Vocab: I Flashcards

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Idolatry

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Idol worship; blind or excessive devotion

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Iconoclastic

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Attacking cherished traditions

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Igneous

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Produced by fire; volcanic

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Imbroglio

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Complicated situation; an entanglement

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Immutable

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Unchangeable

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Impair

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To damage; injure

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Impassive

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Showing no emotion

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Impecunious

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Poor; having no money

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Impede

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To hinder; block

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Impermeable

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Impossible to penetrate

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Imperturbable

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Not easily disturbed

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Impervious

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Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected

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Impinge

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To strike; encroach

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Implacable

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Inflexible; incapable of being pleased

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Implausible

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Unlikely; unbelievable

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Implicit

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Implied; understood but not stated

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Implode

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Collapse inward violently

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Imprecation

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Curse

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Impute

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To relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault to; assign as a characteristic

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Inadvertently

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Carelessly; unintentionally

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Incarnate

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Having bodily form

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Inchoate

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Imperfectly formed or formulated

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Incongruity

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State of not fitting

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Inconsequential

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Insignificant; unimportant

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Incorporate

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Introduce something into another thing already in existence; combine

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Incursion

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Sudden invasion

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Indeterminate

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Uncertain; indefinite

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Indigence

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Poverty

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Indolent

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Habitually lazy; idle

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Ineluctable

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Not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable

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Inert

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Unable to move; sluggish

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Ingenuous

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Naive and trusting; lacking sophistication

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Inherent

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Firmly established by nature or habit

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Insensible

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Unconscious; unresponsive

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Insinuate

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To suggest; say indirectly; imply

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Insipid

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Lacking in flavor; dull

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Insouciant

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Indifferent; lacking concern or care

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Insularity

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Narrow- mindedness; isolation

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Insuperable

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Insurmountable ; unconquerable

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Intangible

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Not material

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Interdict

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To forbid; prohibit; to confront and halt activities, advance, or entry to

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Internecine

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Deadly to both sides

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Interpolate

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To insert; change by adding new words or material

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Interregnum

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Interval between reigns; gap in continuity

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Intimate

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Marked by close acquaintance

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Intractable

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Not easily managed

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Intransigence

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Stubbornness; refusal to compromise

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Introspective

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Contemplating one’s own thought and feelings

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Inundate

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To cover with water; overwhelm

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Inured

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Hardened; accustomed; used to

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Invective

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Verbal abuse

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Inveigh

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To disapprove; protest vehemently

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Inveigle

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To win over by flattery or coaxing

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Inveterate

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Confirmed; long-standing; deeply rooted

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Invidious

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Likely to provoke I’ll will; offensive

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Irascible

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Easily angered

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Irresolute

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Unsure of how to act; weak

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Itinerant

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Wandering from place to place; unsettled

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Itinerary

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Route of a traveler’s journey