Q: What is the pair of word of Elusive Or Illusive?

Word: Elusive

Word: Illusive

Meaning: Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory: “an invisible cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the arch terrorist [himself]” (David Kline).

Meaning: Deceptive.

Sentence: Tagore’ s mysticism is so elusive that sometimes it baffles the reader.

Sentence: All these expectations proved to be illusive in the long run.

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