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Word List 27
Inveterate - Laggard
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Inveterate | deep-rooted; habitual |
| Invidious | designed to create ill will or envy |
| Invincible | unconquerable |
| Inviolable | secure from corruption, attack, or violation; unassailable |
| Invocation | prayer fro help; calling upon as a reference or support |
| Invoke | to call upon; ask for |
| Invulnerable | incapable of injury |
| Iota | very small quantity |
| Irascible | irritable; easily angered |
| Irate | angry |
| Iridescent | exhibiting rainbow-like colors |
| Irksome | annoying; tedious |
| Ironic | occurring in an unexpected and contrary manner |
| Irony | hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that seem to mean the opposite of what they actually mean |
| Irreconcilable | incompatible; not able to be resolved |
| Irrefutable | indisputable; incontrovertible; undeniable |
| Irrelevant | not applicable; unrelated |
| Irremediable | incurable; uncorrectable |
| Irreparable | not able to be corrected or repaired |
| Irrepressible | unable to be restrained or held back |
| Irreproachable | blameless; impeccable |
| Irresolute | uncertain how to act; weak |
| Irretrievable | impossible to recover or regain; irreparable |
| Irreverence | lack of proper respect |
| Irrevocable | unalterable; irreversible |
| Isotope | varying form of an element |
| Isthmus | narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land |
| Itinerant | wandering; traveling |
| Itinerary | plan of a trip |
| Jabber | to chatter rapidly or unintelligibly |
| Jaded | fatigued; surfeited |
| Jargon | language used by a special group; technical terminology; gibberish |
| Jaundiced | exhibiting prejudice, as from envy or resentment; yellowed |
| Jaunt | a trip; a short journey |
| Jaunty | lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree |
| Jeopardize | to endanger; to imperil; to put at risk |
| Jettison | to throw overboard |
| Jibe | to agree; to be in harmony with |
| Jingoist | extremely aggressive and militant patriot; warlike chauvinist |
| Jocose | characterized by joking |
| Jocular | playful |
| Jocund | merry |
| Jollity | gaiety; cheerfulness |
| Jostle | to shove; to bump |
| Jovial | good-natured; merry |
| Jubilation | rejoicing |
| Judicious | sound in judgment; wise |
| Juggernaut | any large, overpowering, destructive force or object, as war, a giant battleship, or a powerful football team <Nothing could survive in the path of the juggernaut.> |
| Juncture | a crisis; joining point |
| Junket | a trip, esp. one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense |
| Junta | a group of person joined in political intrigue; Cabal |
| Jurisprudence | science of law |
| Justification | good or just reason; defense; excuse |
| Juxtapose | to place side by side |
| Kaleidoscope | tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, produce symmetrical effects |
| Ken | range of knowledge |
| Kernel | central or vital part; whole seed of corn |
| Killjoy | a grouch; a spoilsport |
| Kindle | to start a fire; to inspire |
| Kindred | related; similar in nature or character |
| Kinetic | producing motion |
| Kismet | fate |
| Kleptomaniac | person who has a compulsive desire to steal |
| Knave | untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel |
| Knead | to mix; to work dough |
| Knell | tolling of a bell, esp. to indicate a funeral disaster |
| Knit | to contract into wrinkles; to grow together |
| Knoll | little, round hill |
| Knotty | intricate; difficult; tangled |
| Kudos | honor; glory; praise |
| Labile | likely to change; unstable |
| Laborious | demanding much work or care; tedious |
| Labyrinth | maze |
| Laceration | a torn, ragged wound |
| Lachrymose | producing tears <His voice had a lachrymose quality….> |
| Lackadaisical | lacking purpose or zest; halfhearted; languid |
| Lackluster | dull |
| Laconic | brief and to the point |
| Laggard | slow; sluggish |
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