I-Words Flashcards

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Iconoclast

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Someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions

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Idolatry

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The worship of objects or images as gods

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Immutable

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Not subject or susceptible to change or variation

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Impair

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Make worse or less effective

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Impassive

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Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

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Impede

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Be a hindrance or obstacle to

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Impermeable

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Preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through

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Imperturbable

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Marked by extreme calm and composure

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Impervious

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Not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

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Implacable

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Incapable of being appeased or pacified

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Implicit

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Suggested though not directly expressed

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Implode

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Burst inward

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Inadvertently

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Without knowledge or intention

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Inchoate

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Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

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Incongruity

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The quality of disagreeing

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Inconsequential

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Lacking worth or importance

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Incorporate

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Make into a whole or make part of a whole

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Indeterminate

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Not fixed or known in advance

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Indigence

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A state of extreme poverty or destitution

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Indolent

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Disinclined to work or exertion

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Inert

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Unable to move or resist motion

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Ingenuous

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Lacking in sophistication or worldliness

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Inherent

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Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic

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Innocuous

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Not injurious to physical or mental health

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Insensible

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Barely able to be perceived

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Insinuate

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Suggest in an indirect or covert way; give to understand

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Insipid

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Lacking interest or significance or impact

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Insularity

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Lack of openness to new ideas; narrow-mindedness

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Intractable

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Difficult to manage or mold

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Intransigence

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Stubborn refusal to compromise or change

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Inundate

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Fill or cover completely, usually with water

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Inured

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Made tough by habitual exposure

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Invective

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Abusive language used to express blame or censure

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Irascible

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Quickly aroused to anger

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Irresolute

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Uncertain how to act or proceed

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Itinerary

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An established line of travel or access