Day 4 Flashcards
intelligentsia
members of the educated elite [used derogatorily]
interdict
prohibit or forbid
interminable
endless
internecine
mutually destructive
intimate
hint
intractable
unruly or stubborn
intransigence
stubbornness
inured
accustomed or hardened
invective
abuse
inveigh
denounce
utter censure or invective
inveigle
lead astray
inveterate
deep-rooted or habitual
invidious
designed to create ill will or envy
inviolable
secure from corruption, attack, or violation
invulnerable
incapable of injury
irretrievable
impossible to recover or regain; ireparable
jaundiced
prejudiced
laconic
brief and to the point
jocular
said or done in jest
juncture
crisis or tunring point
ken
range of knowledge
knotty
intricate or difficult
lachrymose
producing tears
lackadaisical
lacking purpose or zest
laggard
slow or sluggish
lambaste
beat
thrash verbally or physically
lampoon
ridicule
languid
weary or sluggish
larceny
theft
largess
generous gift
lassitude
languor or weariness
levity
lack of seriousness or steadiness
limn
draw, outline, describe
lionize
treat as a celebrity
liquidate
to settle accounts or clear up
lucre
money
lugubrious
mournful
Machiavellian
crafty or double-dealing
magnanimity
generosity
magniloquent
boastful or pompous
maladroit
clumsy or bungling
malfeasance
wrongdoing