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Ichthyic

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adj. Fisk-like

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Ichthyology

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n. The branch of zoology that treats of fishes

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Ichthyosaurs

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n. A fossil reptile

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Icily

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adv. Frigidly

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Iciness

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n. The state of being icy

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Icon

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n. An image or likeness

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Iconoclast

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n. An image-breaker

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Idealize

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v. To make to conform to some mental or imaginary standard

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Idiom

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n. A use of words peculiar to a particular language

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Idiosyncrasy

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n. A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual

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Idolize

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v. To regard with inordinate love or admiration

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Ignoble

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adj. Low in character or purpose

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Ignominious

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adj. Shameful

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Iliad

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n. A Greek epic poem describing scenes from the siege of Troy

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Illegal

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adj. Not according to law

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Illegible

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adj. Undecipherable

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Illegitimate

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adj. Unlawfully begotten

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Illiberal

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adj. Unlawfully begotten

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Illiberal

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adj. Stingy

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Illicit

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adj. Unlawful

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Illimitable

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adj. Boundless

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Illiterate

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adj. Having little or no book-learning

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Ill-natured

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adj. Surly

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Illogical

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adj. Contrary to the rules of sound thought

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Illuminant

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n. That which may be used to produce light

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Illuminate

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n. That which may be used to produce light

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Illuminate

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v. To supply with light

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Illumine

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v. To make bright or clear

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Illusion

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n. An unreal image presented to the senses

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Illusive

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adj. Deceptive

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Illusory

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adj. Deceiving or tending to deceive, as by false appearance

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Imaginable

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adj. That can be imagined or conceived in the mind

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Imaginary

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adj. Fancied

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Imbibe

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v. To drink or take in

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Imbroglio

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n. A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife

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Imbrue

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v. To wet or moisten

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Imitation

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n. That which is made as a likeness or copy

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Imitator

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n. One who makes in imitation

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Immaculate

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adj. Without spot or blemish

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Immaterial

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adj. Of no essential consequence

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Immature

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adj. Not full-grown

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Immeasurable

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adj. Indefinitely extensive

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Immense

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adj. Very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity

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Immerse

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v. To plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid

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Immersion

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n. The act of plunging or dipping entirely under water or another fluid

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Immigrant

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n. A foreigner who enters a country to settle there

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Immigrate

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v. To come into a country or region from a former habitat

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Imminence

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n. Impending evil or danger

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Imminent

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adj. Dangerous and close at hand

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Immiscible

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adj. Separating, as oil and water

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Immoral

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adj. Habitually engaged in licentious or lewd practices

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Immortalize

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v. To cause to last or to be known or remembered throughout a great or indefinite length of time

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Immovable

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adj. Steadfast

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Immune

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adj. Exempt, as from disease

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Immutable

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adj. Unchangeable

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Impair

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v. To cause to become less or worse

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Impalpable

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adj. Imperceptible to the touch

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Impartial

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adj. Unbiased

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Impassable

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adj. That can not be passed through or over

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Impassible

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adj. Not moved or affected by feeling

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Impatience

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n. Unwillingness to brook delays or wait the natural course of things

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Impeccable

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adj. Blameless

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Impecunious

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adj. Having no money

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Impede

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v. To be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of

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Impel

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v. To drive or urge forward

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Impend

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v. To be imminent

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Imperative

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adj. Obligatory

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Imperceptible

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adj. Indiscernible

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Imperfectible

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adj. Indiscernible

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Imperfectible

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adj. That can not be perfected

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Imperil

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v. To endanger

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Imperious

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adj. Insisting on obedience

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Impermissible

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adj. Not permissible

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Impersonal

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adj. Not relating to a particular person or thing

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Impersonate

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v. To appear or act in the character of

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Impersuadable

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adj. Unyielding

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Impertinence

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n. Rudeness

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Imperturbable

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adj. Calm

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Impervious

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adj. Impenetrable

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Impetuosity

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n. Rashness

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Impetuous

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adj. Impulsive

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Impetus

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n. Any impulse or incentive

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Impiety

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n. Irreverence toward God

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Impious

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adj. Characterized by irreverence or irreligion

