I Words Flashcards
Idiosyncratic
Peculiar to the individual
Syn: outlandish, unconventional, unorthodox, subjective
Impinge
- To strike, hit, or dash (on, upon, or against something)
- To encroach; infringe
Syn: violate, entrench, invade, intrude, meddle, impact
Inane
- Lacking sense of meaning; foolish; silly
Syn: stupid, ludicrous, mindless, frivolous, imbecile, unintelligent
Indulgent
Indulging or being inclined to indulge; kind or lenient, often to excess
Syn: forbearing, tolerant, easygoing, accommodating, permissive
Infer
- To derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence
- To hint; imply; suggest
Syn: surmise, derive, presume, conjecture, conclude, glean
Incur
- To come into or acquire(some consequences, usually undesirable or injurious)
- To become liable or subject to through one’s own actions; bring or take upon oneself
Syn: obtain, acquire, arouse, be obligated, be in debt, provoke
Insidious
- Characterized by treachery or slyness; crafty; wily
- Operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect
Syn: cunning, devious, dishonest, underhand, guileful
Insinuating
- Tending to instill doubts, distrust, etc.; Suggestive
- Gaining favor or winning confidence by artful means
Syn: imply, hint, adumbrate, alluding
Inure
Accustom (someone) to something, esp something unpleasant; hardened
Syn: toughened, callous, acclimatized, habituate, seasoned
Invade
- To enter forcibly or hostilely; come into as an enemy
- To intrude upon; infringe; violate
- To crowd into; throng
- To enter and spread through with harmful effects
Syn: infest, infiltrate, pervade, assail, permeate, impinge
Inveigle
- To entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements
- To lead on with deception; entice or trick into doing or giving something, going somewhere, etc
Syn: seduce, lure, beguile, sweet-talk, blandish, influence
Irate
Angry; enraged
Syn: incensed, livid, indignant, ireful, fuming, choleric, exasperated, wrathful acrimonious,disgruntled, apoplectic
Irresolutely
- Not resolute, doubtful; inform of purpose; vacillating
Syn: dubiously, waveringly, uncertainty, tentatively, ambivalently, suspectly
Inflict
Cause to be suffered by something or someone
Syn: wreck, impose, enforce, strike, charge, thrust
Intuition
Ability to understand something immediately
Syn: hunch, perception, sixth sense, suspicion, anticipation, acumen, perspicacity, foreboding(usually bad), premonition(usually bad), presentiment(usually bad)
Inure
Accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant
Syn: harden, toughen, habituate, familiarize, acclimatize, adapt, habituate
Intently
With earnest and eager attention
Syn: keenly, avid, steadily, observantly, concentrate
Indulgent
Having or indicating a tendency to be overly generous to lenient with someone
Syn: Kind, compassionate, liberal, easygoing
Indecent
Inappropriate behavior
Syn: rudeness, obscenity, gross
Inextricable
Impossible to disentangle or separate
Syn: unavoidable, unpreventable, entangled, difficult
Infancy
The early stage in the development or growth of something
Syn: early childhood, roots, debut, commencement, genesis,
