Vocab I

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Iconoclast

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N one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

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Idolatrous

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Adj given to intense or excessive devotion to something

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Idyll

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N a carefree, light-hearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience; a literary or musical piece describing such

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Idyllic

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simple or carefree

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Ignominious

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Adj shameful, dishonorable, ignoble, undignified; disgraceful

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Imbroglio

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N difficult or embarrassing situation

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Imminent

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Adj about to happen; impending

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Immutable

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Adj not capable of change

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Impassive

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Adj revealing no emotion or sensibility

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Impecunious

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Adj lacking funds;without money

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Imperious

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Adj commanding, masterful, arrogant, domineering, haughty

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Imperturbable

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Adj marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness

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Impetuous

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Adj hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

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Implacable

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Adj not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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Importune

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V to ask incessantly, beg, nag

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Impudent

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Adj shamelessly bold; insolent; impertinent

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Impugn

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V to attack or assail verbally censure, execrate, deny

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Impunity

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N immunity from punishment, penalty or harm

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Impute

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V to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe, assign

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Inalienable

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Adj cannot be transferred

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Inchoate

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Adj in an initial stage, not fully formed

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Incipient

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Adj beginning to come into being or to become apparent

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Indefatigable

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Adj not easily exhaustible, tireless, dogged

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Indifferent

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Adj having no interest or concern, apathetic; showing no bias or prejudice

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Indolent

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Adj lazy, listless, torpid

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Ineluctable

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Adj certain, inevitable

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Inert

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Adj unmoving, lethargic, sluggish, not reactive chemically

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Ingenuous

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Adj artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophisticaiton

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Inherent

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Adj ingrained within one's nature, intrinsic, firmly established, essential

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Inimical

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Adj damaging, harmful, injurious,hostile

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Inimitable

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Adj one of a kind; peerless

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Iniquity

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N wickedness, gross, injustice

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Innervate

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V to supply with nerves energize

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Innocuous

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Adj harmless; causing no damage

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Inscrutable

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Adj incapable of being discovered or understood, mysterious

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Insensible

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Adj unconscious, unresponsive, unaware, unaffected, numb

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Insipid

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Adj without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, full

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Insouciant

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Adj unconcerned,carefree, nonchalant

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Insular

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Adj parochial, narrow-minded, like an island

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Interdict

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V prohibit, forbid, ban,halt

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Intimate

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V to imply, suggest or insinuate

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Intractable

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Adj not easily managed or directed, stubborn, obstinate

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Intransigent

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Adj refusing to compromise

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Intrepid

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Adj steadfast, courageous

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Inundate

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V to cover or overwhelm, to flood

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Inured

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Adj accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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Inveigh

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V to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate

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Inveigle

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V to obtain by deception or flattery

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Inveterate

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Adj deep rooted, ingrained, habitual

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Invidious

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Adj tending to arouse envy or ill will in others

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Irascible

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Adj easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

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Itinerate

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V to travel from place to place