I Vocabulary Flashcards

(60 cards)

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Iconoclastic

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Attacking cherished traditions

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Ideological

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Relating to ideology, set of ideas that for political/economical system

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Idolatry

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Idol worship

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Igneous

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Produced by fire, volcanic

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Imbroglio

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Complicated situation, entanglement

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Immutable

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Unchangeable

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Impassive

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Showing no emotion

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Impecunious

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Poor

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Impede

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To hinder, block

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Impermeable

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Impossible to penetrate

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Imperturbable

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Not easily disturbed

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Impervious

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Incapable of being affected, impermeable

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Impinge

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To strike, encroach (intrude on rights)

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Implacable

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Inflexible, incapable of being pleased

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Implausible

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Unlikely, unbelievable

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Implicit

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Implied, understood but not stated

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Implode

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Collapse Inward violently

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Imprecation

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Curse

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Impute

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Relate to particular cause or source, attribute fault to

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Inadvertently

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Carelessly, unintentionally

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Incarnate

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Having bodily form

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Inchoate

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Imperfectly formed/formulated

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Incongruity

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State of not fitting

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Inconsequential

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Insignificant

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Incorporate
Combine
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Incursion
Sudden invasion
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Indeterminate
Uncertain, indefinite
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Indigene
Poverty
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Indolent
Habitually lazy
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Ineluctable
Not go avoided or escaped
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Inert
Unable to move, sluggish
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Ingenuous
Native and trusting, lacking sophistication
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Inherent
Firmly established by nature or habit
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Innocuous
Harmless
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Insensible
Unconscious, unresponsive
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Insinuate
Suggest, say indirectly
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Insipid
Lacking in flavour, dull
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Insouciant
Indifferent, lacking concern or care
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Insularity
Narrow minded, isolation
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Interregnum
Interval between reigns, gap in continuity
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Intimate
Marked by close acquaintance
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Intractable
Not easily managed
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Intransigence
Stubbornness, refuse to compromise
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Introspective
Contemplating one’s own thoughts and feelings
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Insuperable
Insurmountable, unconquerable
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Intangible
Not material
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Interdict
To forbid, prohibit
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Internecine
Deadly to both sides
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Interpolate
To insert, change by adding new words or material
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Inundate
To cover with water, overwhelm
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Inured
Hardened, used to
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Invective
Verbal abuse
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Inveigh
To disapprove, protest
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Inveigle
To win over by flattery
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Inveterate
Confirmed, long standing, deeply rooted
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Invidious
Likely to provoke Ill will, offensive
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Irascible
Easily angered
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Irresolute
Unsure of how to act, weak
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Itinerant
Wandering from place to place, unsettled
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Itinerary
Route of travellers journey