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Question 1

immaculate

Answer 1

immaculate​ADJ. /无暇的/spotless; flawless; absolutely clean. Ken and Jessica were wonderful tenants and left the apartment in immaculate condition when they moved out.

Question 2

imminent

Answer 2

imminent​ADJ. /即将到来，逼近的/near at hand; impending. Rosa was such a last-minute worker that she could never start writing a paper till the deadline was imminent.

Question 3

immobility

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immobility ​N. /无法移动，不可移动的/state of being immovable. Modern armies cannot afford the luxury of immobility, as they are vulnerable to attack while standing still.

Question 4

impale

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impale​V. /刺穿/Pierce. He was impaled by the spear hurled by his adversary.

Question 5

impalpable

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impalpable​ADJ. /难以明了，难以觉察的/imperceptible; intangible. The ash is so fine that it is impalpable to the touch but it can be seen as a fine layer covering the window ledge.

Question 6

impart

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impart​V. /赋予；告诉/reveal or tell; grant. Polly begged Grandma to impart her recipe for rugeleh, but her grandmother wouldn’t say a word.

Question 7

impartial

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impartial​ADJ. /公平的/not biased; fair. Knowing she could not be impartial about her own child, Jo refused to judge any match in which Billy was competing.

Question 8

impassable

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impassable​ADJ. /无路可通的；没法通行/not able to be traveled or crossed. A giant redwood had fallen across the highway, blocking all four lanes: the road was impassable.

Question 9

impasse

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impasse​N. /走投无路；僵局/predicament from which there is no escape; deadlock. In this impasse, all turned to prayer as their last hope.

Question 10

impeach

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impeach​V. /控告，检举；弹劾/charge with crime in office; indict. The angry congressman wanted to impeach the president for his misdeeds.

Question 11

impeccable

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impeccable​ADJ. /没有缺点/faultless. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry, Diana was acclaimed for her impeccable taste.

Question 12

impecunious

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impecunious​ADJ. /身无分文的/without money. Though Scrooge claimed he was too impecunious to give alms, he easily could have afforded to be charitable.

Question 13

impediment

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impediment ​N. /妨碍；障碍物/hindrance; stumbling-block. She had a speech impediment that prevented her speaking clearly.

Question 14

impel

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impel​V. /驱使/drive or force onward. A strong feeling of urgency impelled her; if she failed to finish the project right then, she knew that she would never get it done.

Question 15

impenetrable

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impenetrable​ADJ. /难以进入的；难以渗透的；不可理解的/not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding. How could the murderer have gotten into the locked room? To Watson, the mystery, like the room, was impenetrable.

Question 16

impending

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impending​ADJ. /接近的；附近的/nearing; approaching. The entire country was saddened by the news of his impending death.

Question 17

impenitent

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impenitent​ADJ. /执迷不悟的/not repentant. We could see from his tough guy attitude that he was impenitent.

Question 18

imperative

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imperative​ADJ. /及其重要，及其关键/absolutely necessary; critically important. It is imperative that you be extremely agreeable to GreatAunt Maud when she comes to tea: otherwise she might not leave you that million dollars in her will. also N.

Question 19

imperial

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imperial​ADJ. /帝王的；皇帝的/like an emperor; related to an empire. When hotel owner Leona Helmsley appeared in ads as Queen Leona standing guard over the Palace Hotel, her critics mocked her imperial fancies.

Question 20

imperious

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imperious​ADJ. /专横的/domineering; haughty. Jane rather liked a man to be masterful, but Mr. Rochester seemed so bent on getting his own way that he was actually imperious!

Question 21

impermeable

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impermeable​ADJ. /不能渗透的/impervious; not permitting passage through its substance. This new material is impermeable to liquids.

Question 22

impertinent

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impertinent​ADJ. /不相干的；鲁莽的/insolent; rude. His neighbors’ impertinent curiosity about his lack of dates angered Ted. It was downright rude of them to ask him such personal questions.

Question 23

imperturbable

Answer 23

imperturbable​ADJ. /沉着冷静；平静/calm; placid; composed. In the midst of the battle, the Duke of Wellington remained imperturbable and in full command of the situation despite the hysteria and panic all around him. imperturbability, N.

Question 24

Impervious

Answer 24

Impervious​ADJ. /不会被损的；不能渗透的/impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed. The carpet salesman told Simone that his most expensive brand of floor covering was warranted to be impervious to ordinary wear and tear. Having read so many negative reviews of his acting, the movie star had learned to ignore them, and was now impervious to criticism.

Question 25

impetus

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impetus​N. /动力；动机/incentive; stimulus; moving force. A new federal highway program would create jobs and give added impetus to our economic recovery.

Question 26

impiety

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impiety​N. /不敬（对神）；不虔诚/irreverence; lack of respect for God. When members of the youth group draped the church in toilet paper one Halloween, the minister reprimanded them for their impiety.

