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Iconoclastic***

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(adj) attacking cherished traditions

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Ideological***

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(adj) relating to ideology, the set of ideas that form the basis of a political or economic system

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Idolatry***

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(n) idol worship; blind or excessive devotion

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Igneous***

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(adj) produced by fire; volcanic

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Immutable***

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(adj) unchangeable

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Impassive***

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(adj) showing no emotion

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Impermeable***

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(adj) impossible to penetrate

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Imperturbable***

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(adj) not easily disturbed

– “not perturbed”

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Impervious***

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(adj) impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected

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Implacable***

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(adj) inflexible; incapable of being pleased

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Implicit***

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(adj) implied; understood but not stated

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Inadvertently***

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(adv) carelessly; unintentionally

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Inchoate***

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(adj) imperfectly formed or formulated

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Incongruity***

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(n) state of not fitting

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Indeterminate***

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(adj) uncertain; indefinite

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Indigence***

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(n) poverty

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Indolent***

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(adj) habitually lazy; idle

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Ineluctable***

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(adj) not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable

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Inert***

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(adj) unable to move; sluggish

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Ingenuous***

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(adj) naive and trusting; lacking sophistication

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Inherent***

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(adj) firmly established by nature or habit

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Innocous***

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(adj) harmless

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Insensible***

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(adj) unconscious; unresponsive

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Insinuate***

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(v) to suggest; say indirectly; imply

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Insipid***

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(adj) lacking in flavor; dull

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Insularity***

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(n) narrow-mindedness; isolation

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Intractable***

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(adj) not easily managed

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Intransigence***

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(n) stubbornness; refusal to compromise

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Inundate***

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(v) to cover with water; overwhelm

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Inured***

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(v) hardened; accustomed; used to

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Invective***

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(n) verbal abuse

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Irascible***

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(adj) easily angered

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Irresolute***

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(adj) unsure of how to act; weak

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Imbroglio

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(n) complicated situation; an entanglement

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Impecunious

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(adj) poor; having no money

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Impinge

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(v) to strike; encroach

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Implode

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(v) collapse inward violently

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Imprecation

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(n) curse

- - like “incantation”

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Impute

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(v) to relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault to; assign as a characteristic