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Words 203-253
Question | Answer |
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Heterogeneous | composed of unlike parts, different, diverse |
Hoary | ver old; whitish or gray from age |
Homogenous | of a similar kind |
Husband | to manage economically; to use sparingly |
Hyperbole | purposeful exaggeration for effect |
Iconoclast | one who opposes established beliefs, custons, and institutions |
Idiosyncracy | peculiarity of temperament, eccentricity |
Ignoble | having low moral standards, not noble in character; mean |
Imbue | to infuse; dye, wet moisten |
Impasse | blocked path; dilemma with no solution |
Impecunious | poor, having no money |
Imperturbable | not capable of being disturbed |
Impervious | impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected |
Impetuous | quick to act without thinking |
Impious | not devout in religion |
Implacable | unable to be calmed down or made peaceful |
Imprecation | a curse |
Impugn | to call into question; to attack verbally |
Incarnadine | blood-red in color |
Inchoate | not fully formed, disorganized |
Inculcate | to teach, impress the mind |
Indolent | habitually lazy, idle |
Inexorable | inflexible, unyielding |
Ingenuous | showing innocence or childlike simplicity |
Ingrate | ungrateful person |
ingratiate | to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek to please somebody as to gain an advantage |
Inimical | hostile, unfriendly |
Iniquity | sin, evil act |
Innocuous | harmless |
Inquest | an investigation, an inquiry |
Insipid | lacking interest or flavor |
Insurrection | rebellion |
Inter | to bury |
Interregnum | interval between reigns |
Intractable | not easily managed or manipulated |
Intransigent | uncompromising, refusing to be reconciled |
Intrepid | fearless, resolutely courageous |
Inundate | to overwhelm; to cover with water |
Inure | to harden; accuston, become used to |
Invenctive | abusive language |
Investiture | ceremony conferring authority |
Invidious | envious, obnoxious, offensive |
Irascible | easily made angry |
Intinerant | wandering from place to place |
Jargon | nonsensical talk; specialized language |
Jettison | to discard, to get rid of as unneccessary or encumbering |
Jingoism | belligerent support of one's own country |
Jocular | playful, humorous |
Judicious | sensible, showing good judgement |
Juncture | point of time, especially where two things are joined |