I's Flashcards by Chyna Spivey | Brainscape

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Idiosyncrasy

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A peculiar characteristic

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Immutable

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Not subject to change

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Impending

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Threatening to occur

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Imperturbable

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Hard to excite or upset, very calm

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Impetus

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A stimulus encouraging a particular activity

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Implosion

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A violent, inward collapse

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Inadvertent

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Unintentional, often related to carelessness

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Inchoate

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Poorly formed or formless

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Incinerate

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To set fire to and burn until reduced to ashes

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Incongruous

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Inconsistent; lacking in harmony

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Incorrigible

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Impossible to change or reform

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Indigenous

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Native; innate

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Inevitable

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Impossible to avoid; predictable

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Infer

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To conclude from evidence

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Ingenuity

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Cleverness or imagination

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Inherent

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Naturally occurring, permanent element or attribute

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Inimical

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Harmful or unfriendly

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Innate

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Possessed at birth; a natural characteristic

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Inscrutable

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Difficult to understand; having an obscure nature

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Insinuate

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To subtly imply or insert

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Insipid

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Dull; lacking in favor or zest

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Insular

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Isolated; narrow-minded

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Integral

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Essential or necessary

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Intercede

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To mediate, or plead on another’s behalf

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Interpolate

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To insert or introduce between, often to falsify

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Intractable

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Difficult to manage; stubborn

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Inundate

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To quickly overwhelm or exceed capacity

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Inure

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To cause to accept something that is undesirable; habituate

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Invariable

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Not subject to question or change; constant

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Irascible

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Easily angered