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      resistive
      adjective
      disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
      exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance
      Roots
      rere- · Latin · back, againstsisteresist- · Latin · to take a standivus-ive · Latin · tending to
      Words related to resistive
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