Vocab 201-220

Question 0

Indeterminate

Answer 0

Not having a fixed length of time; vague

Question 1

Incisive

Answer 1

Cutting to the heart of the matter

Question 2

Indigenous

Answer 2

Native to; originating in a particular area

Question 3

Indigent

Answer 3

In need; poor, impoverished

Question 4

Inept

Answer 4

Clumsy, unskilled

Question 5

Infer

Answer 5

To draw a conclusion from facts or premises

Question 6

Injunction

Answer 6

Obligatory directive, especially from the court

Question 7

Inordinate

Answer 7

Way out of line; excessive, unreasonable

Question 8

Insatiable

Answer 8

Impossible to satisfy

Question 9

Insidious

Answer 9

Seductively harmful; treacherous; having a subtle effect

Question 10

Insurgent

Answer 10

Rebellious

Question 11

Inter

Answer 11

To put into the earth; to bury

Question 12

Intercede

Answer 12

To step into (intervene), usually on someone’s behalf; to mediate

Question 13

Inundate

Answer 13

To flood; to overwhelm

Question 14

Ipso facto

Answer 14

By the fact itself; by the nature of the case

Question 15

Iridescence

Answer 15

Brilliant play of color

Question 16

Juggernaut

Answer 16

A massive, inexorable force or object that crushes everything in its path

Question 17

Knell

Answer 17

A slow, solemn ringing; an announcement of death or disaster; an omen of failure

Question 18

Laissez-faire

Answer 18

Espousing a doctrine of non-interference or freedom of choice and action

Question 19

Languish

Answer 19

To become weak, depressed, listless