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GRE Power Vocab - I Flashcards

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Iconoclast

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n. one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

Iconoclastic means attacking cherished beliefs, heretical

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Idolatrious

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adj. given to intense or excessive devotion to something

Idolatry is the worship of idols and images or blind devotion to something

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Idyll

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n. a carefree, lighthearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience, a literary or musical piece describing such

Idyllic means simple or carefree

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Ignominious

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adj. shameful, dishonorable, ignoble, undignified, disgraceful

Ignominy is dishonor or humiliation

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Illiberality

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n. quality of being narrow-minded, bigoted

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Imbroglio

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n. difficult or embarrassing situation

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Imminent

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adj. about to happen; impending

don’t confuse this with eminnent, which means prominent or distinguished

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Immutable

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adj. not capable of change

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Impassive

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adj. revealing no emotion or sensibility

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Impecunious

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adj. lacking funds; without money

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Imperious

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adj. commanding, masterful, arrogant, domineering, haughty

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Imperturbable

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adj. marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness

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Impetuous

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adj. hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

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Implacable

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adj. not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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Importune

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v. to ask incessantly, beg, nag

Importunate means persistent in asking

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Impudent

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adj shamelessly bold, insolent, impertinent

the characteristic of being impudent is called impudence

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Impugn

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v. to attack or assail verbally, censure, execrate, deny

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Impunity

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n. immunity from punishment, penalty, or harm

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Impute

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v. to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe, assign as a characteristic

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Inalienable

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adj. cannot be transferred

generally, we hear this word with the word “rights” as in inalienable rights

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Inchoate

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Adj. in an initial stage, not fully formed

for a word with a similar definition, see nascent

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Incipient

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adj. beginning to come into being or to become apparent

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Indecorous

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adj. violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety, unseemly

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Indefatigable

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adj. not easily exhaustible, tireless, dogged

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Indemnity

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adj. to guard or secure against anticipated loss

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Indifferent

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adj. having no interest or concern, apathetic; showing no bias or prejudice

Indifferent is a multifunctional word. It can mean having no interest in something, but it can also mean having no bias, which should remind you of all that confusion around disinterested and uninterested. It can also mean not good or bad, not too much or too little, and neither right nor wrong

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Indolent

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adj. lazy, listless, torpid

the noun form of indolent

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Ineluctable

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adj. certain, inevitable

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Inert

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adj. unmoving, lethargic, not reactive chemically

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Ingenuous

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adf. artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication

Disingenuous means lacking in candor, calculating, duplicitous

Be careful not to confuse ingenuous with ingenious, which means characterized by skill and imagination

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Inherent

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adj. ingrained within one’s naute, intrinsic, firmly established, essential

Inhere means to be inherent or innate to something

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Inimical

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adj. damaging, harmful, injurious, hostile, unfriendly

For a synonym for inimical, look ahead to pernicious

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Inimitable

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adj. one of a kind, peerless

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Iniquity

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n. wickedness, gross injustice

Iniquitous means characterized by wickedness

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Injudicious

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adj. ahowing lack of judgment, unwise, imprudent, indiscreet

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Innervate

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v. to supply with nerves, energize

Innervate is usually used to describe a physiological process, as in the fibers that innervate the facial muscles, but it can also be used metaphorically

DOn’t confuse with enervate, which is also in this book; definitions and pronunciations are very different

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Innocuous

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Adj. harmless; cuasing no damage

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Inscrutable

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adj. incapable of being discovered or understood, mysterious

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Insensible

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Adj. unconscious, unresponsive, unaware, unaffected, numb

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Insipid

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adj. without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, dull

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Insouciant

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adj. unconcerned, carefree, nonchalant

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Insular

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adj. parochial, narrow-minded, like an island

the primary definition of insular means relating to an island, and insulate, meaning to set off in a detached position, comes from the same root

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Interdict

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v. prohibit, forbid, ban, halt

An interdiction is a prohibition against something

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Intimate

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v. to imply, suggest or insinuate

an intimation is a hint

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Intractable

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adj. not easily managed or directed, stubborn, obstinate

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Intransigent

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adj. refusing to compromise

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Intrepid

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adj. steadfast, courageous

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Inundate

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v. to cover or overwhelm, to flood

Inundation is the noun formof inundate

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Inured

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adj. accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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Inveigh

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v. to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate

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Inveigle

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v. to obtain by deception or flattery

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Inveterate

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adj. deep routed, ingrained, habitual

Inherent is a close synonym for inveterate

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Invidious

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adj. tending to arouse envy or ill will in others

when invidious is used to describe a distinction or comparison, it means discriminatory

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Irascible

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adj. easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

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Itinerate

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v. to travel from place to place

Itinerant is an adjective that means traveling from place to place

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