Group10 Flashcards

(42 cards)

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Intractable

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Not easily managed

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Interregnum

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Interval between reigns; gap in continuity

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Intransigence

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Stubbornness; refusal to compromise

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Introspective

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Contemplating one’s own thoughts and feelings

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Ineluctable

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Not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable

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Inert

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Unable to move; sluggish;

Inertia: disinclination to action or change

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Ingenuous

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Naive and trusting; lacking sophistication

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Inherent

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Firmly established by nature or habit

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Insensible

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Unconscious, unresponsive

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Insinuate

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To suggest, say indirectly; imply

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Insipid

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Lacking flavour, dull

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Insouciant

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Indifferent, lacking concern or care

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Insularity

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Narrow-mindedness; isolation

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Inadvertently

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Carelessly, unintentionally

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Incarnate

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Having bodily form (represent a God)

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Inchoate

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Imperfectly formed or formulated

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Incongruity

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State of not fitting

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Incursion

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Sudden invasion

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Indigence

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Indolent

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Habitually lazy, idle

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Impervious

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Impossible to penetrate; incapable of bring affected

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Impinge

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To strike, encroach

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Implacable

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Inflexible; incapable of being pleased

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Implausible
Unlikely, unbelievable
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Imprecation
Curse
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Impute
To relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault to; assign as a characteristic
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Hyperbole
Purposeful exaggeration for effect
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Iconoclast
Attacking cherished traditions
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Ideology
Set of ideas that form the basis of a political or economic system
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Idolatry
Idol worship; blind or excessive devotion
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Igneous
Produced by fire; volcanic
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Imbroglio
Complicated situation; entanglement
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Immutable
Unchangeable
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Impassive
Showing no emotion
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Impecunious
Poor; having no money
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Harrowing
We trembly distressing; terrifying
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Hermetic
Tightly sealed; magical
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Heterodox
Unorthodox; not widely accepted
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hirsute
Covered with hair
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Histrionic
Relating to exaggerated emotional behaviour calculated for effect; theatrical arts or performances
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Homily
Sermon, tedious moralizing lecture; platitude