"I-" Vocabulary Flashcards

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Iconoclast

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One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions (n)

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Idolatrious

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Given to intense or excessive devotion to something (adj)

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Idyll

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A carefree, lighthearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience (n)

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Ignominious

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Shameful, dishonorable, ignoble, disgraceful (adj)

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Illiberality

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Quality of being narrow-minded, bigoted (n)

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Imbroglio

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Difficult or embarrassing situation (n)

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Imminent

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About to happen; impending (adj)

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Immutable

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Not capable of change (adj)

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Impassive

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Revealing no emotion or sensibility (adj)

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Impecunious

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Lacking funds; without money (adj)

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Imperious

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Commanding, masterful, arrogant, domineering (adj)

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Imperturbable

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Marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness (adj)

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Impetuous

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Hastily or rashly energetic (adj)

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Implacable

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Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed (adj)

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Importune

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To ask incessantly, beg, nag (v)

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Impudent

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Shamelessly bold; insolent; impertinent (adj)

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Impugn

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Attack or assail verbally, censure, exercate, deny (v)

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Impunity

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Immunity from punishment, penalty, or harm (n)

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Impute

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To attribute to a cause or sourcee, ascribe, assign a characterstic (v)

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Inalienable

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Cannot be transfered (adj)

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Inchoate

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In an intial stage, not fully formed (adj)

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Incipient

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Beginning to come into being or to become apparent (adj)

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Indecorous

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Violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly (adj)

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Indefatigable

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Not easily exhaustible, tireless, dogged (adj)

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Indemnify

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To guard or secure against anticipated loss (adj)

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Indifferent

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Having no interest or concern, apathetic; showing no bias or prejudice (adj)

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Indolent

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Lazy, listless, torpid (adj)

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Ineluctable

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Certain, inevitable (adj)

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Inert

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Unmoving, lethargic, sluggish, not reactive chemically (adj)

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Ingenuous

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Artless, frank; lacking in sophistication (adj)

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Inherent

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Ingrained within one’s nature, firmly establish, essential (adj)

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Inimical

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Damaging, harmful, injurious, hostile (adj)

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Inimitable

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One of a kind, unique (adj)

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Iniquity

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Wickedness, gross injustice (n)

35
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Injudicious

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Showing lack of judgment, unwise, imprudent, indiscreet (adj)

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Innervate

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To supply with nerves, energize (v)

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Innocuous

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Harmless; causing no damage (adj)

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Inscrutable

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Incapable of being discovered or understood, mysterious (adj)

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Insensible

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Unconscious unresponsive, unaware, unaffected, numb (adj)

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Insipid

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Without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, dull (adj)

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Insouciant

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Unconcernd, carefree, nonchalant (adj)

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Insular

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Narrow-minded, conservative (adj)

43
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Interdict

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Prohibit, forbid, band, halt (v)

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Intimate

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To imply, suggest, or insinuate (v)

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Intractable

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Not easily managed or directed, stubborn, obstinate (adj)

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Intransigent

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Refusing to compromise (adj)

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Intrepid

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Steadfast, courageous (adj)

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Inundate

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To cover or overwhelm, to flood (v)

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Inured

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Accustomed to accepting something undesirable (adj)

50
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Inveigh

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To attack verbally, denounce, deprecate (v)

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Inveigle

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To obtain by deception or flattery (v)

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Inveterate

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Deep-routed, ingrained, habitual (adj)

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Invidious

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Tending to arouse envy or ill will in others (adj)

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Irascible

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Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts (adj)

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Itinerate

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To travel from place to place (v)