| original | |
| pilot(adjective, new, opening, trial, basic) | |
| preceding | |
| searching(penetrating, analytical, investigative, probing, investigatory) | |
| testing(adjective, tentative, experimental, probationary, investigative) | |
| audacious | |
| beginning | |
| bold | |
| conditional | |
| conjectural | |
| courageous | |
| curious(adjective, penetrating, tentative, searching, analytical) | |
| dependent | |
| developmental(adjective, new, trial, untried, tentative) | |
| empirical(adjective, new, trial, untried, tentative) | |
| examinational | |
| examinatorial | |
| experiential(adjective, new, trial, untried, tentative) | |
| exploration | |
| explorational |
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