H/I

Question 1

Harangue

Answer 1

Long, passionate and vehement (forceful or intense) speech. In her long and lengthy harangue, the principal berated the offenders.

Question 2

Hyperbole.

Answer 2

Exaggeration; overstatement. Apples claims about their new computer are pure hyperbole, no computers can be that good.

Question 3

Iconoclastic

Answer 3

Attacking cherished traditions.Deeply iconoclastic, Jean set out to shock theater goers with this radical play.

Question 4

Immutable

Answer 4

Unchangeable. All things change over time, nothing is immutable.

Question 5

Impassive

Answer 5

Without feeling; imperturbable; stoical. The prisoner kept his face impassive to hide his fear.

Question 6

Impermiable

Answer 6

Not allowing passage through its substance;impervious. The new material is impermeable to liquids.

Question 7

Impervious

Answer 7

Impenetrable;incapable of being damaged or distressed. After having read so many negative reviews on his acting, the movie star was impervious to criticism.

Question 8

Imperturbable

Answer 8

John remained imperturbable in spite of hysteria around him.

Question 9

Implacable

Answer 9

Incapable of being pacified. Donna was the implacable enemy of Bob

Question 10

Inchoate

Answer 10

Recently begun; rudimentary; elementary. Before creation, the world was an inchoate mass.

Question 11

Incongruity.

Answer 11

Lack of harmony; absurdity. The incongruity of his wearing sneakers and formal ear amused observers.

Question 12

Indigence

Answer 12

Poverty. Economists could not work out a way to wipe out indigence from society.

Question 13

Indolent

Answer 13

Lazy. Couch potatoes lead an indolent life reclining on their laziboys.

Question 14

Inert

Answer 14

Inactive; lacking power to move. Tony lay in bed inert.

Question 15

ingenuous

Answer 15

Naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated. I did not realize how ingenious I was until my friend told me I would invite Jack the Ripper to dinner because i thought he was interesting.

Question 16

Insensible

Answer 16

Unconscious; unresponsive. Tony and I are very different. At times when I would be embarrassed, he would be insensible to shame.

Question 17

Insipid

Answer 17

Lacking of flavor; dull. Flat coke and flat ginger ale are bot insipid; both lacking sparkle.

Question 18

Insularity

Answer 18

Narrow-mindedness; isolation. The insularity of my dad is something else!

Question 19

Intractable

Answer 19

Unruly; stubborn; unyielding. He was so intractable, he refused to take a bath.

Question 20

Intransigence

Answer 20

Refusal of any compromise; stubbornness. The negotiating team had not expected to find such intransigence from the striking workers.

Question 21

Inured

Answer 21

Accustomed; hardened. She became inured tothe Alaskan winters

Question 22

Irascrible

Answer 22

Irritable; easily angered. Donna’s irascible temper intimidated the younger girls.

Question 23

Irresolute

Answer 23

Uncertain how to act; weak. A leader should never appear irresolute.