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