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Question 1

ideological

Answer 1

adj. relating to ideology, the set of ideas that form the
basis of a political or economic system
Recent social science research suggests that a person’s psychologi-
cal makeup plays a large part in determining his or her ideological
leanings.

Question 2

idolatry

Answer 2

n. idol worship; blind or excessive devotion
During the Protestant Reformation images in churches were felt to
be a form of idolatry and were banned and destroyed.

Question 3

igneous

Answer 3

adj. produced by fire; volcanic
The presence of igneous rocks on the beach suggests that there
was a volcanic eruption in the area millions of years ago.

Question 4

immutable

Answer 4

adj. unchangeable
If humanity colonizes Mars, it will become a tabula rasa on
which we will inscribe our immutable values and beliefs in a new
environment.
The noun is immutability.
The dogma of creation and the immutability of species was
endorsed virtually unanimously by the leading anatomists, botanists,
and zoologists of Charles Darwin’s day.

Question 5

impassive

Answer 5

adj. showing no emotion
The judge sat, impassive, listening to the man’s emotional account
of the crime.

Question 6

impermeable

Answer 6

adj. impossible to penetrate
The virus protection software is said to be impermeable to attacks
by malicious software sent over the Internet.

Question 7

imperturbable

Answer 7

adj. not easily disturbed
Buddha counseled that one should try to remain imperturbable
through life’s vicissitudes.

Question 8

impervious

Answer 8

adj. impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
We were amazed how Laura could sit at the noisy party studying
organic chemistry, impervious to the noise around her.

Question 9

implacable

Answer 9

adj. inflexible; incapable of being pleased
Once an implacable foe of capitalism, the People’s Republic of
China in recent years seems, in practice if not in principle, to have
embraced it.

Question 10

implicit

Answer 10

adj. implied; understood but not stated
Implicit in the review is the idea that the writing of serious litera-
ture is a moral undertaking.
An implication is that which is hinted at or suggested.
The guiding principle of common law is that decisions of previous
courts should be followed unless there are compelling reasons for
ruling differently, which by implication would invalidate the earlier
rulings.