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Restive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Restive has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
2

impatient especially under restriction or delay

"the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"

3

Impatient under delay, duress, or control.

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Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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