GRE words Sam needs to work on
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ichthyology | the study of fish | |
icily | frigidity | |
iconoclast | an image-breaker | |
illegible | undecipherable | |
illiberal | stingy | |
illusory | deceiving by false appearance | |
imbibe | to drink or take in | |
imbroglio | a misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife | |
imbrue | to wet or moisten | |
immiscible | separating, as oil and water | |
impassible | not moved or affected by feeling (not to be confused with impassable--not able to be passed) | |
impassive | unmoved by/not exhibiting feeling | |
impecunious | having no money | |
impend | to be imminent (ex: "danger impends"); usually appears as the participle "impending" | |
imperious | insisting on obedience | |
impertinence | rudeness | |
impervious | impenetrable, incapable of being penetrated, injured or influenced | (revised) |
impetuous | impulsive | |
impolitic | inexpedient | |
impregnable | that can not be taken by assault | |
improvident | lacking foresight or thrift | |
impudence | insolent disrespect | |
impunity | freedom from punishment | |
inane | silly | |
inborn | implanted by nature | |
incandescence | white or glowing with heat | |
incendiary | chemical or person who starts a fire literally or figuratively | |
inchoate | incipient, initial (inchoative: that which begins) | |
incipient | beginning, initial, inchoate | |
incongruous | unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion | |
incontrovertible | indisputable | |
indelible | that cannot be effaced, destroyed, or erased | |
indigence | poverty (indigent: poor) | |
indiscreet | lacking wise judgment | |
indolence | laziness | |
indolent | habitually inactive or idle | |
indomitable | unconquerable | |
ineffable | unutterable | |
inexorable | unyielding, inalterable | (revised) |
infirmary | a place for the sick | |
inflammable | easily set on fire or excited | |
ingenuous | genuine, sincere, not holding back; naive | (revised) |
inglorious | shameful | |
ingratiate | to win confidence or good graces for oneself | |
inhume | to place in the earth, burry | |
inimical | adverse | |
injunction | mandate | |
innocuous | harmless | |
insentient | lacking power of feeling or perceiving | |
insidious | working ill by slow and stealthy means | |
insipid | tasteless | |
insolence | pride, exhibited in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others | |
insolent | impudent | |
insular | pertaining to an island | |
insuperable | invincible | |
interdict | authoritative act of prohibition | |
interlocutor | one who takes part in a conversation or oral discussion | |
interminable | having no limit or end | |
intermit | to cause to cease temporarily | |
intervale | a low tract of land between hills, especially along a river | |
intestacy | the condition resulting from one's dying not having left a will (intestate: not having made a valid will) | |
intramural | situated inside the walls of a city | |
intrepid | fearless and bold | |
inure | to harden or toughen by use, exercise or exposure | |
invective | an utterance intended to case censure or reproach | |
inveterate | habitual | |
invidious | showing or feeling envy | |
inviolable | incapable of being injured or disturbed | |
involution | complication | |
irascible | prone to anger | |
ire | wrath | |
iridescence | a many-colored appearance | |
irradiance | luster | |
irradiate | to render clear and intelligible | |
irrefragable | cannot be refuted or disproved | |
irrefrangible | cannot be broken or violated | |
isochronous | denoting equal intervals of time |
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