F-G-H-I Flashcards
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facetious
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joking, sarcastic
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facile
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easy, effortless
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factious
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causing disagreement
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factitious
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artificial
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factotum
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an employee who can do all kinds of work
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fallacious
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misleading, deceptive
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farcical
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absurd, ridiculous
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fastidious
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hard to please
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fatalistic
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believing that all things in life are inevitable
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fatuous
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foolish
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fealty
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loyalty, devotion
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febrile
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feverish
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fecund
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fertile, productive
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feign
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to pretend
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felicity
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happiness
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felonious
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villainous,
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fervent
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eager, earnest
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fervid
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very emotional
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fete
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to honor, entertain
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fiat
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official order
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filch
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steal
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filial
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like a son or daughter
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firebrand
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one who stirs a revolution
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firmament
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sky, heavens
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flag
to droop or slow down
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flay
to criticize; to strip skin off
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fleece
to swindle
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flippant
treating serious matters lightly
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florid
flowery, ornate
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flotilla
small fleet of ships
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flotsam
floating cargo, wreckage
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flout
mock, ridicule
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fluvial
pertaining to a river
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foible
weakness, minor fault
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foist
to pass off merchandise that is inferior
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folderol
nonsense
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foment
to stir up, instigate
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fop
excessively vain man
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foray
sudden attack
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forbearance
patience, restraint
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forebear
ancestor
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forensic
pertaining to formal discussion or debate
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forestall
anticipate
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forte
strong point
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fracas
a loud quarrel
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fractious
irritable, quarrelsome
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freshet
a fresh water stream
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frowzy
dirty
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fugacious
pertaining to the passing of time
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fulminate
denounce, explode
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fulsome
disgusting, sickening, repulsive
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furor
rage, frenzy, fury
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furtive
secretive
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gadfly
person who annoys others
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gaff
a hook
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gainsay
to deny, contradict
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gall
bitterness
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gallant
noble polite
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galvanize
to stimulate, startle into sudden action
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gambit
strategy, opening one uses to advantage
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gambol
frolic, romp about
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garble
distort
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garish
tasteless, gaudy
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garner
gather, acquire
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garrulous
talkative
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gauche
awkward, tactless
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gelid
very cold, frozen
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genteel
polite, refined
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genuflect
to kneel, bend the knee
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germane
relevant, fitting
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gerontology
study of older people and their problems
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gesticulation
lively or excited gesture
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gibbet
gallows from which a criminal is hanged
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gibe
to scoff, ridicule
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gild
cover with gold
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gird
encircle
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glean
to gather patiently with great effort
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glib
fluent, smooth
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glissade
a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain
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gloaming
twilight, dusk
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glower
frown, stare angrily at
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goad
encourage, to spur on
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gourmand
a glutton, person who eats to excess
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grandiloquent
pretentious, speaking in a pompous style
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grapple
to grip and hold, to struggle
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gripe
complaint
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grit
stubborn courage
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grotto
cave
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guile
deceit, trickery
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guileless
sincere
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guise
false appearance
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gull
trick, deceive
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gustatory
pertaining to sense of taste
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hackneyed
trite, commonplace, overused
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halcyon
calm
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hale
healthy
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hallmark
symbol of high quality
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hallow
make holy, to bless
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hapless
unlucky
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harangue
long speech
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harbinger
omen, sign
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harlequin
clown
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harpy
a greedy grasping person, a scolding, nagging woman
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harrowing
upsetting, distressing
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harry
worry, torment
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hart
male deer
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hector
to bully
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hegira
flight, escape
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herald
to announce, usher in
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hermetic
airtight, tightly sealed
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heterodox
departing from acceptable beliefs
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heyday
period of success
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hircine
goat-like
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hirsute
hairy, bearded
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histrionic
theatrical, overly dramatic
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hoary
white with age or frost
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hoi polloi
common people, the masses
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homily
a sermon
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homage
respect, honor
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hone
to sharpen
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hoodwink
deceive
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hoot
shout in disapproval
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horde
crowd of people
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hospice
shelter
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humbug
trick, hoax
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humus
black soil for fertilizing
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hurtle
to dash, speed, run
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hymeneal
pertaining to marriage
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ichthyology
study of fish
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iconoclast
rebel, one who breaks with tradition
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igneous
pertaining to fire
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ignoble
dishonorable
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ignominious
shameful, disgraceful
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ilk
type sort, kind
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imbibe
drink, absorb
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imbroglio
a difficult or confusing situation
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imbue
to fill completely, penetrate
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immolate
to kill someone as a sacrificial victim, usually by fire
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immutable
unchangeable
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impalpable
vague
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impeach
accuse
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impecunious
without money, penniless
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impel
push into motion, urge
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imperious
domineering, haughty
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impertinent
rude, disrespectful
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imperturbable
steady, calm
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impervious
not capable of being affected, hardened
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impetuous
acting without thought, impulsive
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impetus
a stimulus, moving force
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impinge
to strike, collide, encroach
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importune
to persistently ask, to beg
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imprecation
a curse
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impregnable
unconquerable
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impropriety
pertaining to something that is not proper or suitable
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improvident
wasteful
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impudent
disrespectful, shameless
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impugn
to attack a person with words, to challenge a person in regard to motives
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impute
to accuse a person of some wrong doing, to attribute a fault or a crimes to a person
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inadvertent
unintentional
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inane
silly, meaningless
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incarnadine
blood-red, flesh-colored
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incense
to inflame, enrage
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inchoate
at an early stage, just beginning
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incipient
beginning to exist or appear
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incisive
sharp, keen
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incongruous
unsuited, inappropriate
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incontrovertible
certain, undeniable
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incubus
nightmare
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inculcate
to teach earnestly, influence someone to accept an idea
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incumbent
resting or lying down, on who holds a political office
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incursion
raid, invasion
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indefatigable
incapable of being tired out
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indelible
in capable of being erased
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indemnify
insure, repay
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indicative
implying, signifying
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indissoluble
permanent
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indolent
lazy
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indubitable
unquestionable, certain
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ineffable
not able to be described
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ineluctable
inevitable, inescapable
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inert
without power to move, inactive
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inexorable
unyielding
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infamous
bad reputation
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infernal
hellish, fiendish, diabolical
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infirmity
weakness, feebleness
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ingenious
clever
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ingenuous
simple, innocent, naive
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ingrate
ungrateful person
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ingratiate
to work one's way into another's favor
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inimical
harmful, unfriendly
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iniquity
wickedness
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inordinate
unusual, excessive
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inscrutable
mysterious, difficult to understand
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insidious
treacherous
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insipid
tasteless dull
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insouciant
carefree, happy go lucky
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insular
pertaining to an island, detached
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insuperable
unconquerable
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insurrection
rebellion, uprising
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inter
to bury
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interdict
prohibit, ban
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interlocutor
one who takes part in a conversation
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interloper
an intruder
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interpolate
to insert between, to estimate
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interpose
place between
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interregnum
pause, interval, any period during which a nation is without a permanent ruler
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intractable
hard to manage
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intransigent
stubborn, refusing to give in
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intrepid
fearless, courageous
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inured
to accustomed to
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invective
strong verbal abuse
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inveigh
to make a bitter verbal attack
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inveigle
trick, lure, deceive
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inveterate
firmly established, deep rooted
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invidious
causing resentment, offensive
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irascible
easily angered
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ire
anger, wrath
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irremediable
unable to be corrected or cured
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irresolute
indecisive, doubtful, undecided
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irrevocable
final, unchangeable
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itinerant
traveling from place to place
