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113 Cards in this Set
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gainsay
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v. deny; contradict; speak or act against; oppose
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galaxy
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n. collection of brilliant personalities
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gale
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n. windstorm; emotional outburst
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gall
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n. bitterness; nerve; impudence; effrontery
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gambit
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n. opening sacrificial move in chess; any maneuver by which one seeks to gain an advantage; remark made to open or redirect a conversation
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gambol
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v. /ˈgæmbəl/ romp; skip about; leap playfully
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gamely
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adv. spirited; with courage
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garish
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adj. overbrightly colored; gaudy
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garrulous
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adj. /ˈgærələs, ˈgæryə-/ loquacious; wordy; talkative
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gauche
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adj. clumsy; coarse and uncouth
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generic
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adj. characteristic of an entire class
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gentry
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n. class just below nobility
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genuflect
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v. bend the knee as in worship
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germane
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adj. pertinent; bearing on the case at hand
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germinal
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adj. pertaining to a germ; creative; being in the earliest stage of development
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glean
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v. to collect or gather anything little by little or slowly; to gather what is left by reapers.
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gesticulation
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n. motion; gesture
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gibe
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v. mock; taunt; deride
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glower
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v. scowl
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gouge
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v. overcharge
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gourmand
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n. epicure, taking excessive pleasure in food and drink
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grandiloquent
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adj. pompous; bombastic; using pretentious language
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gregarious
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adj. sociable; living in flocks or herds, as animals
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grill (v)
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v. question severely
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grouse (v)
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v. complain; fuss; grumble
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guile
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n. deceit; duplicity; insidious cunning in attaining a goal
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guileless
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adj. without deceit; artless
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gull (v)
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v. trick; hoodwink; cheat
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guy
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n. cable or chain providing bracing or support
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habituate
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v. accustom of familiarize; cause physiological or psychological habituation, as to a drug
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hackles
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n. hairs on back and neck, esp. on a dog
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hackneyed
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adj. commonplace; trite
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halcyon
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adj. calm; peaceful; rich; wealthy; prosperous; happy; joyful; carefree; pertaining to the halcyon/kingfisher
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hale (adj)
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adj. healthy
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hap
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n. chance; luck
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hapless
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adj. unfortunate
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harangue
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n. long, passionate, vehement speech; scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; long, pompous speech; diatribe
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harbinger
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n. forerunner; anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign
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hegemony
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n. /hɪˈdʒɛməni, ˈhɛdʒəˌmoʊni/ dominance, esp. of a nation; aggression or expansionism by large nations in an effort to achieve world domination
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hermetic
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adj. obscure and mysterous; occult
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heterodox
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adj. unorthodox; unconventional
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hew
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v. cut to pieces with an ax or sword
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hireling
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n. one who serves for hire, usu. used contemptuously
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histrionic
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adj. theatrical; deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech
n. actor |
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hoary
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adj. white with age
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homily
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n. sermon; serious warning; admonitory or moralizing discourse; inspirational saying or cliché
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hone
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v. sharpen; make more acute or effective; improve; perfect
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hoodwink
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v. deceive or trick
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hortatory
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adj. encouraging; exhortive
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hubris
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n. excessive pride; arrogance
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hue and cry
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n. outcry
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hummock
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n. small hill
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humus
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n. decayed vegetable matter
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hurtle
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v. rush violently; move with great speed; fling
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husband (v)
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v. use sparingly; conserve; save
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husbandry
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n. frugality; thrift; agriculture
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hydrophobia
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n. rabies
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iconoclastic
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adj. attacking cherished traditions
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idolatry
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n. worship of idols; excessive admiration
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ignominy
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n. /ˈɪgnəˌmɪni, ɪgˈnɒməni/ deep disgrace, shame, or dishonor; public contempt
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illusive
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adj. /ɪˈlusɪv/ causing illusion; deceptive; misleading; of the nature of an illusion; unreal
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illusory
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adj. /ɪˈlusəri, -zə-/ causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.; of the nature of an illusion; unreal.
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imbroglio (embroil v.)
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n. /ɪmˈbroʊlyoʊ/ complicated situation; painful or complex misunderstanding; confused mass
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imbue
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v. satuarte; fill
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immolate
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v. offer as a sacrifice
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immure
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v. imprison; enclose within walls, shut in, seclude or confine
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impassive
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adj. without feeling; stoic
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impecunious
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adj. without money
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impel
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v. drive or force onward
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impenetrable
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adj. not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding
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imperious
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adj. domineering; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing
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impertinent
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adj. insolent; rude; intrusive or presumptuous; not pertinent, irrelevant
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impetuous
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adj. violent; hasty; rash
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impinge
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v. infringe; touch; collide with; encroach
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implacable
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adj. incapable of being pacified
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impolitic
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adj. unwise; not expedient or judicious
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imponderable
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adj. weightless; not measurable; that cannot undergo precise evaluation
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import (n)
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n. significance
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importunate
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adj. /ɪmˈpɔrtʃənɪt/ urging; urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so
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importune
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v. demand with urgency or persistence; make improper advances toward (a person)
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imprecation
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n. /ˌɪmprɪˈkeɪʃən/ curse
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impropriety
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n. improperness; unsuitableness; erroneous or unsuitable expression, act, etc; improper use of a word or phrase
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improvident
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adj. without thrift, wasteful; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary
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impugn
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v. dispute or contradict, usu. insultingly; challenge; gainsay
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impuissance
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n. /ɪmˈpyuəsənt, ˌɪmpyuˈɪsənt, ɪmˈpwɪsənt/ powerlesness; feebleness
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impunity
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n. exemption from punishment; immunity from detrimental effects, as of an action
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impute
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v. /ɪmˈpyut/ attribute; ascribe; the children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
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inalienable
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adj. not to be taken away; nontransferable
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inane
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adj. silly; senseless
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incarnate
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adj; endowed with flesh; personified or typified, as a quality or idea
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incendiary (n)
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n. arsonist
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incense (v)
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v. enrage; infuriate
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inchoate
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adj. /ɪnˈkoʊɪt, -eɪt or, especially Brit., ˈɪnkoʊˌeɪt/ recently begun; rudimentary; elementary
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incommodious
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adj. not spacious; inconvenient
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incontinent
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adj. lacking self-restraint; licentious
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incontrovertible
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adj. indisputible; not open to question
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incorporeal
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adj. lacking a material body; insubstantial
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incorrigible
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adj; not correctible
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increment
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n. increase; something added or gained
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incubus
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n. demon who visits during sleep, esp. to mate with women; mental burden; nightmare
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inculcate
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v. teach; implant by repeated statement or admonition
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incumbent
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adj. obligatory; currently holding office
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incursion
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n. temporary invasion
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indemnify
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v. make sure against loss; compensate for loss
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indigence
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n. poverty
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indite
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v. to compose or write, as a poem.; to treat in a literary composition.
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indolent
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adj. lazy; having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful
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ineffable
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adj. not expressable in speech
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ineluctable
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adj. /ˌɪnɪˈlʌktəbəl/ unavoidable; inescapable - an ineluctable destiny
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inerrancy
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n. infallibility; lack of error; the belief that the bible is free from error in matters of science as well as those of faith
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inexorable
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adj. relentless; unyielding; unalterable; not capable of being persuaded by entreaty
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infamous
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adj. nororiously bad
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infirmity
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n. physical weakness or ailment; moral weakness or failing
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