NSF regionals vocabulary 24 Flashcards
ingenuity
having great and creative imagination
ingestion
the process of taking in food by the mouth
ingratiate
to gain favor with somebody by deliberate attempts
innuendo
an indirect implication
inordinately
extreme, not within proper or reasonable limits
insinuation
indirect implication
insipid
not pleasing to the sense of taste, lacking interest
insolent
casual disrespect, boldly rule
insular
isolated, related to islands
insurgent
a person who takes part in rebellion against the government
intercession
a prayer to god on a behalf of another
interface
a common boundary between bodies
interlocutor
a person who takes part in a conversation
interlude
a intervening period between a longer episode
interpolate
to insert words into texts, or estimate
interrogate
to question formally
intone
to utter in a singing voice
intravenous
pertaining to veins
intuit
to know by feel or intuition
invalidate
to expire, deprive of legal force
irascible
characterized by anger, aroused to anger fast
irate
angry, showing extreme anger
irk
to annoy or vex
irrelevance
lacking of relation, not any connection
irrevocable
incapable of being revoked or retracted
isotropic
invariant with respect to direction
jaunt
a journey taken for pleasure
jejune
without interest or significance, immature
jeopardy
peril or danger, risk of loss
jetty
a protective structure of stone or concrete to prevent the beach from washing away
