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SAT Words 38
of 1000
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| impertinent | (adj.) rude, insolent (Most of your comments are so _____ that I don’t wish to dignify them with an answer.) |
| impervious | (adj.) impenetrable, incapable of being affected (Because of their thick layer of fur, many seals are almost _____ to the cold.) |
| impetuous | (adj.) rash; hastily done (Hilda’s hasty slaying of the king was an _____, thoughtless action.) |
| impinge | 1. (v.) to impact, affect, make an impression (The hail _____d the roof, leaving large dents.) 2. (v.) to encroach, infringe (I apologize for _____ing upon you like this, but I really need to use your bathroom. Now.) |
| implacable | (adj.) incapable of being appeased or mitigated (Watch out: once you shun Grandma’s cooking, she is totally _____.) |
| implement | 1. (n.) an instrument, utensil, tool (Is there knife or some other _____ that I can use to pry open this jar?) 2. (v.) to put into effect, to institute (After the first curfew failed to stop graffiti, the mayor _____d a policy to use security cameras.) |
| implicate | (v.) to involve in an incriminating way, incriminate (Even though Tom wasn’t present at the time of the shooting, he was _____d by the evidence suggesting that he had supplied the shooters with guns.) |
| implicit | (adj.) understood but not outwardly obvious, implied (I know Professor Smith didn’t actually say not to write from personal experience, but I think such a message was _____ in her instruction to use scholarly sources.) |
| impregnable | (adj.) resistant to capture or penetration (Though the invaders used battering rams, catapults, and rain dances, the fortress proved _____ and resisted all attacks.) |
| impudent | (adj.) casually rude, insolent, impertinent (The _____ young man looked the princess up and down and told her she was hot even though she hadn’t asked him.) |
| impute | (v.) to ascribe, blame (The CEO _____ the many typos in the letter to his lazy secretary.) |
| inane | (adj.) silly and meaningless (Some films are so _____ that the psychology of the characters makes absolutely no sense.) |
| inarticulate | (adj.) incapable of expressing oneself clearly through speech (Though he spoke for over an hour, the lecturer was completely _____ and the students had no idea what he was talking about.) |
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