I-Words Flashcards

(36 cards)

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Iconoclast

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Someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions

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Idolatry

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The worship of objects or images as gods

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Immutable

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Not subject or susceptible to change or variation

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Impair

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Make worse or less effective

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5
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Impassive

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Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

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Impede

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Be a hindrance or obstacle to

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Impermeable

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Preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through

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Imperturbable

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Marked by extreme calm and composure

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Impervious

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Not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

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10
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Implacable

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Incapable of being appeased or pacified

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Implicit

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Suggested though not directly expressed

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Implode

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Burst inward

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13
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Inadvertently

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Without knowledge or intention

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Inchoate

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Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

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Incongruity

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The quality of disagreeing

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Inconsequential

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Lacking worth or importance

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Incorporate

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Make into a whole or make part of a whole

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Indeterminate

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Not fixed or known in advance

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Indigence

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A state of extreme poverty or destitution

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Indolent

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Disinclined to work or exertion

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Inert

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Unable to move or resist motion

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Ingenuous

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Lacking in sophistication or worldliness

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Inherent

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Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic

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Innocuous

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Not injurious to physical or mental health

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Insensible
Barely able to be perceived
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Insinuate
Suggest in an indirect or covert way; give to understand
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Insipid
Lacking interest or significance or impact
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Insularity
Lack of openness to new ideas; narrow-mindedness
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Intractable
Difficult to manage or mold
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Intransigence
Stubborn refusal to compromise or change
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Inundate
Fill or cover completely, usually with water
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Inured
Made tough by habitual exposure
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Invective
Abusive language used to express blame or censure
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Irascible
Quickly aroused to anger
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Irresolute
Uncertain how to act or proceed
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Itinerary
An established line of travel or access