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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.