Unit 43 Flashcards
Insuperable
(adj) insurmountable; unconquerable
e. g. Insuperable financial problems.
Intangible
(adj) not material
e. g. When considering what occupation to pursue it is prudent to consider intangible rewards as well as financial ones.
Interdict
(v) to forbid; prohibit; to confront and halt the activities, advance, entry of
e. g. Under US law, interdicted goods can be seized by customs officials.
Internecine
(adj) deadly to both sides
e. g. The region’s history of savage internecine warfare.
Interpolate
(v) to insert; change by adding new words or material
e. g. The book The Five Gospels was produced by having leading bible scholars vote on which saying of Jesus they believe to be authentic ad which they believe to have been interpolated by other writers.
Interregnum
(n) interval between reigns; gap in continuity
e. g. The interregnum between the discovery of radioactivity and its detailed understanding.
Intimate
(adj) marked by close acquaintance
- Intimate (v): to make known subtly and indirectly
e.g. During the 1990s Bob Dylan and Jerry Garcia became good, though not intimate, friends.
Intractable
(adj) not easily managed
e. g. General practitioners are equipped to deal with most psychosomatic disorders, but in intractable cases a psychiatrist is consulted.
Intransigence
(n) stubbornness; refusal of compromise
e. g. Each side in the negotiations accused the other of intransigence, so talks broke down.
Introspective
(adj) contemplating one’s own thoughts and feelings
e. g. In many ways William Wordsworth’s great poem The Prelude is an introspective work, retrospectively exploring his thoughts and feeling as he matured.
