NSF regionals vocabulary 23

Question 1

impinge

Answer 1

to advance beyond the usual limit, have an effect

Question 2

imponderable

Answer 2

something that cannot be precisely evaluated

Question 3

impregnable

Answer 3

incapable of being overcome, withstand an attack

Question 4

improvisation

Answer 4

to better, a performance given without planning

Question 5

impunity

Answer 5

exemption or release from punishment

Question 6

inadvertent

Answer 6

unintentional, lack of attention payed

Question 7

incandescent

Answer 7

intensely bright, glowing with heat

Question 8

incantation

Answer 8

a ritual recitation of words that is supposed to have a magical effect

Question 9

inception

Answer 9

a beginning stage, first part

Question 10

incidentals

Answer 10

happening in a unplanned or subordinating junction with something else

Question 11

inclement

Answer 11

not merciful or kind

Question 12

inconceivable

Answer 12

unbelievable, totally unpredictable

Question 13

incorrigible

Answer 13

not changed by anything, not influenced easily

Question 14

incredulous

Answer 14

not believing

Question 15

incriminate

Answer 15

to bring an accusation against

Question 16

indemnify

Answer 16

to guard or secure against future loss

Question 17

indiscreet

Answer 17

lacking prudence or judgement

Question 18

indissoluble

Answer 18

incapable of being dissolved or decomposed

Question 19

indite

Answer 19

to compose or write, as in a literary work

Question 20

indolent

Answer 20

slow to heal and usually painless, disinclined to work

Question 21

inebriate

Answer 21

intoxicated, drunk

Question 22

ineptitude

Answer 22

unskilled due to the lack of training

Question 23

inexpedient

Answer 23

not suitable or advisable

Question 24

infallible

Answer 24

incapable of failure

Question 25

inflection

Answer 25

modulation of the voice

Question 26

influx

Answer 26

to flow inward

Question 27

infrastructure

Answer 27

underlying framework

Question 28

infuriating

Answer 28

extremely annoying or frustrating

Question 29

infuse

Answer 29

to introduce by pouring causing penetration

Question 30

infusion

Answer 30

the steeping or soaking of a liquid.