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| Infringe |
to violate; to encroach |
| Ingenious |
clever; resourceful |
| Ingenuous |
naïve and trusting; young; unsophisticated |
| Ingrained |
deeply established; firmly rooted |
| Ingrate |
ungrateful person |
| Ingratiate |
to gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts |
| Inherent |
firmly established by nature or habit |
| Inhibit |
to restrain; to retard or prevent |
| Inimical |
unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental |
| Inimitable |
matchless; not able to be imitated |
| Iniquitous |
wicked; immoral; unrighteous |
| Initiate |
to begin; to originate; to receive into a group |
| Injurious |
harmful |
| Inkling |
hint |
| Innate |
inborn |
| Innocuous |
harmless |
| Innovation |
change; introduction of something new |
| Innuendo |
hint; insinuation |
| Inopportune |
untimely; poorly chosen |
| Inordinate |
unrestrained; excessive |
| Inquisitor |
questioner |
| Insalubrious |
unwholesome; not healthful |
| Insatiable |
not easily satisfied; unquenchable; greedy |
| Inscrutable |
impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious |
| Insensate |
without feeling |
| Insensible |
unconscious; unresponsive |
| Insidious |
treacherous; stealthy; sly |
| Insightful |
discerning; perceptive |
| Insinuate |
to hint; to imply; to creep in |
| Insipid |
lacking in flavor; dull |
| Insolence |
impudent; disrespectful |
| Insolvent |
bankrupt; lacking money to pay |
| Insomnia |
wakefulness; inability to sleep |
| Insouciant |
indifferent; without concern or care |
| Instigate |
to urge; to start; to provoke |
| Insubordination |
disobedience; rebelliousness |
| Insubstantial |
lacking substance; insignificant; frail |
| Insularity |
narrow-mindedness; isolation |
| Insuperable |
insurmountable; unbeatable |
| Insurgent |
rebellious |
| Insurmountable |
overwhelming; unbeatable; insuperable |
| Insurrection |
rebellion; uprising |
| Intangible |
not able to be perceived by touch; vague |
| Integral |
complete; necessary for completeness |
| Integrate |
to make whole; combine; make into one unit |
| Integrity |
uprightness; wholeness |
| Intellect |
higher mental powers |
| Intelligentsia |
intellectuals; members of the educated elite (often used derogatorily) |
| Inter |
to bury |
| Interdict |
to prohibit; forbid |
| Interim |
meantime |
| Interloper |
intruder |
| Interminable |
endless |
| Intermittent |
periodic; on and off |
| Internecine |
mutually destructive |
| Interpolate |
to insert between |
| Interregnum |
period between two reigns |
| Interrogate |
to question closely; cross-examine |
| Intervene |
to come between |
| Intimate |
to hint |
| Intimidate |
to frighten |
| Intractable |
unruly; stubborn; unyielding |
| Intransigence |
refusal of any compromise; stubbornness |
| Intrepid |
fearless |
| Intrinsic |
essential; inherent; built-in |
| Introspective |
looking within oneself |
| Introvert |
one who is introspective; inclined to think more about oneself |
| Intrude |
to trespass; enter as an uninvited person |
| Intuition |
immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning |
| Inundate |
to overwhelm; to flood; to submerge |
| Inured |
accustomed; hardened |
| Invalidate |
to weaken; to destroy |
| Invective |
abuse |
| Inveigh |
to denounce; to utter censure or invective |
| Inveigle |
to lead astray; to wheedle |
| Inverse |
opposite |
| Invert |
to turn upside down or inside out |
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