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Words 203-253
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Heterogeneous | composed of unlike parts, different, diverse |
| Hoary | ver old; whitish or gray from age |
| Homogenous | of a similar kind |
| Husband | to manage economically; to use sparingly |
| Hyperbole | purposeful exaggeration for effect |
| Iconoclast | one who opposes established beliefs, custons, and institutions |
| Idiosyncracy | peculiarity of temperament, eccentricity |
| Ignoble | having low moral standards, not noble in character; mean |
| Imbue | to infuse; dye, wet 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 | not fully formed, disorganized |
| Inculcate | to teach, impress the mind |
| Indolent | habitually lazy, 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 as to gain an advantage |
| Inimical | hostile, unfriendly |
| Iniquity | sin, evil act |
| Innocuous | harmless |
| Inquest | an investigation, an inquiry |
| Insipid | lacking interest or flavor |
| Insurrection | rebellion |
| Inter | to bury |
| Interregnum | interval 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; accuston, become used to |
| Invenctive | abusive language |
| Investiture | ceremony conferring authority |
| Invidious | envious, obnoxious, offensive |
| Irascible | easily made angry |
| Intinerant | wandering from place to place |
| Jargon | nonsensical talk; specialized language |
| Jettison | to discard, to get rid of as unneccessary or encumbering |
| Jingoism | belligerent support of one's own country |
| Jocular | playful, humorous |
| Judicious | sensible, showing good judgement |
| Juncture | point of time, especially where two things are joined |