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GRE Vocab9
I words/GRE Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Iconoclast | one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions |
Idiosyncrasy | peculiarity of temperament; eccentricity |
Ignoble | having low moral standards; not noble in character; mean |
Imbue | to infuse, dye, wet, or moisten |
Impasse | blocked path; dilemma with no solution |
Impecunious | poor; having no money |
Imperturbable | not capable of being disturbed |
Impervious | impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected |
Impetuous | quick to act without thinking |
Impious | not devout in religion |
Implacable | unable to be calmed down or made peaceful |
Imprecation | a curse |
Impugn | to call into question; to attack verbally |
Incarnadine | blood red in color |
Inchoate | no fully formed; disorganized |
Inculcate | to teach; impress in the mind |
Indolent | habitually lazy or idle |
Inexorable | inflexible; unyielding |
Ingenuous | showing innocence or childlike simplicity |
Ingrate | ungrateful person |
Ingratiate | to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage |
Inimical | hostile; unfriendly |
Iniquity | sin; evil act |
Innocuous | harmless |
Inquest | an investigatin; an inquiry |
Insipid | lacking interest or flavor |
Insurrection | rebellion |
Inter | to bury |
Interregnum | period between reigns |
Intractable | not easily managed or manipulated |
Intransigent | uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled |
Intrepid | fearless; resolutely courageous |
Inundate | to overwhelm; to cover with water |
Inure | to harden; accustom; become used to |
Invective | abusive language |
Investiture | ceremony conferring authority |
Invidious | envious, obnoxious, or offensive, likely to promote ill |
Irascible | easily made angry |
Itinerant | wandering from place to place; unsettled |