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Implausible

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adj. Not plausible

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Impliable

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adj. Capable of being inferred

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Implicate

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v. To show or prove to be involved in or concerned

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Implicit

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adj. Implied

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Imply

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v. To signify

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Impolitic

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adj. Inexpedient

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Importation

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n. The act or practice of brining from one country into another

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Importunate

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adj. Urgent in character, request, or demand

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Importune

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v. To harass with persistent demands or entreaties

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Impotent

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adj. Destitute of or lacking in power, physical, moral, or intellectual

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Impoverish

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v. To make indigent or poor

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Impracticable

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adj. Not feasible

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Impregnable

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adj. That can not be taken by assault

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Impregnate

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v. To make pregnant

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Impromptu

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n. Anything done or said on the impulse of the moment

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Improper

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adj. Not appropriate, suitable, or becoming

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Impropriety

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n. The state or quality of being unfit, unseemly, or inappropriate

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Improvident

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adj. Lacking foresight or thrift

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Improvise

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v. To do anything extemporaneously or offhand

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Imprudent

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adj. Heedless

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Impudence

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n. Insolent disrespect

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Impugn

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v. To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations

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Impulsion

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n. Impetus

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Impulsive

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adj. Unpremeditated

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Impunity

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n. Freedom from punishment

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Impure

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adj. Tainted

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Impute

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v. To attribute

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Inaccessible

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adj. Difficult of approach

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Inaccurate

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adj. Not exactly according to the facts

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Inactive

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adj. Inert

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Inadequate

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adj. Insufficient

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Inadmissible

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adj. Not to be approved, considered, or allowed, as testimony

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Inadvertent

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adj. Accidental

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Inadvisable

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adj. Unadvisable

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Inane

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adj. Silly

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Inanimate

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adj. Destitute of animal life

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Inapprehensible

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adj. Not to be understood

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Inapt

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adj. Awkward or slow

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Inarticulate

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adj. Speechless

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Inaudible

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adj. That can not be heard

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Inborn

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adj. Implanted by nature

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Inbred

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adj. Innate

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Incandescence

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n. The state of being white or glowing with heat

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Incandescent

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adj. White or glowing with heat

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Incapacitate

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v. To deprive of power, capacity, competency, or qualification

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Incapacity

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n. Want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage

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Incarcerate

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v. To imprison

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Incendiary

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n. Chemical or person who starts a fire-literally or figuratively

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Incentive

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n. That which moves the mind or inflames the passions

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Inceptino

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n. The beginning

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Inceptive

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adj. Beginning

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Incessant

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adj. Unceasing

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Inchmeal

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adv. Piecemeal

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Inchoate

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adj. Incipient

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Inchoative

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n. That which begins, or expresses beginning

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Incidence

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n. Casual occurence

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Incident

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n. A happening in general , especially one of little importance

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Incidentally

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adv. Without intention

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Incinerate

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v. To reduce to ashes

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Incipience

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n. Beginning

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Incipient

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adj. Initial

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Incisor

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n. A front or cutting tooth

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Incite

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v. To rouse to particular action

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Incitement

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n. That which moves to action, or serves as an incentive or stimulus

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Incoercible

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adj. Incapable of being forced, constrained, or compelled

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Incoherence

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n. Want of connection, or agreement, as of parts or ideas in thought, speech, etc…

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Incoherent

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adj. Not logically coordinated, as to parts, elements, or details

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Incombustible

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adj. That can not be burned

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Incomparable

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adj. Matchless

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Incompatible

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adj. Discordant

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Incompetence

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n. General lack of capacity or fitness

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Incompetent

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adj. Not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose

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Incomplete

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adj. Lacking some element, part, or adjunct necessary or required

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Incomprehensible

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adj. Not understandable

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Incompressible

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adj. Resisting all attempts to reduce volume by pressure

