I words Flashcards
Iconoclastic***
(adj) attacking cherished traditions
Ideological***
(adj) relating to ideology, the set of ideas that form the basis of a political or economic system
Idolatry***
(n) idol worship; blind or excessive devotion
Igneous***
(adj) produced by fire; volcanic
Immutable***
(adj) unchangeable
Impassive***
(adj) showing no emotion
Impermeable***
(adj) impossible to penetrate
Imperturbable***
(adj) not easily disturbed
– “not perturbed”
Impervious***
(adj) impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
Implacable***
(adj) inflexible; incapable of being pleased
Implicit***
(adj) implied; understood but not stated
Inadvertently***
(adv) carelessly; unintentionally
Inchoate***
(adj) imperfectly formed or formulated
Incongruity***
(n) state of not fitting
Indeterminate***
(adj) uncertain; indefinite
Indigence***
(n) poverty
Indolent***
(adj) habitually lazy; idle
Ineluctable***
(adj) not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable
Inert***
(adj) unable to move; sluggish
Ingenuous***
(adj) naive and trusting; lacking sophistication
Inherent***
(adj) firmly established by nature or habit
Innocous***
(adj) harmless
Insensible***
(adj) unconscious; unresponsive
Insinuate***
(v) to suggest; say indirectly; imply
Insipid***
(adj) lacking in flavor; dull
Insularity***
(n) narrow-mindedness; isolation
Intractable***
(adj) not easily managed
Intransigence***
(n) stubbornness; refusal to compromise
Inundate***
(v) to cover with water; overwhelm
Inured***
(v) hardened; accustomed; used to
Invective***
(n) verbal abuse
Irascible***
(adj) easily angered
Irresolute***
(adj) unsure of how to act; weak
Imbroglio
(n) complicated situation; an entanglement
Impecunious
(adj) poor; having no money
Impinge
(v) to strike; encroach
Implode
(v) collapse inward violently
Imprecation
(n) curse
- - like “incantation”
Impute
(v) to relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault to; assign as a characteristic
