Gre Vocab Words I And J And K

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iconoclastic

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adjective; attacking cherished traditions "Deeply iconoclastic, Jean Genet deliberately set out to shock conventional theatergoers with his radical plays

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idolatry

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noun; worship of idols or excessive admiration. "SUch idolatry of singers of country music is typical of the excessive enthusiasm of youth"

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immutable

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adjective; unchangable. "all things change over time; nothing is immutable"

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impassive

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adjective; without feeling; imperturable; stoical. "Refusing to let the enemy see how deeply shaken he was by his capture, the prisoner kept his face impassive"

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implacable

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adjective; incapable of being pacified. "Madame Defarge was the implacable enemy of Evremonde family"

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indeterminate

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adjective; uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite. "That interest rates shall rise appears certain; when they will do so, however remains indeterminate.

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indigence

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poverty

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indolent

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lazy... like a couch potato.

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inert

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adjective; inactive; lacking power to move. (think of inertia)

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ingenuous

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adjective; naive and trusting; young and unsophisticated. The woodsman did not realize how ingenuous Litle Red Riding Hood was until he heard she had gone off for a walk in the woods with the Big Bad Wolf."

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innocuous

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adjective; harmless. "an occassional glass of wine with dinner is relatively innocuous and should have no ill effect on most people"

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insipid

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adjective; lacking in flavor, dull. "Flat prose and flag ginger ale are equally insipid; both lack sparkle."

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insularity

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adjective; narrow-mindedness or isolation. "The insularity of the islanders manifested itself in their suspicion of anything foreign insular"

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intractable

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adjective; unruly; unyielding "Charlie Brown's friend Pigpen was intractable; he absolutely refused to take a bath."

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intransigence

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noun; refusal to any compromise. stubborness. "The negotiating team had not expected such intransigence from the striking workers"

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inured

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adjective; accustomed or hardened. She became inured to the Alaskan Cold

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invective

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noun; abuse. "He had expected criticism but not the invective that greeted his proposal"

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irascible

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adjective; irritable; easily angered. Mr. Tannebaum was irascible as a teacher, getting mad at whatever we said to him"