| Question |
Answer |
| impel |
drive or force onward; drive to take action; urge to action |
| impending |
nearing; approaching; about to happen |
| impenetrable |
not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding; impossible to understand; Ex. impenetrable mystery |
| impenitent |
not repentant |
| imperative |
absolutely necessary; that must be done; critically important; expressing command; Ex. It is imperative that; N: something that must be done |
| imperceptible |
unnoticeable; impossible to perceive; undetectable |
| imperial |
like an emperor; related to an empire; CF. imperialism |
| imperil |
put in danger |
| imperious |
domineering; too commanding; haughty; CF. imperial/emperor |
| impermeable |
impervious; not permitting passage through its substance; impossible to permeate |
| impersonal |
not being a person; not showing personal feelings; Ex. impersonal force/manner/organization |
| impertinent |
insolent; rude; not pertinent; N. impertinence |
| imperturbable |
unshakably calm; placid |
| impervious |
impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed; incapable of being affected (in one's opinions); Ex. impervious to water/criticism |
| impetuous |
violent; hasty; rash; impulsive; without careful thought; Ex. impetuous decision |
| impetus |
moving force; momentum; force of a moving body; incentive; stimulus; impulse |
| impiety |
irreverence; lack of respect for God or piety |
| impinge |
infringe; encroach; influence; touch; collide with; Ex. The effects are impinging on every aspect of our lives. |
| impious |
irreverent |
| implacable |
incapable of being pacified; impossible to appease; Ex. implacable enemy |
| implausible |
unlikely (to be true); unbelievable; Ex. implausible alibi |
| implement |
put into effect; enforce; carry out; supply with tools; Ex. implement the plan/suggestion; N: tool or instrument |
| implicate |
incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to be involved (in a crime); Ex. implicate someone in the crime |
| implication |
something hinted at or suggested; implying; implicating |
| implicit |
understood but not stated; implied; unquestioning and complete; Ex. implicit trust |
| implode |
burst inward; CF. vaccum tube |
| implore |
v. ask or beg earnestly; beseech |
| imply |
suggest a meaning not expressed; signify |
| impolitic |
not wise; not expedient; not politic |
| imponderable |
weightless; that cannot undergo precise evaluation; CF. pound |
| import |
significance; importance; meaning |
| importunate |
urging; always demanding; troublesomely urgent or persistent |
| importune |
beg persistently; make repeated requests (in an annoying way) |
| imposture |
assuming a false identity; masquerade; CF. impostor |
| impotent |
weak; ineffective; lacking in physical strength or power |
| impoverish |
make poor; deprive of natural strength or something important; Ex. impoverished soil |
| imprecation |
curse; swearword |
| impregnable |
invulnerable; impossible to capture or enter by force; Ex. impregnable fort/argument; CF. take |
| impregnate |
make pregnant; fill thoroughly; saturate |
| impromptu |
without previous preparation; off the cuff(end of a sleeve); on the spur of the moment |
| impropriety |
improperness; unsuitableness |
| improvident |
thriftless; not providing for the future |
| improvise |
compose on the spur of the moment |
| imprudent |
lacking caution; not prudent; injudicious |
| impudence |
impertinence; insolence |
| impugn |
dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way); attack as false or questionable; challenge; gainsay; CF. fight |
| impuissance |
powerlessness; feebleness |
| impunity |
freedom from punishment or harm; CF. punish |
| impute |
attribute; ascribe; charge; N. imputation |
| inadvertently |
unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly |
| inalienable |
not to be taken away; nontransferable; Ex. inalienable rights |
| inamorata |
woman whom a man loves |
| inane |
silly; senseless; Ex. inane remarks; N. inanity |
| inanimate |
lifeless; not animate |
| inarticulate |
speechless; producing indistinct speech; not articulate; not expressing oneself clearly |
| inasmuch_as |
since; owing to the fact that |
| inaugurate |
begin formally; install in office; induct into office by a formal ceremony; N. inauguration; ADJ. inaugural |
| incandescent |
strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting visible light when heated; Ex. incandescent light bulb; CF. candle |
| incantation |
singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula; (the saying of) words used in magic; CF. enchant |
| incapacitate |
disable; N. incapacity: lack of capacity |
| incarcerate |
imprison |
| incarnate |
endowed with flesh; invested with bodily form; personified; Ex. devil incarnate; V: give bodily form to; embody |
| incarnation |
act of assuming a human body and human nature; one who personifies something; personification; Ex. previous incarnation/reincarnation |
| incendiary |
arsonist; ADJ: causing fire; of arson; Ex. incendiary bomb |
| incense |
enrage; infuriate(make furious); make extremely angry; outrage; N: aromatic substance burned to produce a pleasant odor |
| incentive |
spur; motive; something which encourages one to greater activity |
| inception |
start; beginning |
| incessant |
uninterrupted; unceasing |
| inchoate |
(of desire, wish, plan) recently begun; not explicit; at the beginning of development; rudimentary; elementary; Ex. inchoate mass |
| incidence |
rate of occurrence; particular occurrence; Ex. high incidence of infant mortality |
| incident |
event; event that causes a crisis |
| incidental |
not essential; minor; N: something incidental |
| incinerate |
burn to ashes |
| incipient |
beginning; in an early stage |
| incisive |
(appreciatively) cutting; sharp; Ex. incisive remarks; V. incise: make a cut into |
| incite |
arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist; Ex. incite a riot/the crowd to rebellion |
| inclement |
stormy; unkind; unmerciful; CF. clement |
| incline |
slope; slant; Ex. steep incline |
| inclined |
tending or leaning toward; bent; V. incline: slant; dispose; be disposed; tend |
| inclusive |
tending to include all; all-inclusive; Ex. inclusive charge |
| incognito |
with identity concealed; using an assumed name; ADJ. |
| incoherent |
unintelligible; muddled; unable to express one's thoughts in an orderly manner; illogical; lacking cohesion; not coherent |
| incommodious |
not spacious; inconvenient |
| incompatible |
inharmonious; N. incompatibility |
| incongruity |
lack of harmony; absurdity; ADJ. incongruous: lacking in harmony; inappropriate |
| inconsequential |
insignificant; unimportant |
| inconsistency |
state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness; ADJ. inconsistent: displaying a lack of consistency; erratic; contradictory; incompatible |
| incontinent |
lacking self-restraint; not continent; licentious |
| incontrovertible |
indisputable; impossible to dispute; not open to question; unquestionable |
| incorporate |
introduce something into a larger whole; include; embody; give material form to; ADJ. |
| incorporeal |
without a material body; insubstantial |
| incorrigible |
uncorrectable |
| incredulity |
tendency to disbelief |
| incredulous |
withholding belief; skeptical; showing disbelief |
| increment |
increase |
| incriminate |
accuse of or implicate in a crime; serve as evidence against; cause to seem or make guilty of a crime; Ex. incriminating evidence |
| incrustation |
hard coating or crust; V. incrust: encrust; cover with a crust |
| incubate |
hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease |
| incubus |
burden; very worriying problem; mental care; nightmare; male devil; CF. succubus |
| inculcate |
teach (ideas or principles); instill |
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