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SAT Words 40
of 1000
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| indolent | (adj.) lazy (Why should my _____ children, who can’t even pick themselves up off the couch to pour their own juice, be rewarded with a trip to the mall?) |
| indomitable | (adj.) not capable of being conquered (To be honest, Jim, my _____ nature means I could never take orders from anyone, and especially not from a jerk like you.) |
| induce | (v.) to bring about, stimulate (Who knew that our decision to boycott school lunch would _____ a huge riot?) |
| ineffable | (adj.) unspeakable, incapable of being expressed through words (It is said that the experience of playing with a dolphin is _____ and can only be understood through direct encounter.) |
| inept | (adj.) not suitable or capable, unqualified (She proved how _____ she was when she forgot three orders and spilled a beer in a customer’s lap.) |
| inexorable | (adj.) incapable of being persuaded or placated (Although I begged for hours, Mom was _____ and refused to let me stay out all night after the prom.) |
| inextricable | (adj.) hopelessly tangled or entangled (Unless I look at the solution manual, I have no way of solving this _____ problem.) |
| infamy | (n.) notoriety, extreme ill repute (The _____ of his crime will not lessen as the decades pass.) |
| infusion | (n.) an injection of one substance into another; the permeation of one substance by another (The _____ of Eastern religion into Western philosophy created interesting new schools of thought.) |
| ingenious | (adj.) clever, resourceful (Her _____ use of walnuts instead of the peanuts called for by the recipe was lauded by the other garden club members who found her cake delicious.) |
| ingenuous | (adj.) not devious; innocent and candid (He must have writers, but his speeches seem so _____ it’s hard to believe he’s not speaking from his own heart.) |
| inhibit | (v.) to prevent, restrain, stop (When I told you I needed the car last night, I certainly never meant to _____ you from going out.) |
| inimical | (adj.) hostile, enemy-like (I don’t see how I could ever work for a company that was so cold and _____ to me during my interviews.) |
| iniquity | (n.) wickedness or sin (“Your _____,” said the priest to the practical jokester, “will be forgiven.”) |
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