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GRE Vocab9
I words/GRE Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |