I Flashcards
(209 cards)
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Iconoclast (adj. Iconoclastic)
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person who attacks popular beliefs
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Idealistic
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of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas
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Ideologue
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an advocate of some ideology
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Ideology
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imaginary or visionary theorization; an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
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Idiosyncrasy
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a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.
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Idiosyncratic (n. Idiosyncrasy)
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peculiar to the individual
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Idolatry (adj. Idolatrous)
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excessive admiration of
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Idyll
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a carefree episode or experience
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Idyllic
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excellent and delightful in all respects; suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene
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Ignoble
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not noble; inferior
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Ignominious
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shameful; dishonorable; undignified; disgraceful
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Illiberal
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lacking tolerance; bigoted.
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Illicit
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contrary to accepted morality or convention
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Illuminate
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help to clarify or explain.
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Illustrative
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clarifying by use of examples; serving to demonstrate
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Imbibe
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- to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink
- absorb or assimilate (ideas or knowledge)
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Imbroglio
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complicated and embarrassing situation
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Imbue
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spread or diffuse through
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Imitate
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to follow the manner or pattern of; attempt to resemble; mimic.
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Immaculate
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pure; faultless
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Imminent
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about to happen or likely to happen very soon.
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Immunity
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protection or exemption from something, especially an obligation or penalty.
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Immure
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to confine within or as though within walls; shut in.
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Immutable
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not subject to change; unchanging or unchangeable.
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Impair
to weaken, damage, or cause to diminish in value or quality.
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Impartial
not biased or prejudiced; even-handed or objective.
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Impasse
a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock
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Impassive
unmoved; feeling no sign of passion
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Impecunious
having little or no money.
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Impede
hinder; get in the way of
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Impediment
an obstacle or hindrance.
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Impending
imminent; about to happen; expected
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Impenetrable
impossible to understand.
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Imperative
extremely important; urgent; unavoidable.
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Imperious
commanding; haughty; arrogant
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Impermeable
1. not allowing fluid to pass through
2. not liable to be affected by pain or distress; insusceptible or imperturbable
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Imperturbable
not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure
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**Imperviousness (*adj*. Impervious)**
not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable
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Impetuous
acting or done quickly and without thought or care.
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Impetus
something that urges or impels; a driving force.
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Impiety
lack of reverence or dutifulness
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Implacable
incapable of being placated; unpleasable
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Implausible
having a quality that provokes disbelief; highly imaginative but unlikely
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Implicate
to be involved
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Implicit
essentially or very closely connected with; always to be found in.
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Implosion
collapse; bursting inward
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Impolitic
not showing good sense or judgment; unwise or injudicious.
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Importune
1. beg urgently;
2. approach (someone) to request or offer sexual services, especially as a prostitute
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Imposture
pretending to be another person
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Imprecation
an invocation of evil; a curse
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Impregnable
incapable of being attacked or tampered with
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Improbable
too improbable to admit of belief; not likely to be TRUE or to occur or to have occurred; having a probability too low to inspire belief
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Impromptu
without preparation
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Improvidence
a lack of prudence, care, or foresight
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**Improvisation (*v*. Improvise)**
produce or make (something) from whatever is available.
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Imprudent
not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash.
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**Impudence (adj*. Impudent)**
the act or condition of being boldly disrespectful; insolence.
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Impudent
rash; indiscreet
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Impugn
attack as false or wrong
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Impugned
dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question
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Impulsive
motivated by spontaneous wishes and needs rather than careful thought.
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Impunity
exemption from punishment or loss
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Impute
to attribute to a cause or source ascribe
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Inadvertent
not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning
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Inalienable
not subject to transfer, surrender, or removal, especially one's rights as a citizen.
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Inane
silly; senseless
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Inarticulate
unable to speak distinctly or express oneself clearly.
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Inauspicious
boding ill
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Incendiary
tending to stir up conflict.
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Incensed
very angry; enraged.
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Incertitude
a state of uncertainty or hesitation, lack of stability
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Incessant
(of something regarded as unpleasant) continuing without pause or interruption
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Inchoate
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
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Incidence
the relative frequency of occurrence of something
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Incipient
in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop
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Incise
engrave; make a cut in
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Incite
stir up; rouse
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Incitement
1. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action; an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating; the act of exhorting;
2. an earnest attempt at persuasion; needed encouragement
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Inclined
directing the mind in a certain direction
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Incongruous
not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something.
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Inconsequential
having no significant effect or result; not important.
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Inconsiderable
unimportant or insignificant.
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**Incorrigibility (*adj*. Incorrigible)**
cannot be cured or corrected
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Incredulous
skeptical; unwilling to believe
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Inculcate
fix firmly by repetition
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Inculpate
accuse or blame; incriminate
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Incumbent
1. the holder of an office or post
2. necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility
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Incursion
a raid; a sudden attack; the act of entering some territory or domain
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Indebted
obligated to another person or persons, as for money or favors.
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Indecipherable
impossible to determine the meaning of; not easily deciphered
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Indecision
inability or unwillingness to make a decision.
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Indecorous
not in keeping with good taste and propriety; improper.
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Indefatigability
not easily exhaustible; tirelessness
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Indefatigable
(of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly.
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Indelible
that cannot be rubbed out or forgotten
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Indemnify
to make compensation to for loss, damage, or expense incurred.
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Indict
accuse formally of a crime
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Indifferent
lacking interest or concern; not caring.
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Indigence
poverty
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Indigenous
native
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Indignant
angered at something unjust or wrong
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Indiscernible
impossible to see or clearly distinguish.
