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Abusive
- adjective - characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"
- expressing offensive reproach
Amusive
- adjective - providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"
Cassava
- noun - a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
- any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
- cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
Cursive
- adjective - having successive letter joined together; "cursive script"
- rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
Elusive
- adjective - difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"
- difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor"
- making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
- skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline
Erosive
- adjective - of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
- wearing away by friction; "the erosive effects of waves on the shoreline"
Evasive
- adjective - avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action"
- deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"
Jussive
- - Indicating or expressive of a mild command; as, the jussive case. -- n. The jussive case; a jussive mood, form, word, or construction.
Massive
- adjective - being the same substance throughout; "massive silver"
- consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter; "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets"
- imposing in scale or scope or degree or power; "massive retaliatory power"; "a massive increase in oil prices"; "massive changes"
- imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale"
Missive
- noun - a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"