Unit 40

Question 1

Impermeable

Answer 1

(adj) impossible to penetrate

e. g. The virus protection software is said to be impermeable to attacks by malicious software sent over the internet.

Question 2

Imperturbable

Answer 2

(adj) not easily disturbed

e. g. Buddha counseled that one should remain imperturbable through life’s vicissitudes.

Question 3

Vicissitude

Answer 3

(n) a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
e. g. Her husband’s sharp vicissitudes of fortune.

Question 4

Impervious

Answer 4

(adj) impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
e. g. We were amazed how Laura could sit at the noisy party studying organic chemistry, impervious to the noise around her.

Question 5

Impinge

Answer 5

(v) to strike; encroach

e. g. The proposed fencing would impinge on a public bridleway.

Question 6

Implacable

Answer 6

(adj) inflexible; incapable of being pleased

e. g. He was an implacable enemy of Ted’s.

Question 7

Implausible

Answer 7

(adj) unlikely; unbelievable
e. g. To say that Napoleon Bonaparte achieved what he did merely because he was compensating for his shortness is simplistic, reductionistic, and implausible.

Question 8

Implicit

Answer 8

(adj) implied; understood but not stated
- Implication (n)

e.g. Implicit in the review is the idea that the writing of serious literature is a moral undertaking.

Question 9

Implode

Answer 9

(v) collapse inward violently
- Implosion (n)

e.g. The building was imploded in order to make way for the construction of a new apartment complex.

Question 10

Imprecation

Answer 10

(n) curse
e. g. The convicted man was taken away by court officers, uttering imprecations against the jury that had found him guilty.

Question 11

Impute

Answer 11

(v) to relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault to; assign as a characteristic
e. g. The crimes imputed to Richard.