Question 27

impinge

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impinge​V. /撞击；碰撞/infringe; touch;. collide with. How could they be married without impinging on one another’s freedom?

Question 28

impious

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impious​ADJ. /不敬的；不礼貌的/irreverent. The congregation was offended by her impious remarks.

Question 29

implacable

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implacable​ADJ. /不能平静的/incapable of being pacified. Madame Defarge was the implacable enemy of the Evremonde family.

Question 30

importunate

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importunate​ADJ. /胡搅蛮缠的；苛刻的/urging; demanding. He tried to hide from his importunate creditors until his allowance arrived.

Question 31

importune

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importune​V. /强求；不停的求/beg persistently. Democratic and Republican phone solicitors importuned her for contributions so frequently that she decided to give nothing to either party.

Question 32

impostor

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impostor​N. /冒充者；冒名顶替的人/someone who assumes a false identity. Holmes exposed the doctor as an impostor.

Question 33

impotent

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impotent​ADJ. /无能的；弱的/weak; ineffective. Although he wished to break the nicotine habit, he found himself impotent in resisting the craving for a cigarette.

Question 34

impoverished

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impoverished​ADJ. /穷/poor. The loss of their farm left the family impoverished and without hope.

Question 35

impregnable

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impregnable​ADJ. /不受影响的；无敌的/invulnerable. Until the development of the airplane as a military weapon, the fort was considered impregnable.

Question 36

impromptu

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impromptu​ADJ. /一时冲动的；即兴的/without previous preparation; off the cuff; on the spur of the moment. The judges were amazed that she could make such a thorough, well-supported presentation in an impromptu speech.

Question 37

impropriety

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impropriety ​N. /不合适，不恰当/improperness; unsuitableness. Because of the impropriety of the punk rocker’s slashed T-shirt and jeans, the management refused to admit him to the hotel’s very formal dining

Question 38

improvident

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improvident​ADJ. /浪费的/thriftless. He was constantly being warned to mend his improvident ways and begin to “save for a rainy day.” improvidence, N.

Question 39

improvise

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improvise​V. /临时准备；即席创作，现编/compose on the spur of the moment. She would sit at the piano and improvise for hours on themes from Bach and Handel.

Question 40

impugn

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impugn​V. /打击；挑战/dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way); challenge; gainsay. Our treasurer was furious when the finance committee’s report impugned the accuracy of his financial records and recommended that he should take bonehead math.

Question 41

impunity

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impunity​N. /免受惩罚/freedom from punishment or harm. A 98pound weakling can’t attack a beachfront bully with impunity. the poor, puny guy is sure to get mashed.

Question 42

inadvertently

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inadvertently​ADV. /不经意的/unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly. Judy’s great fear was that she might inadvertently omit a question on the exam and mismark her whole answer sheet.

Question 43

inalienable

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inalienable​ADJ. /无可取代的；不能给与的/not to be taken away; nontransferable. The Declaration of Independence mentions the inalienable rights that all of us possess.

Question 44

inane

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inane​ADJ. /傻；粗心/silly; senseless. There’s no point to what you’re saying. Why are you bothering to make such inane remarks?

Question 45

inarticulate

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inarticulate​ADJ. /不善于表达的；口齿不清的/speechless; producing indistinct speech. He became inarticulate with rage and uttered sounds without meaning.

Question 46

inaugurate

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inaugurate​V. /开始；开幕；开幕式/start; initiate; install in office. The airline decided to inaugurate its new route to the Far East with a special reduced fare offer. inaugural,ADJ.

Question 47

incandescent

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incandescent​ADJ. /白炽的/strikingly bright; shining with intense heat. If you leave on an incandescent light bulb, it quickly grows too hot to touch.

Question 48

incantation

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incantation​N. /咒语/singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula. Uttering incantations to make the brew more potent, the witch doctor stirred the liquid in the caldron.

Question 49

incapacitate

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incapacitate​V. /使其无能力/disable. During the winter, many people were incapacitated by respiratory ailments.

Question 50

incarcerate

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incarcerate​V. /囚禁/imprison. The civil rights workers were willing to be arrested and even incarcerated if by their imprisonment they could serve the cause.

Question 51

incarnation

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incarnation​N. /化身；具人形/act of assuming a human body and human nature. The incarnation of Jesus Christ is a basic tenet of Christian theology.

Question 52

incendiary

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incendiary​N. /纵火者/arsonist. The fire spread in such an unusual manner that the fire department chiefs were certain that it had been set by an incendiary. alsoADJ.

Question 53

incense

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incense​V. /激怒/enrage; infuriate. Cruelty to defenseless animals incensed Kit: the very idea brought tears of anger to her eyes.

Question 54

inception

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inception​N. /开始，开端/start; beginning. She was involved with the project from its inception.

Question 55

incessant

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incessant​ADJ. /不停的/uninterrupted; unceasing. In a famous TV commercial, the frogs’ incessant croaking goes on and on until eventually it turns into a single word: “Bud-weis-er.”