Advanced Words V Flashcards
Indolent
Lazy, slothful
Inert
Inactive; having little or no power to move
Inexorable
Relentless, unyielding; not moved by pleading
Infallible
Incapable of error; certain
Ingrate
Ungrateful person
Ingratiate
Make an effort to gain favor with
Inimical
Hostile, adverse, harmful
Iniquity
Injustice, wickedness, sin
Inordinate
Excessive, not within proper limits, unrestrained
Inquest
Legal or judicial inquiry, esp. before a jury and esp. made by a coroner into the cause of someone’s death; the results of such an inquiry
Insensible
Incapable of feeling; unconscious, unaware
Insinuate
Hint, suggest slyly; introduce into someone’s mind in a subtle, artful way
Insipid
Dull, stale, lacking taste or interest
Insular
Narrow-minded, provincial; pertaining to an island; detached, standing alone
Insurrection
Rebellion or revolt against a government or similarly established authority
Inter
Bury or place in a tomb
Interplay
Interaction, reciprocal relationship or influence
Interregnum
A time in between two reigns or regimes during which there is not ruler; a period during which government does not function; any period of freedom from authority or break or interruption in a series
Intransigent
Refusing to compromise, inflexible, having extreme attitudes
Inundate
Flood, cover with water, overwhelm