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lucrative
(adj.) bringing in money; profitable
apprehensive
(adj.) fearful or anxious, especially about the future
Assertive
Adj. aggressively self-assured.
Abusive
Adj. causing injury to another.
Festive
Adj. merry, joyous.
Exhaustive
Adj. thorough, tiring.
-ive
Causing or making; tending to; having the nature of
captive
a prisoner
adhesive
able to stick fast to a surface or object; sticky.
affective
consists of feelings or emotions one has about a situation
tentative
experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant
successive
following in sequence and without a break
constructive
having a positive effect; helpful
distinctive
having a special quality, character, or appearance that is different and easy to recognize
collective
made by a group
obsessive
overly preoccupied; related to thinking about something constantly
respective
relating separately to each one
indicative
suggestive; implying; serving to indicate
impressive
tending term-8to cause admiration or respect
inquisitive
tending to ask a lot of questions
attractive
tending to attract due to beauty
relative
tending to connect
expensive
tending to cost a lot
explosive
tending to explode and damage
competitive
tending to go against others
active
tending to perform physical activity
accumulative
to collect a number or quantity over a period of time
compulsive
unable to be stopped or controlled