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Word Smart - "I"
Question | Answer |
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iconoclast | (n) one who attacks popular beliefs |
ideology | (n) a system of social or political ideas |
idiosyncrasy | (n) a peculiarity |
idyllic | (adj) charming; naturally peaceful |
ignominy | (n) deep disgrace |
illicit | (adj) illegal |
immigrate | (v) to move permanently to a new country |
imminent | (adj) just about to happen |
immutable | (adj) unchangeable |
impartial | (adj) fair |
impeccable | (adj) flawless; entirely without sin |
imperial | (adj) like an emperor or an empire |
impervious | (adj) impenetrable |
impetuous | (adj) impulsive; extremely impatient |
implement | (v) to carry out |
impotent | (adj) powerless; helpless |
impugn | (v) to attack |
inane | (adj) silly; senseless |
inaugurate | (v) to begin officially |
incandescent | (adj) brilliant; giving off heat or light |
incantation | (n) a chant |
incense | (v) to make very angry |
incessant | (adj) unceasing |
incipient | (adj) beginning; emerging |
incisive | (adj) cutting right to the heart of the matter |
incongruous | (adj) not harmonious; not consistent; not appropriate |
incorrigible | (adj) incapable of being reformed |
increment | (n) an increase; one in a series of increases |
indifferent | (adj) not caring one way or the other; apathetic; mediocre |
indigenous | (adj) native; originating in that area |
indigent | (adj) poor |
indignant | (adj) angry, especially as a result of something unjust or unworthy; insulted |
indolent | (adj0 lazy |
indulgent | (adj) lenient; yielding to desire |
ineffable | (adj) incapable of being expressed or described |
inept | (adj) clumsy; incompetent; gauche |
inert | (adj) inactive; sluggish; not reacting chemically |
inexorable | (adj0 relentless; inevitable; unavoidable |
infamous | (adj) shamefully wicked; having an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful |
infatuated | (adj) foolish; foolishly passionate or attracted; made foolish; foolishly in love |
infer | (v) to conclude; to deduce |
infinitesimal | (adj) very, very, very small; infinitely small |
ingenuous | (adj) frank; without deception; simple; artless; charmingly naive |
inherent | (adj) part of the essential nature of something; intrinsic |
injunction | (n) a command or order, especially a court order |
innate | (adj) existing since birth; inborn; inherent |
innocuous | (adj) harmless; banal |
inordinate | (adj) excessive; unreasonable |
insatiable | (adj) hard or impossible to satisfy; greedy; avaricious |
insidious | (adj) treacherous; sneaky |
insinuate | (v) to hint; to creep in |
insipid | (adj) dull; bland; banal |
insolent | (adj) arrogant; insulting |
instigate | (v) to provoke; to stir up |
insular | (adj) like an island; isolated |
insurgent | (n) a rebel; someone who revolts against a government |
integral | (adj) essential |
integrate | (v) to combine two or more things into a whole |
intractable | (adj) uncontrollable; stubborn; disobedient |
intransigent | (adj) uncompromising; stubborn |
intrinsic | (adj) part of the essential nautre of something; inherent |
introspective | (adj) tending to think about oneself; examining one's feelings |
inundate | (v) to flood; to cover completely with water; to overwhelm |
invective | (n) insulting or abusive speech |
inveterate | (adj) habitual; firm in habit; deeply rooted |
irascible | (adj) easily angered or provoked; irritable |
ironic | (adj) meaning the opposite of what you seem to say; using words to mean something other than what they seem to mean |
irrevocable | (adj) irreversible |
itinerant | (adj) moving from place to place |