List 25 Flashcards
inchoate
inchoateADJ. /未成型的，早期的，刚开始的，发展中的/recently begun; rudimentary; elementary. Before the Creation, the world was an inchoate mass.
incipient
incipientADJ. /开始；早期的/beginning; in an early stage. I will go to sleep early for I want to break an incipient cold.
incisive
incisiveADJ. /尖锐；深刻，激烈/cutting; sharp. His incisive remarks made us see the fallacy in our plans.
incite
inciteV. /煽动，刺激，驱使/arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist. In a fiery speech, Mario incited his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university’s anti-affirmative action stand.
inclement
inclementADJ. /险恶的；严酷的/stormy; unkind. In inclement weather, I like to curl up on the sofa with a good book and listen to the storm blowing outside.
incontinent
incontinentADJ. /缺乏自制力，放肆/lacking self-restraint; licentious. His incontinent behavior off stage so shocked many people that they refused to attend the plays and movies in which he appeared.
incorporate
incorporateV. /合并，联合/introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite. Breaking with precedent, President Truman ordered the military to incorporate blacks into every branch of the armed services. alsoADJ.
incorporeal
incorporealADJ. /非物质的，无形的；无实体的/lacking a material body; insubstantial. While Casper the friendly ghost is an incorporeal being, nevertheless he and his fellow ghosts make quite an impact on the physical world.
incorrigible
incorrigibleADJ. /不可救药/not correctable. Though Widow Douglass hoped to reform Huck, Miss Watson called him incorrigible and said he would come to no good end.
increment
incrementN. /增加/increase. The new contract calls for a 10 percent increment in salary for each employee for the next two years.
incrustation
incrustationN. /驻扎/hard coating or crust. In dry dock, we scraped off the incrustation of dirt and barnacles that covered the hull of the ship.
incubate
incubateV. /孵卵/hatch; scheme. Inasmuch as our supply of electricity is cut off, we shall have to rely on the hens to incubate these eggs.
inculcate
inculcateV. /谆谆教导/teach; instill. In an effort to inculcate religious devotion, the officials ordered that the school day begin with the singing of a hymn.
incumbent
incumbentADJ. /义不容辞的，职责在身的/obligatory; currently holding an office. It is incumbent upon all incumbent elected officials to keep accurate records of expenses incurred in office. also N.
incur
incurV. /招致/bring upon oneself. His parents refused to pay any future debts he might incur.
incursion
incursion N. /袭击/temporary invasion. The nightly incursions and hit-and-run raids of our neighbors across the border tried the patience of the country to the point where we decided to retaliate in force.
indefatigable
indefatigableADJ. /疲倦/tireless. Although the effort of taking out the garbage tired Wayne out for the entire morning, when it came to partying, he was indefatigable.
indentation
indentationN. /槽；小开口/notch; deep recess. You can tell one tree from another by examining their leaves and noting the differences in the indentations along the edges of the leaves. indent,V.
indenture
indentureV. /契约/bind as servant or apprentice to master. Many immigrants could come to America only after they had indentured themselves for several years. also N.
indices
indicesn. PL. /符号；暗示/signs; indications. Many college admissions officers believe that SAT scores and high school grades are the best indices of a student’s potential to succeed in college. N. SG. index.
indict
indictV. /控告；起诉/charge. The district attorney didn’t want to indict the suspect until she was sure she had a strong enough case to convince a jury. indictment, N.
indigent
indigentADJ. /穷困的/poor; destitute. Someone who is truly indigent can’t even afford to buy a pack of cigarettes. [Don’t mix up indigent and indigenous. See previous sentence.]
indignation
indignationN. /义愤；愤慨/anger at an injustice. He felt indignation at the ill-treatment of helpless animals.
indiscretion
indiscretionN. /轻率；莽撞/lack of tactfulness or sound judgment. Terrified that the least indiscretion could jeopardize his political career, the novice politician never uttered an unguarded word. indiscreet,ADJ.
indisputable
indisputableADJ. /没有争论余地；非常清楚的/too certain to be disputed. In the face of these indisputable statements, I withdraw my complaint.
