Advanced 200-250

Question 1

Ignoble

Answer 1

Not noble; having mean, base, low motives; low quality

“his is in contrast to the ignoble savage, who is either silent or reduced to grunting.”

Question 2

Imbue

Answer 2

Imprégner,to fill something or someone with a quality or feeling

“Her poetry was imbued with a love of the outdoors.”

Im a bu japan so easy imprégné

Question 3

Immutable

Answer 3

Immuable, qui ne change pas

Question 4

Impassive

Answer 4

Impassible
Not having or not showing physical feeling or emotion

“His long body is loose and relaxed, his arms often held at his sides, his face impassive, registering emotions only subtly.”

Question 5

Impecunious

Answer 5

“having very little money:”

The company suffered huge losses as its young, impecunious buyers failed to start to make payments when the first year of no payments was up.

Not peculiar

Question 6

Imperious

Answer 6

Imperious
Someone who is imperious gives orders in a way that shows they feel superior or more important than other people.

You might want the smartest kid in the class as your lab partner, but not if they have an imperious attitude and boss you around.

Ex spartiates

Question 7

Impermeable

Answer 7

Impassable, not allowing passage through (such as by a liquid)

Question 8

Impervious

Answer 8

Imperméable, not allowing liquid to go through:

“How does glue bond with impervious substances like glass and metal?”

Vieux Imperméable

Question 9

Impetuous

Answer 9

Likely to do or say something suddenly, without considering the results of your actions, you act quickly and thoughtlessly

“He’s so impetuous - why can’t he think things over before he rushes into them?
The governor may now be regretting her impetuous promise to reduce unemployment by half.”

Im pete nous

Question 10

Impious

Answer 10

Showing no respect, especially for God or religion

opposite pious

Question 11

Implacable

Answer 11

not placable(doux, to appease) : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated

“an implacable enemy
implacable hostility”

(placate: to stop someone from feeling angry)

Question 12

Imprecation

Answer 12

Curse(maudire); prayer for harm to come to someone

“The old woman walked along the street muttering imprecations.”

looks implication, pre pre bad

Question 13

Impugn

Answer 13

Attack the truth or integrity of.to cause people to doubt someone’s character, qualities, or reputation by criticizing them

“Are you impugning my competence as a professional designer?”

Question 14

Impute

Answer 14

Imputer, Attribuer (à qqn) une chose digne de blâme

“The construction of the place in which drama was staged was inspired by the same principles that contemporaries imputed to the dramatic texts.”

Question 15

Incarnadine

Answer 15

The verb incarnadine literally means “to make the color of flesh,” although it’s more commonly used to mean “to redden.”

carne

Question 16

Inconstancy

Answer 16

The quality or state of being inconstant,the state of changing without good reason

“But the inconstancy in Democratic alarm levels isn’t reserved just for big moments like President Trump’s Finnish face plant.”

not inconsistency

Question 17

Inculcate

Answer 17

to fix beliefs or ideas in someone’s mind, especially by repeating them often:

“Our coach has worked hard to inculcate a team spirit in/into the players.”

Question 18

Indefatigable

Answer 18

always determined and energetic in trying to achieve something and never willing to admit defeat:

“Annie was an indefatigable campaigner for better community services.”

Question 19

Indigence

Answer 19

Very poor

“If they are indigent, vulnerable, and ignorant, they are likely to be antecedently superstitious.”

Looks indigene

Question 20

Indolent

Answer 20

showing no real interest or effort. Slow or lazy

“an indolent wave of the hand
an indolent reply”

looks indolor

Question 21

Inert

Answer 21

Not moving or not able to move
OR not energetic or interesting

“The inert figure of a man could be seen lying in the front of the car.”
“The narrative is inert and sloppy, as if the author had been writing half-asleep.”

Question 22

Inexorable

Answer 22

Continuing without any possibility of being stopped:
An inexorable person is hard-headed and cannot be convinced to change their mind, no matter what

“the inexorable progress of science”

Question 23

Infallible

Answer 23

never wrong, failing, or making a mistake:

Question 24

Ingratiate

Answer 24

To ingratiate is to make obvious efforts to gain someone’s favor .

