Lesson Ten Flashcards

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idolatry

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excessive or blind adoration; the worship of an object

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ignoble

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dishonorable, shameful

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imminent

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likely to happen; threatening

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immolate

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to kill as a sacrifice, often by fire

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immutable

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unchangeable, fixed

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impair

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to weaken; to cause to become worse

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impale

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to pierce through with a sharp, pointed object

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impalpable

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unable to be felt

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impecunious

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without money; penniless

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impediment

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a barrier; an obstruction

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imperative

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extremely necessary; vitally important

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imperious

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domineering; haughty

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impinge

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to strike; encroach

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impious

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disrespectful toward God

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importune

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to persistently ask; beg

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