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Question 1

indict

Answer 1

formally accuse of or charge with a serious crime

Former President Donald Trump warned in a radio interview of “big problems” if he is indicted over his handling of classified documents, comments widely interpreted as a threat to stoke violent unrest

Question 2

vitriol

Answer 2

cruel and bitter criticism

Election officials across the country have faced so much online vitriol that hundreds of lower-level officials have quit their positions out of fear for their safety.

Question 3

impugn

Answer 3

Attack the truth or integrity of

The far-right group was joined in their efforts to impugn the integrity of the electoral system by Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, two hosts who also have a history of advancing dishonest arguments to support Trump.

Question 4

impute

Answer 4

Credit, attribute; lay blame or responsibility for (sometimes falsely)

The economic sins imputed to Tito had all been committed to a greater extent by the communist parties of neighbouring countries.

Question 5

inadvertent

Answer 5

Unintentional; characterized by a lack of attention, careless

Brian apologized after the training for the star player’s injury, saying that the contact was inadvertent

Question 6

inasmuch

Answer 6

In like manner, considering that (contraction of “in as much,” generally followed by “as”)

you should not use that source, inasmuch as it is badly out-of-date

Question 7

incarnadine

Answer 7

Blood red or flesh-colored

Question 8

incendiary

Answer 8

tending to excite or inflame; extremely hot

Trump recklessly made incendiary remarks during a period of heightened racial tensions

Question 9

inchoate

Answer 9

Just begun, undeveloped, unorganized

His claims raised misty, inchoate suspicions that all is not well with the nation

Question 10

incipient

Answer 10

Just beginning; in a very early stage

Add Apple to the list of major U.S. companies, including Amazon and Starbucks, facing an incipient push by workers to form a union.

Question 11

incongruous

Answer 11

Out of place, inappropriate, not harmonious

For those outside of Japan, the assassination of Shinzo Abe may seem incongruous with claims that Japan has found special success against gun violence.

Question 12

inconsequential

Answer 12

Insignificant, unimportant; illogical

For many people, the concept of a changing climate might seem distant and removed - a 2 millimeter rise in sea levels a year or a subtle uptick in global temperatures may appear inconsequential.

Question 13

inconstancy

Answer 13

Fickleness, unreliability; the state of changing without good reason

Over the past 20 years, the United States has undermined its own global leadership by inconstancy.

Question 14

inculcate

Answer 14

Teach persistently, implant (an idea) in a person

The teacher inculcated in her students the importance of good study habits.

Question 15

indefatigable

Answer 15

Untiring, not able to become fatigued

an indefatigable laborer who can work from sunrise to sunset

Question 16

indeterminate

Answer 16

Not fixed or determined, indefinite; vague

The plants are indeterminate and can be ready for harvest in as little as 60 days to 105 days

Question 17

indigence

Answer 17

Extreme poverty

there are various state and federal programs to help relieve indigence

Question 18

indolent

Answer 18

Lazy, slothful

an indolent boy who had to be forced to help out with the chores

Question 19

inert

Answer 19

Inactive; having little or no power to move

The newly-elected president was given the heavy task of stimulating the inert economy and creating jobs

Question 20

inexorable

Answer 20

Relentless, unyielding; not moved by pleading

Like other far-right leaders in Europe, Meloni rages against the country’s perceived inexorable decline.

Question 21

infallible

Answer 21

Incapable of error; certain

Ohtani’s unfortunate 2019 and 2020 seasons demonstrate that not even legends-in-the-making are infallible.

Question 22

ingenuous

Answer 22

Genuine, sincere, not holding back; naive

her ingenuous thirst for experience drived her to apply more

Question 23

ingrate

Answer 23

Ungrateful person

On Chinese social media, a heady narrative, fuelled by nationalism, has emerged of the Communist Party as a magnanimous matriarch beset by circumstances to give up her child and Hong Kong as its pampered ingrate.

Question 24

ingratiate

Answer 24

Make an effort to gain favor with

Every spring new college football coaches, whether they were fired and got another job or left for greener pastures, attempt to ingratiate themselves with new fan bases.

Question 25

inimical

Answer 25

Hostile, adverse, harmful

laws designed to enhance national security that some regard as inimical to cherished freedoms

Question 26

innocuous

Answer 26

Harmless, inoffensive

Something as innocuous as hiking can feel dangerously foreign to those who don’t feel invited to it.

Question 27

inordinate

Answer 27

Excessive, not within proper limits, unrestrained

This was an inordinate number of sightings for a species that’s rather uncommon in the state.

Question 28

insensible

Answer 28

Incapable of feeling; unconscious, unaware

She was knocked insensible by the collision

Question 29

insinuate

Answer 29

Hint, suggest slyly; introduce (an idea) into someone’s mind in a subtle, artful way

Low death rate does not insinuate that the virus should not be taken seriously.

Question 30

insipid

Answer 30

Dull, stale, lacking taste or interest

While it is fashionable to write off that decade as an insipid time, the ’50s, in sport at least, were a revolutionary age.

Question 31

insular

Answer 31

Pertaining to an island; detached, standing alone; narrow-minded, provincial

an insular community that is not receptive of new ideas, especially from outsiders

Question 32

insurrection

Answer 32

Rebellion or revolt against a government or similarly established authority

He helped organize buses to Washington, D.C., for the protest that became the Jan. 6 insurrection.