"I-" Vocabulary Flashcards
Iconoclast
One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions (n)
Idolatrious
Given to intense or excessive devotion to something (adj)
Idyll
A carefree, lighthearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience (n)
Ignominious
Shameful, dishonorable, ignoble, disgraceful (adj)
Illiberality
Quality of being narrow-minded, bigoted (n)
Imbroglio
Difficult or embarrassing situation (n)
Imminent
About to happen; impending (adj)
Immutable
Not capable of change (adj)
Impassive
Revealing no emotion or sensibility (adj)
Impecunious
Lacking funds; without money (adj)
Imperious
Commanding, masterful, arrogant, domineering (adj)
Imperturbable
Marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness (adj)
Impetuous
Hastily or rashly energetic (adj)
Implacable
Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed (adj)
Importune
To ask incessantly, beg, nag (v)
Impudent
Shamelessly bold; insolent; impertinent (adj)
Impugn
Attack or assail verbally, censure, exercate, deny (v)
Impunity
Immunity from punishment, penalty, or harm (n)
Impute
To attribute to a cause or sourcee, ascribe, assign a characterstic (v)
Inalienable
Cannot be transfered (adj)
Inchoate
In an intial stage, not fully formed (adj)
Incipient
Beginning to come into being or to become apparent (adj)
Indecorous
Violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly (adj)
Indefatigable
Not easily exhaustible, tireless, dogged (adj)
Indemnify
To guard or secure against anticipated loss (adj)
Indifferent
Having no interest or concern, apathetic; showing no bias or prejudice (adj)
Indolent
Lazy, listless, torpid (adj)
Ineluctable
Certain, inevitable (adj)
Inert
Unmoving, lethargic, sluggish, not reactive chemically (adj)
Ingenuous
Artless, frank; lacking in sophistication (adj)
Inherent
Ingrained within one’s nature, firmly establish, essential (adj)
Inimical
Damaging, harmful, injurious, hostile (adj)
Inimitable
One of a kind, unique (adj)
Iniquity
Wickedness, gross injustice (n)
Injudicious
Showing lack of judgment, unwise, imprudent, indiscreet (adj)
Innervate
To supply with nerves, energize (v)
Innocuous
Harmless; causing no damage (adj)
Inscrutable
Incapable of being discovered or understood, mysterious (adj)
Insensible
Unconscious unresponsive, unaware, unaffected, numb (adj)
Insipid
Without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, dull (adj)
Insouciant
Unconcernd, carefree, nonchalant (adj)
Insular
Narrow-minded, conservative (adj)
Interdict
Prohibit, forbid, band, halt (v)
Intimate
To imply, suggest, or insinuate (v)
Intractable
Not easily managed or directed, stubborn, obstinate (adj)
Intransigent
Refusing to compromise (adj)
Intrepid
Steadfast, courageous (adj)
Inundate
To cover or overwhelm, to flood (v)
Inured
Accustomed to accepting something undesirable (adj)
Inveigh
To attack verbally, denounce, deprecate (v)
Inveigle
To obtain by deception or flattery (v)
Inveterate
Deep-routed, ingrained, habitual (adj)
Invidious
Tending to arouse envy or ill will in others (adj)
Irascible
Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts (adj)
Itinerate
To travel from place to place (v)