I Vocabulary Flashcards

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Iconoclastic

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Attacking cherished traditions

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Ideological

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Relating to ideology, set of ideas that for political/economical system

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Idolatry

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Idol worship

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Igneous

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Produced by fire, volcanic

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Imbroglio

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Complicated situation, entanglement

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Immutable

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Unchangeable

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Impassive

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Showing no emotion

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Impecunious

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Poor

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Impede

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To hinder, block

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Impermeable

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Impossible to penetrate

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Imperturbable

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Not easily disturbed

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Impervious

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Incapable of being affected, impermeable

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Impinge

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To strike, encroach (intrude on rights)

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Implacable

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Inflexible, incapable of being pleased

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Implausible

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Unlikely, unbelievable

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Implicit

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Implied, understood but not stated

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Implode

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Collapse Inward violently

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Imprecation

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Curse

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Impute

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Relate to particular cause or source, attribute fault to

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Inadvertently

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Carelessly, unintentionally

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Incarnate

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Having bodily form

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Inchoate

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Imperfectly formed/formulated

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Incongruity

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State of not fitting

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Inconsequential

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Insignificant

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Incorporate

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Combine

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Incursion

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Sudden invasion

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Indeterminate

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Uncertain, indefinite

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Indigene

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Poverty

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Indolent

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Habitually lazy

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Ineluctable

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Not go avoided or escaped

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Inert

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Unable to move, sluggish

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Ingenuous

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Native and trusting, lacking sophistication

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Inherent

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Firmly established by nature or habit

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Insensible

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Unconscious, unresponsive

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Insinuate

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Suggest, say indirectly

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Insipid

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Lacking in flavour, dull

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Insouciant

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Indifferent, lacking concern or care

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Insularity

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Narrow minded, isolation

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Interregnum

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Interval between reigns, gap in continuity

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Intimate

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Marked by close acquaintance

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Intractable

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Not easily managed

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Intransigence

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Stubbornness, refuse to compromise

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Introspective

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Contemplating one’s own thoughts and feelings

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Insuperable

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Insurmountable, unconquerable

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Intangible

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Not material

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Interdict

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To forbid, prohibit

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Internecine

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Deadly to both sides

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Interpolate

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To insert, change by adding new words or material

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Inundate

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To cover with water, overwhelm

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Inured

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Hardened, used to

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Invective

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Verbal abuse

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Inveigh

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To disapprove, protest

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Inveigle

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To win over by flattery

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Inveterate

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Confirmed, long standing, deeply rooted

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Invidious

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Likely to provoke Ill will, offensive

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Irascible

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Easily angered

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Irresolute

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Unsure of how to act, weak

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Itinerant

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Wandering from place to place, unsettled

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Itinerary

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Route of travellers journey