Group10 Flashcards
Intractable
Not easily managed
Interregnum
Interval between reigns; gap in continuity
Intransigence
Stubbornness; refusal to compromise
Introspective
Contemplating one’s own thoughts and feelings
Ineluctable
Not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable
Inert
Unable to move; sluggish;
Inertia: disinclination to action or change
Ingenuous
Naive and trusting; lacking sophistication
Inherent
Firmly established by nature or habit
Innocuous
Harmless
Insensible
Unconscious, unresponsive
Insinuate
To suggest, say indirectly; imply
Insipid
Lacking flavour, dull
Insouciant
Indifferent, lacking concern or care
Insularity
Narrow-mindedness; isolation
Inadvertently
Carelessly, unintentionally
Incarnate
Having bodily form (represent a God)
Inchoate
Imperfectly formed or formulated
Incongruity
State of not fitting
Incursion
Sudden invasion
Indigence
Poverty
Indolent
Habitually lazy, idle
Impervious
Impossible to penetrate; incapable of bring affected
Impinge
To strike, encroach
Implacable
Inflexible; incapable of being pleased
Implausible
Unlikely, unbelievable
Imprecation
Curse
Impute
To relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault to; assign as a characteristic
Hyperbole
Purposeful exaggeration for effect
Iconoclast
Attacking cherished traditions
Ideology
Set of ideas that form the basis of a political or economic system
Idolatry
Idol worship; blind or excessive devotion
Igneous
Produced by fire; volcanic
Imbroglio
Complicated situation; entanglement
Immutable
Unchangeable
Impassive
Showing no emotion
Impecunious
Poor; having no money
Harrowing
We trembly distressing; terrifying
Hermetic
Tightly sealed; magical
Heterodox
Unorthodox; not widely accepted
hirsute
Covered with hair
Histrionic
Relating to exaggerated emotional behaviour calculated for effect; theatrical arts or performances
Homily
Sermon, tedious moralizing lecture; platitude