Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
42 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Ichthyology
|
n. The study of fish; a branch of zoology that deals with fish.
|
|
Iconoclast
|
n. A person who attacks or denounces popular beliefs.
|
|
Ignominious
|
adj. Deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable.
|
|
Immolate
|
v. To kill as a sacrifice, most often by fire.
|
|
Immure
|
v. To imprison; to shut in; to confine.
|
|
Impecunious
|
adj. Having little or no money; poverty- striken.
|
|
Impinge
|
v. To collide with or strike; to encroach or infringe.
|
|
Importune
|
v. Beg persistently; make repeated requests for, usually in an annoying way.
|
|
Improvident
|
n. Thriftless; not providing for the future; without foresight.
|
|
Inalienable
|
adj. Unable to be taken away; nontransferable; unquestionable.
|
|
Inamorata
|
n. A women who loves or is loved.
|
|
Inchoate
|
adj. Not fully formed; rudimentary; elementary.
|
|
Incorrigible
|
adj. Uncorrectable; deviant; not following orders.
|
|
Incubus
|
n. Burden; very worrisome problem; a concern; a nightmare.
|
|
Inculcate
|
v. To fix firmly by repetition; to instill; to ingrain by repeated learning or memorization.
|
|
Incumbent
|
v. Obligatory; imposed as an obligation.
|
|
Incursion
|
n. A raid; a sudden attack; an invasion; a hostile takeover.
|
|
Indemnity
|
n. Protection against loss or damage; payment for loss or damage.
|
|
Indite
|
v. To write; to produce a literary work.
|
|
Indubitable
|
adj. Too obvious to be questioned; unquestionable.
|
|
Inenarrable
|
adj. Not able to be described; that which cannot be narrated.
|
|
Infanta
|
n. A daughter of a king, most often the King of Spain or Portugal; a Spanish princess.
|
|
Ingenuous
|
adj. Naive and trusting; young; artless; unsophisticated; candid.
|
|
Inimical
|
adj. Hostile; unfavorable; harmful; antagonistic.
|
|
Inimitable
|
adj. Defying imitation; not able to be copied or duplicated.
|
|
Inroad
|
n. A hostile invasion; an advance that lessens the quantity of something; a raid.
|
|
Insensate
|
adj. Having no feelings; foolish.
|
|
Insidious
|
adj. Treacherous and stealthy; sly; intending to entrap.
|
|
Insolvent
|
adj. Bankrupt; without money; lacking money to pay.
|
|
Insouciant
|
adj. Unconcerned; without anxiety; indifferent.
|
|
Integument
|
n. An outer covering; a container.
|
|
Interloper
|
n. An intruder; somebody who constantly gets in the way and who interferes.
|
|
Interminable
|
adj. Endless; unable to be measured; without a boundary.
|
|
Internecine
|
adj. Mutually destructive; an internal conflict.
|
|
Intrepid
|
adj. Fearless; brave; bold and courageous.
|
|
Inured
|
adj. Accustomed to; adapted to; hardened.
|
|
Inveigh
|
v. To attack and complain verbally; to denounce; to vehemently object.
|
|
Inveterate
|
adj. Deeply rooted; well established; habitual.
|
|
Invidious
|
adj. Creating ill will or envy; tending to rouse ill will or envy.
|
|
Involute
|
adj. Complicated; twisted; non-direct.
|
|
Itinerant
|
adj. Moving around; wandering; traveling from place to place as part of a duty or a job.
|
|
Ineffable
|
adj. Incapable of being expressed; indescribable or unutterable.
|