“He’s always trying to ingratiate himself with his boss.”

Graier quelqu’un pour gagner sa faveur

Question 25

Inimical

Answer 25

Hostile (being adverse), harmful or opposed to something.

“Excessive managerial control is inimical to creative expression”.

Inimi = coeur en roumain ; coeur calle

Question 26

Iniquity

Answer 26

A very wrong and unfair action or situation

“They fought long and hard against the iniquities of apartheid.
The writer reflects on human injustice and iniquity.”

Inquiry=enquete, phoenix electrocuté, dit tiiii

Question 27

Inordinate

Answer 27

Démesuré, much more than usual or expected:

“Margot has always spent an inordinate amount of time on her appearance”

Ordonné, In non Le coeur a ses raison innnon enorme peruque

Question 28

Inquest

Answer 28

an official process to discover the cause of someone’s death:
“ An inquest is always held if murder is suspected.”
​
an examination of or discussion about the reasons for someone’s or something’s failure
“an inquest into the department’s poor performance”

Quest découverte new species? Innnon,

Question 29

Insensible

Answer 29

Can mean unconscious OR barely able to be perceived

“an almost insensible change”
“We found her lying on the floor, drunk and insensible.”

Pense insensible car répond pas mais inconscient

Question 30

Insipid

Answer 30

STALE (no longer fresh)not having a strong taste or character, or having no interest or energy

“He’s an insipid old bore.
Why anyone buys music with such insipid lyrics is a mystery.”

Un sip ID, collect id mais banal

Question 31

Insular

Answer 31

Insular means “having a narrow view of the world,” like insular people who never leave their small town,

Question 32

Insurrection

Answer 32

An organized attempt by a group of people to defeat their government and take control of their country, usually by violence:

Armed insurrection

Question 33

Inter

Answer 33

to bury a dead body:

“Many of the soldiers were interred in unmarked graves”

France inter

Question 34

Interplay

Answer 34

Interaction, the effect that two or more things have on each other:

“Our personalities result from the complex interplay between our genes and our environment.”

jouer entre so, creer interractions

Question 35

Interregnum

Answer 35

A period when a country or organization does not have a leader

Inter regne

Question 36

Intransigent

Answer 36

Refusing to change your opinions or behaviour:

“Unions claim that the management continues to maintain an intransigent position.”

Question 37

Inure

Answer 37

If you become inured to something unpleasant, you become familiar with it and able to accept and bear it (immunisé contre)

“After spending some time on the island they became inured to the hardships.”

Inuite Re, pensaient mort mais imunisé polution

Question 38

Invective

Answer 38

Criticism that is very forceful, unkind, and often rude:

“A stream of invective from some sectors of the press continues to assail the government.”

Invect , Hey

Question 39

Inveigle

Answer 39

to persuade someone to do something in a clever and dishonest way, when they do not want to do it:

“Her son tried to inveigle her into giving him the money for a car.”

Prétend aveugle so cannot do anything

Question 40

Investiture

Answer 40

a ceremony in which someone is given an official rank, authority, power, etc.:

“The investiture of the new president will take place this evening.”

Question 41

Invidious

Answer 41

likely to cause unhappiness ,discontent, animosity, or envy, especially because it is unfair: Injuste

Such a difficult choice placed her in an invidious
position.

Parfum invictious with gods, casse parfum

Question 42

Irascible

Answer 42

Made angry easily:

“She’s becoming more and more irascible as she grows older.”

Ir(rité) sci

Question 43

Irresolute

Answer 43

Irrésolu, not able or willing to take decisions or actions:

“an irresolute reply “
“A decision must be made, a plan acted on, but the irresolute person just doesn’t know what to do.”

Question 44

itinerant

Answer 44

travelling from one place to another, usually to work for a short period:

“an itinerant journalist/labourer/preacher”