Gre Vocab "i-" Words

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ICONOCLAST

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person who attacks popular belief

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IDIOSYNCRASY

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personal mannerism

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IDOLATRY

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excessive admiration of

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IDYLL

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a carefree episode or experience

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IGNOBLE

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dishonorable, common, undignified

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IGNONIMOUS

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shameful, dishonorable, undignified, disgraceful

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ILLICIT

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unlawful, forbidden

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IMBROGLIO

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complicated and embarrassing situation

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IMMACULATE

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pure, faultless

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IMMINENT

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likely to come or happen soon

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IMMUTABLE

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that cannot be changed

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IMPAIR

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worsen, diminish in value

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IMPASSIVE

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unmoved, feeling no sign of passion

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IMPECUNIOUS

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having little or no money

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IMPEDE

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hinder, get in the way of

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IMPEDIMENT

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something that hinders

e.g. stammer

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IMPENDING

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imminent, about to happen, expected

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IMPERATIVE

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urgent, essential

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IMPERIOUS

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commanding, haughty, arrogant

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IMPERMEABLE

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not passable

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IMPERTURBABLE

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calm, not capable of being excited

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IMPERVIOUS

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not allowing to pass through (of materials)

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IMPERVIOUSNESS

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haughty, arrogant, commanding

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IMPETUOUS

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having sudden energy, impulsive, thrusting ahead, foreceful

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IMPIETY

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lack of reverence or dutifulness

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IMPLACABLE

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unpleasable

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IMPLICATE

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show that somebody has a share

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IMPLICIT

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implied though not plainly expressed

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IMPLOSION

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collapse, bursting inward

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IMPORTUNE

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beg urgently, solicit (of a prostitute)

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IMPRECATION

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an invocation of evil, a curse

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IMPUDENT

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rash, indiscreet

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IMPUGNED

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challenged, to be doubted

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IMPUTE

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to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe

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INADVERTENT

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not paying proper attention

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INANE

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silly, senseless

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INASMUCH

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since, because

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INCENSE

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make angry

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INCESSANT

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often, repeated, continual

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INCHOATE

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not yet fully formed, rudimentary, elementary

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INCIPIENT

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beginning

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INCISE

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engrave, make a cut in

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INCITE

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stir up, rouse

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INCLINED

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directing the mind in a certain direction

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INCONGRUOUS

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out of place, not in harmony or agreement

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INCORRIGIBILITY

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cannot be cured or corrected

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INCREDULOUS

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skeptical, unwilling to believe

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INCULCATE

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fix firmly by repetition

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INCUMBENTS

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official duties

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INCURSION

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a raid, a sudden attack

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INDEFATIGABILITY

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not easily exhaustible, tirelesness

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INDELIBLE

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that cannot be rubbed out, cannot be erased

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INDIGENCE

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poverty

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INDIGENOUS

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native

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INDISTINCT

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not easily heard/seen, not clearly marked

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INDOLENCE

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laziness

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INDOMITABLE

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not easily discouraged or subdued

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INDULDGE

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gratify, give way to satisfy, allow oneself

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INEFFABLE

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to great to be described in words

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INELUCTABLE

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certain, inevitable

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INEPT

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unskillful, said or done at teh wrong time

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INEPTITUDE

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quality of being unskillful

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INFUSE

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put, pour, fill

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INGENUOUS

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naive, young, artless, frank, honest, sincere

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INIMICAL

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harmful or friendly

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INIMITABLE

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defying, imitation, unmatchable

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INNOCUOUS

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causing no harm

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INSCRUTABLE

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incapable of being discovered or understood

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INSENSIBLE

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unconcious, unresponsive, unaffected

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INSINUATE

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suggest unpleasantly, maek a way for something gently

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INSIPID

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without taste or flavor

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INSOUCIANT

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unconcerned, carefree

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INSULARITY

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narrow-mindedness, isolated

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INSURRECTION

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rising of people, to open resistance to

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INTERDICT

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prohibit, forbid

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INTERIM

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as an installment

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INTERSPERSE

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place here and there

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INTRANSIGENT

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uncompromising

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INTREPID

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fearless, brave, undaunted

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INTROSPECTION

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examining one's own thoughts and feelings

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INUNDATE

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flood, cover by overflowing

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INURED

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accustomed to, adapted

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INVECTIVE

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abusive langugae, curses

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INVEIGH

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to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate

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INVERATE

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deep-rooted, long-established

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INVINCIBLE

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too strong to be defeated

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INVOLUTE

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complex

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IRASCIBLE

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irritable, easily angered

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IRATE

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angry

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IRE

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anger

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IRKSOME

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tiresome

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IRRESOLUTE

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hesitating, undecided

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IRREVOCABLE

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final and unalterable

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ITINERATE

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to travel from place to place