List 15 Flashcards by isabel li | Brainscape

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Indolent

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Averse to activity, effort

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Indoctrinate

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To instruct in fundamentals

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Inducement

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Something that helps bring about an action

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Indulgent

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放纵的

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Ineffable

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Incapable of being expressed , indescribable

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Ineluctable

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Not to be avoided

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Inept

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Lack of judgment,sense; foolish

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Inert

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Deficient in active properties , inactive

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Inexorable

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Not to be persuaded

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Infamy

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Evil fame or reputation

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Infatuate

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To inspire with unreasoning love or attachment

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Inferno

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An intense fire

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Inferno

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An intense fire

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Infiltrate

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秘密潜入

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Inflame

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To make more violent

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Infelicitous

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Not happy, not appropriate or well-tempered

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Influx

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A coming in

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Infuse

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To fill or cause to be filled with something , inspire

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Infuriate

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To make furious

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Ingenuity

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Inventive skill or imagination

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Ingenious

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Marked by originality

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Ingenuous

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Lacking in cunning,guile, openly straightforward or frank

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Ingest

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To take into the body by the mouth for digest

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Ingrained

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Forming a part of the essence

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Ingrate

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An ungrateful person

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Ingratiating

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Capable of wining favor

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Inherent

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Involved in the constitution or essential character of something

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Inimical

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Unfriendly, hostile

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Inimitable

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Not capable of being imitated

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Iniquity

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Gross immorality or injustice, wickedness

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Inkling

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A slight indication

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Innocuous

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Not likely to give offense, harmless

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Inquisitive

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Improperly curious

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Insensitive

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Lacking perception

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Insipid

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Lacking in qualities that interest, not tasty

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Insolent

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Rude or disrespectful, impertinent

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Insouciant

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Lighthearted unconcern

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Instate

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To set in a rank or office,任命

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Instigate

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To stir up煽动，激起

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Instill

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To cause to enter drop by drop

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Insubordinate

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Not submissive to authority

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Insular

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Reflecting a narrow provincial viewpoint

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Insulate

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Isolate

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Insurgent

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A rebel

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Integral

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Essential to completeness

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Intelligible

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Capable of being understood

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Intemperate

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Not moderate, excessive, extreme

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Inter

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To place in a grave or tomb

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Intercessor

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One that mediates

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Interdict

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To forbid in a usually formal manner

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Interim

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An interval of time

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Interlock

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To become united or joined closely

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Interminable

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having or seeming to have no end

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Intermittent

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Coming and going at intervals

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Interregnum

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过渡期政府或统治

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Interrogate

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To question formally and systematically

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Intimidate

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To make timid or fearful

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Intransigent

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Characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon a extreme position

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Intrepid

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Characterized by resolute fearlessness

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Intrigue

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To arouse the interest

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Intrinsic

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Of the essential nature of a thing, inherent

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Inundate

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To cover with water

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Inure

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To accustom to accept something undesirable

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Invective

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Insulting or abusive language

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Inveigh

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To protest bitterly

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Inveigled

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To win over by coaxing , flattery or artful talk

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Inveterate

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Firmly established by long persistence

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Invidious

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Tending to cause discontent

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Invigorate

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To impart vigor, strength; animate

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Invincible

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Incapable of being conquered

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Invoke

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To out into effect

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Irascible

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Marked by hot temper, easily provoked anger

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Irate

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Extremely angry

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Iridescence

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五颜六色的

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Irk

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To be irritating, annoy

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Ironclad

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So firm or secure as to be unbreakable

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Irradicabke

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Impossible to uproot or destroy

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Irreducible

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不可约分的

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Isthmus

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地峡