Unit 44

Question 1

Inundate

Answer 1

(v) to cover with water; overwhelm

e. g. The islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise.

Question 2

Inured

Answer 2

(v) hardened; accustomed; used to

e. g. After 20 years in the army, the chaplain had not become inured to the sight of men dying in the battlefield.

Question 3

Invective

Answer 3

(n) verbal abuse

e. g. The debate judge cautioned participants not to engage in invective, but rather in reasoned and decorous discourse.

Question 4

Inveigh

Answer 4

(v) to disapprove; protest vehemently
e. g. The conservative write inveighed against the school board’s decision to exclude moral education from the curriculum.

Question 5

Inveigle

Answer 5

(v) to win over by flattery or coaxing

e. g. The students inveigled their professor into postponing the test for a week.

Question 6

Inveterate

Answer 6

(adj) confirmed; long-standing; deeply rooted

e. g. The columnist is an inveterate iconoclast who continually questions conventional wisdom.

Question 7

Invidious

Answer 7

(adj) likely to provoke ill will; offensive
e. g. Most publications in the United States prohibit their writers from making invidious comparisons between racial groups.

Question 8

Irascible

Answer 8

(adj) easily angered

e. g. The irascible old man complains every time someone makes a little noise.

Question 9

Irresolute

Answer 9

(adj) unsure of how to act; weak

e. g. The president admonished Congress, saying that although it faced difficult choices it must not be irresolute.

Question 10

Itinerant

Answer 10

(adj) wandering from place to place; unsettled

e. g. According to state law, companies hiring itinerant workers must provide adequate housing for them.