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English Vocabulary
Words Start from Letter 'I'
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IDIOSYNCRASY: A personal peculiarity
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* Wearing white was one of Whistler's idiosyncrasies.
Synonyms: eccentricity, foible, mannerism, crotchet, aberration, quirk, singularity - IGNOMINIOUS (Noun: IGNOMINY): Incurring public disgrace
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* Suffered an ignominious descent from political power.
Synonyms: infamous, degrading, opprobrious, odious
Antonyms: illustrious, renowned, preeminent - IMMACULATE: Spotless; pure
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* An immaculate reputation.
Synonyms: undefiled, unsullied, unblemished, untarnished
Antonyms: defiled, sullied, blemished - IMMINENT: Likely to occur soon
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* Stood in imminent peril.
Synonym: impending - IMMUNE (Verb: IMMUNIZE): Exempt from; protected from
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* Immune from taxation.
Synonym : insusceptible - IMPALE: To pierce through with a pointed instrument
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* Impaled a spider to the wall. - IMPEACH:
(1) To accuse (a public official) of wrongdoing
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* Impeached the judge for accepting a bribe.
Synonym: arraign
(2) To cast discredit upon
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* Impeached his motives.
Synonyms: call in question, discredit - IMPECCABLE: Faultless
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* Performed with impeccable skill.
Synonyms: consummate, irreproachable, unerring, infallible
Antonyms: culpable, fallible - IMPERVIOUS: Incapable of being penetrated
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* A mind impervious to new ideas.
Synonyms: impermeable, impenetrable
Antonyms: permeable, pervasive - IMPLACABLE: Incapable of being soothed, made peaceful, or forgiving
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*- implacable resentment.
Synonyms: unrelenting, inexorable, unappeasable
Antonyms: placable, forbearing - IMPLICIT:
(1) Implied but not clearly expressed
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* An implicit agreement.
(2) Unquestioning
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* Implicit confidence.
Synonyms: tacit, implied
Antonym: explicit - IMPORT (Noun): Meaning; significance or importance
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* A matter of great import.
Synonyms: purport, moment, consequence - IMPOSTOR (Noun: IMPOSTURE): One who pretends to be what he is not.
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* Unmasked as an impostor.
Synonyms: quack, mountebank, charlatan, bogus, fraud. - IMPRECATION: A curse
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* Hurled imprecations at those who would not listen to him.
Synonyms: execration, malediction, anathema
Antonyms: benediction, benison - IMPREGNABLE: Unconquerable
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* An impregnable fortress.
Synonym; invincible
Antonym: vulnerable - IMPROPRIETY: Improper act, manners, or expression
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* Guilty of impropriety in public office
Synonyms: indecency, indecorum
Antonym: amenity - IMPROVIDENT: Lacking in thrift; not providing for future needs
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* An improvident spender.
Synonyms: prodigal, shiftless - IMPUGN: To attack or criticize as false; to call in question
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* Impugned his honesty. - INCARCERATE: To imprison
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* Crushed his opponents by incarcerating them.
Synonyms: intern, immure
Antonyms: emancipate, enfranchise - INCISIVE: Cutting. penetrating
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* Incisive criticism.
Synonyms: sarcastic, mordant, trenchant, acute - INCOGNITO: With one's identity concealed
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* Traveled incognito - INCONTROVERTIBLE: Indisputable
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* Incontrovertible evidence.
Synonyms: irrefutable, indubitable - INCREMENT: An increase
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* A salary increment.
Synonym: accrual - INCUMBENT:
(1) (Noun): An officeholder
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* The incumbent in an election.
(2) (Adj. ): Obligatory
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* Felt it incumbent to reply.
Synonyms: mandatory, imperative - INDEFATIGABLE: Untiring
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* An indefatigable worker.
Synonyms: unflagging, unremitting, persevering - INDIGENOUS: Native
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* Rice is indigenous to China.
Synonyms: innate, inborn - INDOMITABLE: Stubborn in determination not to be subdued
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* Indomitable courage.
Synonyms: insuperable, irrepressible, invincible, unyielding
Antonyms: tractable, amenable, docile, submissive - INFERENCE: A conclusion reached by reasoning from data or premises
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* An inference drawn from his remarks.
Synonyms: deduction, implication - INGENIOUS: Demonstrating originality, skill, or resourcefulness
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* An ingenious device.
Synonyms: dextrous, inventive, adroit
Antonyms: maladroit, gauche - INGENUOUS: Simple and straightforward; concealing nothing
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* An ingenuous plan that anyone could see through.
Synonyms: unsophisticated, naive, candid
Antonym: sophisticated - INGRATIATE: To win another's favor or good opinion
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* Tried to ingratiate himself with the politician. - INHIBIT: To check or hinder
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* Inhibited his friend from a foolhardy course.
Synonyms: restrain, curb
Antonym: promote - INNOCUOUS: Harmless; inoffensive
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* An innocuous remark, but it enraged him. - INNUENDO: An indirect reference or suggestion (frequently derogatory)
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* Conveyed his idea by innuendo.
Synonyms: (Verb) intimate, insinuate - INORDINATE: Excessive
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* Spoiled by inordinate praise.
Synonyms: immoderate, intemperate, extravagant - INSATIABLE: Unable to be satisfied
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* Insatiable greed
Synonyms: unappeasable, unquenchable, insatiate - INSCRUTABLE: Incapable of interpretation or understanding
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* The inscrutable smile of the Mona Lisa.
Synonyms: unfathomable, cryptic, enigmatic - INSIDIOUS: Working secretly or slyly
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* That insidious disease, cancer
Synonyms: wily, crafty, furtive, treacherous, artful, Guileful, perfidious. - INSTIGATE: To stir tip.
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* Instigated discontent among the soldiers.
Synonyms: foment, incite. - INTEGRITY: Honesty, moral soundness
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* A man of proved integrity.
Synonyms: probity, uprightness, incorruptibility. - INVEIGH: (Noun- INVECTIVE): To speak angrily or bitterly
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* Inveighed against economic discrimination.
Synonyms: rail, denounce, fulminate, vituperate. - IRASCIBLE: Easily angered.
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* Even petty things made Peter irascible.
Synonyms: choleric, petulant, testy, peevish, splenetic, touchy.
Antonyms: placid, equable. - IRE: Anger:
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* Aroused his ire.
Synonyms: resentment; (adj.) irate, incensed - IRKSOME: Tedious, monotonous
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* An irksome chore that no one liked. - ITINERANT: Traveling about; wandering
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* An itinerant salesman.
Synonym: nomadic
Adj. = Adjective
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