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Indiscretion
a petty misdeed; the trait of being injudicious
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Indiscriminate
not marked by fine distinctions; failing to make or recognize distinctions
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Indispensable
unavoidable; not to be dispensed with; essential; absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
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Indolence
laziness
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Indolent
wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.
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Indomitable
not easily discouraged or subdued
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**Inducement (*v*. Induce)**
act of bringing about a desired result; a positive motivational influence
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Inductive
inducing or influencing; leading on; of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion; arising from inductance
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Indulge
gratify; give way to satisfy allow oneself
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Indulgent
having or indicating a tendency to be overly generous to or lenient with someone
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Industrious
diligent and hard-working.
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Ineffable
too great to be described in words
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Ineluctable
impossible to avoid or evade, inescapable conclusion
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Inept
revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; generally incompetent and ineffectual; not elegant or graceful in expression
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Ineptitude
quality of being unskillful
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Inertia
1. (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain is state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force;
2. a disposition to remain inactive or inert
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Inestimable
too great to calculate.
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Inevitable
1. incapable of being avoided or prevented; invariably occurring or appearing;
2. noun an unavoidable event
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Inexhaustible
(of an amount or supply of something) unable to be used up because existing in abundance.
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Inextricable
incapable of being disentangled or untied
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Infallible
incapable of error.
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**Infelicity (*adj*. Infelicitous)**
inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
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Inferno
hell
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Infiltrate
pass through an enemy line in a military conflict
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Inflammable
easily ignited
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Informed
having or showing knowledge of a particular subject or situation.
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Infuriate
fill with fury or rage
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Infuse
fill, as with a certain quality
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**Ingenious (*n*. Ingenuity)**
(of a person) clever, original, and inventive.
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Ingenuous
naive; young; artless; frank; honest; sincere
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Ingest
take in by swallowing
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Ingrained
deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held
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Inhibit
to hold back, restrain, prevent, or tend to do so.
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Inimical
unfriendly; hostile.
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Inimitable
defying imitation; unmatchable
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Iniquitous
characterized by injustice or wickedness
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Injudicious
lacking in or poor in judgment; rash or unwise.
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Innocuous
not capable of causing damage; harmless.
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Inopportune
not suitable for a purpose
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Inquest
Legal or judicial inquiry, especially before a jury and especially made by a coroner into the cause of someone.s death
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Inquisitive
given to questioning
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Insatiate
impossible to satisfy
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Inscrutable
impossible to comprehend or interpret; mysterious.
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Insensible
unconscious; unresponsive; unaffected; barely able to be perceived
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Insidious
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; intended to entrap; beguiling but harmful
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Insightful
having or showing an accurate and deep understanding; perceptive.
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Insignia
a badge worn to show official position
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Insinuate
suggest unpleasantly; make a way for something gently
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Insipid
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless.
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Insolence
rude or impudent behavior or speech.
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**Insouciant (*n*. Insouciance)**
unconcerned; carefree
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Instigate
serve as the inciting cause of; provoke or stir up
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Institutionalize
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
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**Insular (*n*. Insularity)**
1. narrowly restricted in outlook or scope;
2. suggestive of the isolated life of an island; relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
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Insurmountable
not capable of being surmounted or overcome; impossible to surmount
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Insurrection
rising of people to open resistance to
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Intact
undamaged in any way
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Integrate
to bring together and blend into a whole.
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Integrity
1. moral soundness;
2. an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
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Intelligible
capable of being clearly understood; comprehensible.
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Intercept
1. the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis;
2. verb: seize on its way; tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
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Interchangeable
of two things, able to be put or used in place of each other.
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Interdict
prohibit; forbid
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Interim
1. the intervening time
2. in or for the intervening period; provisional or temporary
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Intermediary
a person who acts as an agent or mediator between persons, groups, or the like; go-between.
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Interminable
endless or seemingly endless; monotonously long.
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Internalize
incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal
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Interregnum
the time between two reigns or governments
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Intersperse
place here and there
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Interweave
blend closely.
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Intimately
in a way that involves detailed knowledge.
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Intractable
not easily controlled, managed, or persuaded.
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Intransigence
unwillingness to compromise; stubbornness; intractability
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Intransigent
refusing to alter an idea or a position in response to others' wishes; uncompromising.
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Intrepid
fearless; brave; undaunted
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Intricate
having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate
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Intrigue
to strongly draw the interest of; puzzle; fascinate.
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Intrinsic
being essential to or of the nature of a thing; inherent.
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Introspection
examining one's own thoughts and feelings
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Introvert
a shy, reticent person
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Inundate
flood; cover by overflowing
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Inured
accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.
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Invaluable
having a worth too great to estimate or measure; priceless.
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Invective
abusive language; curses
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Inveigh
to attack verbally; denounce; deprecate
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Inveigle
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery.
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Invert
turn inside out or upside down
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Inveterate
having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change
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Invidious
likely to incure resentment/anger in others / (of a distinction, comparison) unfairly discriminating, unjust
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Invigorate
to fill with energy, strength, or life.
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Invincible
too strong to be defeated
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Inviting
attractive and tempting
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Inviting
attractive and tempting
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Invoke
request earnestly; ask for aid or protection
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Involute
complex
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Involved
difficult to comprehend; complicated.
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Irascible
easily angered or irritated; short-tempered.
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Irate
angry
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Ire
anger
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Irksome
causing annoyance; bothersome or tiresome.
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Ironic
happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this.
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Irreconcilable
impossible to reconcile
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Irrefutable
impossible to disprove; indisputable.
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Irremediable
impossible to cure, repair, or correct.
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Irresolute
showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain.
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Irrevocable
final and unalterable
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Itinerate
to travel from place to place; to peregrinate
