Vocab Review List Flashcards
(45 cards)
Incessant
Ceaseless, unending
Impute
To attribute or ascribe (something discreditable) to a person
Incompatible
Unable to exist together in harmony
Incongruous
Out of place; inappropriate; unbecoming
Indigenous
Originating in and characteristic of a particular place
Indolence
The state of being lazy, slothful
Inimical
Unfriendly; hostile; unfavorable; harmful
Innovate
To introduce something new; make changes in anything established
Inscrutable
Incapable of being investigated, analyzed
Insentient
Without sensation or feeling
Instigate
To urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course.
Insurgent
A person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel
Intemperate
Immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion; unrestrained; unbridled
Intermittent
Stopping. Or ceasing for a time, alternately ceasing and beginning again
Intrepid
Resolutely fearless; dauntless
Jaded
Dulled by overindulgence, wearied by overwork
Jargon
Vocabulary particular to a certain profession
Jaundiced
Yellow for a diseased liver, prejudiced
Jaunt
A short journey V. To make a short journey
Jeopardize
To risk, to put in danger, imperil
Jingoistic
Extreme nationalism characterized by belligerent foreign policy
Jubilant
Showing great joy or triumph, rejoicing
Jurisprudence
Rules of a government, legislation (how to act)
Juxtapose
To place close together for comparison or contrast