Day 14 Flashcards
idyllic
Presenting a positive, peaceful view of rural
life (as poetry or prose); pleasant in a
natural, simple way
He had an idyllic childhood.
ignoble
Not noble; having mean, base, low motives;
low quality
such an ignoble act is completely unworthy of a military officer
illiberality
Narrow-mindedness, bigotry; strictness or
lack of generosity
an illiberal attitude toward sex
imbue
Permeate or saturate, as dye in a fabric;
influence throughout
A feeling of optimism imbues her works.
impair
Make worse, weaken
impasse
Position or road from which there is no
escape; deadlock
An arbitrator was called in to break the impasse.
impassive
Not having or not showing physical feeling
or emotion
Her face remained impassive throughout the trial.
imperious
Commanding, domineering; acting like a
high-ranking person; urgent
an imperious little boy who liked to tell the other scouts what to do
impetuous
Passionately impulsive, marked by sudden,
hasty emotion; forceful, violent
“she might live to rue this impetuous decision”
impious
Not religious, lacking reverence, ungodly
an impious act that horrified their pious mother
implication
Act of implying or that which is implied;
close connection, esp. in an incriminating(criminal)
way
“the implication is that no one person at the bank is responsible”
implode
Burst inward
“both the windows had imploded”
imprecation
Curse; prayer for harm to come to someone
He muttered imprecations under his breath.
impute
Credit, attribute; lay blame or responsibility for (sometimes falsely)
people often impute his silence to unfriendliness and not to the shyness it really represents
inadvertent
Unintentional; characterized by a lack of
attention, careless
an inadvertent encounter with a rattlesnake in the brush
