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Iconoclast

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one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
-maverick, nonconformist, rebel, revolutionary

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Itinerant

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wandering from place to place; unsettled

-nomadic, vagrant

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Incarnadine

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blood-red in color

-reddened, ruby, ruddy

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Inchoate

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not fully formed; disorganized; beginning

-amorphous, incoherent, undeveloped, incomplete

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Inculcate

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to teach; to impress in the mind

-implant, indoctrinate, instill, preach

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Indolent

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habitually lazy or idle

-languid, lethargic, slothful, lax

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Inexorable

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inflexible; unyielding

-adamant, obdurate, relentless

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Ingenuous

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showing innocence or childlike simplicity

-artless, innocent, naive, simple

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Ingrate

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an ungrateful person

-cad, churl

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Ingratiate

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to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage
-charm, flatter, grovel

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Inimical

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hostile; unfriendly

-adverse, antagonistic, dissident, recalcitrant

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Iniquity

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enormity, immorality, injustice, vice, wickedness

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Innocuous

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harmless

-benign, inoffensive, insipid, safe

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Inquest

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an investigation; an inquiry

-research, probe, investigation

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Insipid

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lacking interest or flavor

-banal, bland, dull, stale, vapid

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Insurrection

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rebellion

-revolt, revolution, uprising

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Inter

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to bury

-entomb, inhume, sepulcher

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Interregnum

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a period between reigns

-interval

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Intractable

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not easily managed or manipulated

-stubborn, unruly

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Intransigent

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uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled

-implacable, inexorable, obstinate, remorseful, rigid, unrelenting, unbending

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Intrepid

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fearless; resolutely courageous

-brave, audacious

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Inundate

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to overwhelm; to cover with water

-deluge, engulf, submerge, drown

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Inure

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to harden; accustom

-condition, familiarize, habituate

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Invective

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abusive language

-denunciation, revilement, vituperation, diatribe

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Investiture

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ceremony conferring authority

-inaugural, inauguration, induction, initiation

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Invidious

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envious, obnoxious, or offensive; likely to promote ill-will

-discriminatory, insulting, jaundiced, resentful

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Irascible

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easily made angry

-cantankerous, irritable, ornery, testy

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Idiosyncrasy

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peculiarity of temperament; eccentricity

-humor, quirk, oddity

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Ignoble

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having low moral standards; not noble in character; mean

-lowly, vulgar, corrupt, disgraceful

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Imbue

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to infuse, dye, wet, or moisten

-charge, freight, impregnate, permeate, pervade

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Impasse

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a blocked path; a dilemma with no solution

-cul-de-sac, deadlock, stalemate

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Impecunious

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poor; having no money

-destitute, impoverished, needy, penniless

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Imperturbable

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not capable of being disturbed

-composed, dispassionate, impassive, serene, stoical

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Impervious

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impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected

-impregnable, resistant

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Impetuous

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quick to act without thinking

-impulsive, precipitate, rash, reckless, spontaneous

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Impious

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not devout in religion

-immoral, irreverent, profane

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Implacable

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unable to be calmed down or made peaceful

-inexorable, relentless, remorseless, unforgiving

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Imprecation

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a curse

-damnation

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Impugn

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to call into question; to attack verbally

-challenge, dispute