 destructive   Speak  
a. causing great and irreparable harm or damage
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38 digestive   Speak  
a. relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion
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39 diminutive   Speak  
a. below the average size; very small; little
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40 discursive   Speak  
a. tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
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41 distinctive   Speak  
a. special; unique; marking or expressing distinction or difference
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42 effective   Speak  
a. efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
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43 effusive   Speak  
a. pouring forth; uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
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44 elusive   Speak  
a. difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
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45 evasive   Speak  
a. avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger; deliberately vague or ambiguous
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46 evocative   Speak  
a. tending to call up emotions, memories
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47 excessive   Speak  
a. extreme; inordinate; too much
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48 exclusive   Speak  
a. not divided or shared with others; excluding much or all; not allowing something else
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49 exhaustive   Speak  
a. treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
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50 expansive   Speak  
a. outgoing and sociable; broad and extensive; able to increase in size
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51 expensive   Speak  
a. high in price or charging high prices; costing a lot of money
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52 explosive   Speak  
a. tending or serving to sudden outburst; sudden and loud
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53 expressive   Speak  
a. effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative
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54 extensive   Speak  
a. widespread; far-reaching; wide
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55 festive   Speak  
a. offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
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56 fictive   Speak  
a. fictional, relating to imaginative creation
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57 figurative   Speak  
a. not literal, but metaphorical;  not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning  
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58 formative   Speak  
a. developing; forming; capable of forming or molding
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59 fugitive   Speak  
a. lasting only a short time
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60 furtive   Speak  
a. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
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61 hypersensitive   Speak  
a. having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility
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62 illusive   Speak  
a. deceptive; misleading; based on or having the nature of an illusion
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63 imaginative   Speak  
a. marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
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64 impassive   Speak  
a. without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
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65 impressive   Speak  
a. making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect
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66 impulsive   Speak  
a. having a power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent
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67 incisive   Speak  
a. penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression
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68 inclusive   Speak  
a. tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
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69 inconclusive   Speak  
a. without any clear results or proof
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70 indicative   Speak  
a. suggestive; implying; serving to indicate
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71 inexpensive   Speak  
a. relatively low in price or charging low prices; not costing a lot of money
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72 informative   Speak  
a. instructive and illustrative; providing or conveying information
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73 innovative   Speak  
a. marked by or given to innovations; introducing a change
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74 inoffensive   Speak  
a. harmless; innocent; giving no offense
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75 inquisitive   Speak  
a. disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
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76 instinctive   Speak  
a. unthinking; prompted by instinct; spontaneous
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77 instructive   Speak  
a. serving to instruct or enlighten or inform; enlightening
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78 intensive   Speak  
a. thorough; concentrated; tending to give force or emphasis
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79 interactive   Speak  
a. capable of acting on or influencing each other
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80 introspective   Speak  
a. looking within oneself; thoughtful about oneself; studying or exhibiting one's own internal state
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81 intuitive   Speak  
a. based on feelings rather than facts or proof; automatic, without requiring conscious thought
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82 invasive   Speak  
a. tending to spread aggressively; tending to invade
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83 inventive   Speak  
a. marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
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84 irrespective   Speak  
a. without regard for conditions, circumstances, or consequences; unbiased; independent
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85 laxative   Speak  
a. having a tendency to loosen or relax.
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86 lucrative   Speak  
a. profitable; producing good profit
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87 manipulative   Speak  
a. serving, tending or having the power to manipulate; performed by manipulation
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88 massive   Speak  
a. enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
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89 naive   Speak  
a. too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth, lacking worldly experience
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90 native   Speak  
a. being as origin; as found in nature in the elemental form
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91 objective   Speak  
a. not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality
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92 obsessive   Speak  
a. excessive in degree or nature; preoccupying
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93 obtrusive   Speak  
a. inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive.
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94 offensive   Speak  
a. causing anger, displeasure, resentment, or affront
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95 operative   Speak  
a. having the power of acting; exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects
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96 oppressive   Speak  
a. unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh
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97 passive   Speak  
a. lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice
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98 pejorative   Speak  
a. tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling
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99 pensive   Speak  
a. deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
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100 perceptive   Speak  
a. insightful; aware; wise; having the ability to perceive
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101 permissive   Speak  
a. approving; tolerant; granting; not strict in discipline
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102 persuasive   Speak  
a. capable of convincing; having the power to induce action or belief
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103 pervasive   Speak  
a. pervading; spread throughout every part
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104 photosensitive   Speak  
a. sensitive to visible light
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105 plaintive   Speak  
a. expressing sorrow, mournful or melancholy; sad
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106 positive   Speak  
a. involving advantage or good ; greater than zero; very sure; confident
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107 possessive   Speak  
a. having or showing a desire to control or dominate
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108 postoperative   Speak  
a. happening or done after a surgical operation
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109 primitive   Speak  
a. belonging to an early stage; simple or naive in style; primeval
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110 productive   Speak  
a. having quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results
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111 progressive   Speak  
a. forward-looking; advancing; incremental
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112 prohibitive   Speak  
a. tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding
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113 propulsive   Speak  
a. driving forward; having power to propel
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114 prospective   Speak  
a. expected or expecting to be something particular in the future
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115 provocative   Speak  
a. arousing anger or interest; tending to provoke or stimulate
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116 punitive   Speak  
a. punishing; involving punishment; awarding or inflicting punishment
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117 qualitative   Speak  
a. relating to quality; having the character of quality
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118 quantitative   Speak  
a. expressed or expressible as a quantity; relating to the measurement of quantity
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119 receptive   Speak  
a. quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions; capable of receiving
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120 reflective   Speak  
a. throwing back images; produced by, or resulting from reflection
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121 remunerative   Speak  
a. compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
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122 reproductive   Speak  
a. producing new life or offspring
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123 repulsive   Speak  
a. tending to repel or drive off; causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting
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124 respective   Speak  
a. individual; relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; respectful; regardful
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125 responsive   Speak  
a. reactive; readily reacting to people or events; showing emotion
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126 restive   Speak  
a. impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control
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127 restrictive   Speak  
a. tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
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128 retentive   Speak  
a. holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
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129 retroactive   Speak  
a. extending in scope or effect to a prior time or prior conditions
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130 retrospective   Speak  
a. looking back on, or directed to the past; applying to or influencing the past
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131 sedative   Speak  
a. tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize
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132 seductive   Speak  
a. tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring
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133 sensitive   Speak  
a. easily upset by the things people say or do; responsive to external conditions
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134 sportive   Speak  
a. playful; relating to or interested in sports
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135 subjective   Speak  
a. occurring or taking place in person's mind rather than external world; unreal
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136 submissive   Speak  
a. yielding; inclined or ready to submit
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137 substantive   Speak  
a. essential; not imaginary; actual or real
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138 subtractive   Speak  
a. involving subtraction; having the minus sign; tending to subtract
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139 subversive   Speak  
a. tending to overthrow; in opposition to civil authority or government
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140 successive   Speak  
a. consecutive; happening one after the other without any break
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141 tentative   Speak  
a. hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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142 unobtrusive   Speak  
a. inconspicuous; not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable
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143 vindictive   Speak  
a. seek revenge or intended for revenge; showing malicious will
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144 vituperative   Speak  
a. marked by harsh spoken or written abuse; scolding
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