Vocab 5 Flashcards
(26 cards)
fatuous
silly and pointless
forbearance
restraint, self control
fortuitous
happening by chance
fractious
irritable and difficult to control
garrulous
talkative
gratuitous
uncalled for, unnecessary
hapless
unfortunate
iconoclast
a person who veers from the norm
hegemony
leadership or dominance
impecunious
having little money, penniless
impetuous
acting without care
impinge
encroach on
impute
attribute to
inchoate
just beginning, not fully formed
incontrovertible
unable to be denied
inexorable
impossible to prevent
injunction
an authoritative order
inimical
tending to obstruct or harm, unfriendly
innocuous
benign, not harmful
inoculate
immunize someone against
interlocutor
somone engaged in conversation
inure
to be accustomed to something, usually something unpleasant
instransigent
stubborn, unwiling to change one’s views