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    elusive - Dictionary definition and meaning for word elusive

    Definition
    (adj) difficult to describe
    Example Sentence
    • a haunting elusive odor
    Definition
    (adj) skillful at eluding capture
    Example Sentence
    • a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist
    Definition
    (adj) difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
    Synonyms : subtle
    Example Sentence
    • his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
    • a subtle difference
    • that elusive thing the soul
    Definition
    (adj) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
    Example Sentence
    • a baffling problem
    • I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
    • a problematic situation at home
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for elusive

illusive things are always difficult to understand

elusive is like exclusive,,, and exclusive content is hard to get!

Lusi(lucy)-lets assume lucy as a gal.lets assume lucy is always not frank.since she is lucy(loosy), she is hard to understand as her talks(speech) is loosy, it is hard to grasp.

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eLUSive sounds like it has the word "loose" in it. When you have a loose description of something, then it is hard to understand

Away from being Lucid(Comprehensible), So it is hard to grasp

imagine u had a problem in gre quant...so u sent an email to ur coach....he Emailed u the solution which was very LOOSELY described and hence...HARD TO GRASP AND BAFFLING...!!!......;)

HE LOOSE IT

ill(EL)+achieve(usive)= ill is difficult to achieve.

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