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Word Smart - "I"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| iconoclast | (n) one who attacks popular beliefs |
| ideology | (n) a system of social or political ideas |
| idiosyncrasy | (n) a peculiarity |
| idyllic | (adj) charming; naturally peaceful |
| ignominy | (n) deep disgrace |
| illicit | (adj) illegal |
| immigrate | (v) to move permanently to a new country |
| imminent | (adj) just about to happen |
| immutable | (adj) unchangeable |
| impartial | (adj) fair |
| impeccable | (adj) flawless; entirely without sin |
| imperial | (adj) like an emperor or an empire |
| impervious | (adj) impenetrable |
| impetuous | (adj) impulsive; extremely impatient |
| implement | (v) to carry out |
| impotent | (adj) powerless; helpless |
| impugn | (v) to attack |
| inane | (adj) silly; senseless |
| inaugurate | (v) to begin officially |
| incandescent | (adj) brilliant; giving off heat or light |
| incantation | (n) a chant |
| incense | (v) to make very angry |
| incessant | (adj) unceasing |
| incipient | (adj) beginning; emerging |
| incisive | (adj) cutting right to the heart of the matter |
| incongruous | (adj) not harmonious; not consistent; not appropriate |
| incorrigible | (adj) incapable of being reformed |
| increment | (n) an increase; one in a series of increases |
| indifferent | (adj) not caring one way or the other; apathetic; mediocre |
| indigenous | (adj) native; originating in that area |
| indigent | (adj) poor |
| indignant | (adj) angry, especially as a result of something unjust or unworthy; insulted |
| indolent | (adj0 lazy |
| indulgent | (adj) lenient; yielding to desire |
| ineffable | (adj) incapable of being expressed or described |
| inept | (adj) clumsy; incompetent; gauche |
| inert | (adj) inactive; sluggish; not reacting chemically |
| inexorable | (adj0 relentless; inevitable; unavoidable |
| infamous | (adj) shamefully wicked; having an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful |
| infatuated | (adj) foolish; foolishly passionate or attracted; made foolish; foolishly in love |
| infer | (v) to conclude; to deduce |
| infinitesimal | (adj) very, very, very small; infinitely small |
| ingenuous | (adj) frank; without deception; simple; artless; charmingly naive |
| inherent | (adj) part of the essential nature of something; intrinsic |
| injunction | (n) a command or order, especially a court order |
| innate | (adj) existing since birth; inborn; inherent |
| innocuous | (adj) harmless; banal |
| inordinate | (adj) excessive; unreasonable |
| insatiable | (adj) hard or impossible to satisfy; greedy; avaricious |
| insidious | (adj) treacherous; sneaky |
| insinuate | (v) to hint; to creep in |
| insipid | (adj) dull; bland; banal |
| insolent | (adj) arrogant; insulting |
| instigate | (v) to provoke; to stir up |
| insular | (adj) like an island; isolated |
| insurgent | (n) a rebel; someone who revolts against a government |
| integral | (adj) essential |
| integrate | (v) to combine two or more things into a whole |
| intractable | (adj) uncontrollable; stubborn; disobedient |
| intransigent | (adj) uncompromising; stubborn |
| intrinsic | (adj) part of the essential nautre of something; inherent |
| introspective | (adj) tending to think about oneself; examining one's feelings |
| inundate | (v) to flood; to cover completely with water; to overwhelm |
| invective | (n) insulting or abusive speech |
| inveterate | (adj) habitual; firm in habit; deeply rooted |
| irascible | (adj) easily angered or provoked; irritable |
| ironic | (adj) meaning the opposite of what you seem to say; using words to mean something other than what they seem to mean |
| irrevocable | (adj) irreversible |
| itinerant | (adj) moving from place to place |