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Question 1

Indulge with

Answer 1

to grant someone the favor or privilege of something.

Please indulge me with this one favor. He always indulged himself with dinner at a nice restaurant when he went into town.

Question 2

Infatuated with

Answer 2

to be in love with someone or something. (*Typically: be ~ ; become ~ .)

She is infatuated with John. John is infatuated with chocolate ice cream.

Question 3

Infect with 0

Answer 3

to transmit diseasecausing organisms to someone. (Someone includes oneself.)

Please don’t infect me with your cold germs. Somehow, she infected herself with the virus she was studying.

Question 4

Infect with 0

Answer 4

to affect someone with something, such as excitement, joy, desires, etc.

Her explosive laughter infected everyone with good spirits.

Question 5

Infer from

Answer 5

to reach a conclusion from something; to deduce facts from something, such as someone’s words, a situation, etc.

What can we infer from the experience we have just had? You should not infer anything from Sue’s remarks.

Question 6

Infested with

Answer 6

to be contaminated with a swarm or throng of some pest. (*Typically: be ~ ; get ~ .)

All the campers are infested with lice. The dog is infested with ticks.

Question 7

Infiltrate into 0

Answer 7

to permeate something; to filter into something.

The sour smell infiltrated into everything in the refrigerator. The paint smell infiltrated into every room in the house.

Question 8

Infiltrate into 0 & infiltrate

Answer 8

to penetrate a group, secretly, for the purposes of spying or influencing the activities of the group.

The spy infiltrated into the enemy headquarters. They infiltrated into the government.

Question 9

Inflate with 0

Answer 9

Lit. to fill up something with air or some other gas.

Jerry has to inflate all the balloons with helium. Ken inflated the balloons with gas.

Question 10

Inflate with 0

Answer 10

Fig. to make a sum appear larger by including additional irrelevant amounts.

I think that she has inflated her expense report with too many miles of travel. Don’t inflate your expense report with extra costs.

Question 11

Inflict up(on)

Answer 11

to burden someone with the care or keeping of someone else. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.)

Please don’t inflict Bob upon me. My brother inflicted his children on us for the weekend. Well, I certainly don’t want to inflict myself on you for the weekend, but I do need a place to stay.

Question 12

Inflict up(on)

Answer 12

to impose something, such as pain, a burden, a problem, etc., on someone or something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.)

I hate to inflict an additional burden upon you, but someone has to clean the oven. Please don’t inflict that on me.

Question 13

Inform on

Answer 13

to tell the authorities about someone; to tattle on someone.

I am going to have to inform on you. Liz informed on Ken to their mother.

Question 14

Inform about

Answer 14

to tell someone about someone or something.

How is my friend Tom getting on? I asked you to inform me about him from time to time. Please inform me about the state of the contract for the book.

Question 15

Inform of

Answer 15

to tell someone a fact.

Please inform Sally of my decision. Sally has been informed of your decision.

Question 16

Inform on

Answer 16

to tattle (on someone ) (to someone ).

I will inform the teacher on you! Billy informed his mother on Bobby.

Question 17

Infringe up(on)

Answer 17

to interfere with the rights of someone or with someone’s property rights; to encroach on something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.)

You are infringing upon my right to free speech. I am not infringing on your property. I’m in my own yard.

Question 18

Infuse with

Answer 18

to teach someone a body of knowledge or a perspective on a body of knowledge.

The schools sought to infuse the children with a sense of history. Children should be infused with a respect for the rights of others.

Question 19

Infuse into

Answer 19

to instill specific knowledge into a person; to teach someone something very well.

The boss infused a lot of company information into the new assistant before she took another job. The teacher infused a lot of knowledge into the students in a short time

Question 20

Infuse into

Answer 20

to mix something into something.

You should infuse this mixture into the tea. The tea was infused into the water very slowly.

Question 21

Infuse with

Answer 21

to make something mix into some liquid.

He infused the mixture with a strong solution of soap. The chemical mixture was infused with the other solution.

Question 22

Ingratiate into

Answer 22

to work hard to bring oneself into the favor of someone.

Oh, how he fawns over the guests! Isn’t it terrible the way he tries to ingratiate himself into their favor? You will never succeed in ingratiating yourself into my good graces.

Question 23

Ingratiate with

Answer 23

to work oneself into someone’s favor.

Why do you have to ingratiate yourself with everyone? Don’t you know how to be just plain friends? She was very obvious in her effort to ingratiate herself with the boss.

Question 24

Inherit from 0

Answer 24

to receive something from the estate of a person who has died.

I inherited this silver bowl from my aunt. Liz inherited her house from her parents.

Question 25

Inherit from 0

Answer 25

to receive a genetic or behavioral trait from a relative.

I inherited my stubbornness from my father’s side of the family. My dark hair was inherited from my father.

Question 26

Inhibit from

Answer 26

to keep someone from doing something.

We will attempt to inhibit Karen from doing it, but we have no control over her. A serious case of shyness inhibited Harry from participating in things.

Question 27

Inhibit from

Answer 27

to keep something from happening.

We need to inhibit the weeds from further growth. The weeds were inhibited from spreading by the application of a pesticide.

Question 28

Initiate into 0

Answer 28

to induct someone into an organization or activity, usually in a ceremony.

They will initiate me into the fraternity next week. They initiated all their new members into the club at once.

Question 29

initiate into 0

Answer 29

to introduce someone to the activities associated with a job or other situation.

The personnel department will initiate you into our office routines. Our procedures are complicated and it takes weeks to initiate a new employee into all our procedures.