indissoluble
indissolubleADJ. /不能分解的；永久的/permanent. The indissoluble bonds of marriage are all too often being dissolved.
indoctrinate
indoctrinateV. /教导；灌输/instruct in a doctrine or ideology. CubanAmericans resisted sending Elian Gonzalez back to Cuba because he would be indoctrinated there with Communist principles.
indomitable
indomitableADJ. /不屈服的；不可被征服的/unconquerable; unyielding. Focusing on her game despite all her personal problems, tennis champion Steffi Graf proved she had an indomitable will to win.
indubitable
indubitableADJ. /不容置疑的；无疑的/unable to be doubted; unquestionable. Auditioning for the chorus line, Molly was an indubitable hit: the director fired the leading lady and hired Molly in her place!
industrious
industriousADJ. /勤奋的，努力的/diligent; hard-working. Look busy when the boss walks by your desk; it never hurts to appear industrious. industry, N.
inebriated
inebriatedADJ. /醉的/habitually intoxicated; drunk. Abe was inebriated more often than he was sober. Because of his inebriety, he was discharged from his job as a bus driver.
ineffable
ineffableADJ. /不可言喻的，无法用语言表达的；不能说的，避讳的/unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech. Such ineffable joy must be experienced; it cannot be described.
ineffectual
ineffectualADJ. /无效的，弱的/not effective; weak. Because the candidate failed to get across his message to the public, his campaign was ineffectual.
inefficacious
inefficaciousADJ. /无能的，无效的/not effective; unable to produce a desired result. All Lois’s coaxing and urging was inefficacious: Clark still refused to join her and Superman for dinner. inefficacy, N.
inequity
inequityN. /不公平/unfairness. In demanding equal pay for equal work, women protest the basic inequity of a system that gives greater financial rewards to men.
inexorable
inexorableADJ. /无情的；残酷的/relentless; unyielding; implacable. After listening to the pleas for clemency, the judge was inexorable and gave the convicted man the maximum punishment allowed by law.
infallible
infallibleADJ. /一贯正确的/unerring. We must remember that none of us is infallible; we all make mistakes.
infantile
infantileADJ. /婴儿的，幼稚的/childish. When will he outgrow such infantile behavior?
infer
inferV. /推导，总结/deduce; conclude. From the students’ glazed looks, it was easy for me to infer that they were bored out of their minds. inference, N.
infernal
infernalADJ. /魔鬼的，地狱的/pertaining to hell; devilish. Batman was baffled: he could think of no way to hinder the Joker’s infernal scheme to destroy the city.
infidel
infidelN. /异教徒，异端；不信宗教的/unbeliever. The Saracens made war against the infidels.
infiltrate
infiltrateV. /渗透/pass into or through; penetrate (an organization) sneakily. In order to be able to infiltrate enemy lines at night without being seen, the scouts darkened their faces and wore black coveralls. infiltrator, N.
infinitesimal
infinitesimalADJ. /微小的/very small. In the twentieth century, physicists have made their greatest discoveries about the characteristics of infinitesimal objects like the atom and its parts.
infirmity
infirmityN. /弱点/weakness. Her greatest infirmity was lack of willpower.
inflated
inflatedADJ. /夸张的，虚华的，被放大的/exaggerated; pompous; enlarged (with air or gas). His claims about the new product were inflated, it did not work as well as he had promised.
influx
influxN. /注入，流入/flowing into. The influx of refugees into the country has taxed the relief agencies severely.
infraction
infractionN. /打破（常规）/violation (of a rule or regulation); breach. When Dennis Rodman butted heads with that referee, he committed a clear infraction of NBA rules.
infuriate
infuriateV. /激怒，热火/enrage; anger. Her big brother’s teasing always infuriated Margaret; no matter how hard she tried to keep her temper, he always got her goat.
infusion
infusionN. /灌输；浸泡；注入/act of introducing or instilling a quality; liquid solution. The rookie quarterback brought an infusion of new life and vigor to the tired team. infuse,V.