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Inconceivable

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adj. Incomprehensible

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Incongruous

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adj. Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion

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Inconsequential

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adj. Valueless

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Inconsiderable

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adj. Small in quantity or importance

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Inconsistent

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adj. Contradictory

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Inconstant

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adj. Changeable

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Incontrovertible

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adj. Indisputable

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Inconvenient

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adj. Interfering with comfort or progress

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Indefensible

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adj. Untenable

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Indefinitely

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adv. In a vague or uncertain way

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Indeliable

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adj. That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed

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Indescribable

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adj. That can not be described

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Indestructible

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adj. That can not be destroyed

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Indicant

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adj. That which points out

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Indicator

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n. One who or that which points out

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Indict

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v. To find and declare chargeable with crime

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Indigence

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n. Poverty

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Indigenous

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adj. Native

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Indigent

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adj. Poor

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Indigestible

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adj. Not digestible, or difficult to digest

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Indigestion

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n. Difficulty or failure in the alimentary canal in changing food into absorptive nutriment

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Indignant

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adj. Having such anger and scorn as is aroused by meanness or wickedness

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Indignity

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n. Unmerited contemptuous conduct or treatment

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Indiscernible

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adj. Not perceptible

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Indiscreet

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adj. Lacking wise judgment

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Indiscriminate

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adj. Promiscuous

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Indispensable

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adj. Necessary or requisite for the purpose

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Indistinct

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adj. Vague

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Indivertible

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adj. That can not be turned aside

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Indivisble

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adj. Not separable into parts

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Indolence

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n. Laziness

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Indolent

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adj. Habitually inactive or idle

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Indomitable

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adj. Unconquerable

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Induct

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v. To bring in

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Indulgence

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n. The yielding to inclination, passion, desire, or propensity in oneself or another

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Indulgent

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adj. Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one’s care

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Inebriate

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v. To intoxicate

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Inedible

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adj. Not good for food

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Ineffable

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adj. Unutterable

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Inefficient

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adj. Not accomplishing an intended purpose

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Inefficiency

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n. That which does not accomplish an intended purpose

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Ineligible

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adj. Not suitable to be selected or chosen

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Inept

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adj. Not fit or suitable

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Inert

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adj. Inanimate

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Inestimable

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adj. Above price

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Inevitable

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adj. Unavoidable

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Inexcusable

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adj. Not to be justified

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Inexhaustible

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adj. So large or furnishing so great a supply as not to be emptied, wasted, or spent

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Inexorable

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adj. Unrelenting

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Inexpedient

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adj. Unadvisable

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Inexpensive

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adj. Low-priced

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Inexperience

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n. Lack of or deficiency in experience

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Inexplicable

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adj. Such as can not be made plain

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Inexpressible

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adj. Unutterable

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Inextensible

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adj. Of unchangeable length or area

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Infallible

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adj. Exempt from error of judgment, as in opinion or statement

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Infamous

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adj. Publicly branded or notorious, as for vice, or crime

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Infamy

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n. Total loss or destitution of honor or reputation

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Inference

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n. The derivation of a judgment from any given material of knowledge on the ground of law

219
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Infernal

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adj. Akin to or befitting hell or its occupants

220
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Infest

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v. To be present in such numbers as to be a source of annoyance, trouble, or danger

221
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Infidel

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n. One who denies the existence of God

222
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Infidelity

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n. Disloyalty

223
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Infinite

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adj. Measureless

224
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Infinity

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n. Boundless or immeasurable extension or duration

225
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Infirm

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adj. Lacking in bodily or mental strength

226
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Infirmary

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n. A place for the reception or treatment of the sick

227
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Inflammable

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adj. Easily set on fire or excited

228
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Inflammation

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n. A morbid process in some part of the body characterized by heat, swelling, and pain

229
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Inflexible

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adj. That can not be altered or varied

230
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Influence

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n. Ability to sway the will of another

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Influential

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adj. Having the power to sway the will of another

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Influx

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n. Infusion

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English Vocab (9 decks)

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