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Week 7
| Verbs | Meaning | Usage |
| HYPERBOLE | Extravagant exaggeration for effect | An example of hyperbole: "There are a million objections to the project." Synonym: overstatement Antonym: understatement |
| HYPOTHESIS | An assumption made for the sake of argument | Work/ed from a fantastic hypothesis. Synonym: supposition |
| IDIOSYNCRASY | A personal peculiarity | Wearing white was one of Whistler's idiosyncrasies. Synonyms: eccentricity, foible, mannerism, crotchet, aberration, quirk, singularity |
| IGNOMINIOUS | (noun: IGNOMINY): Incurring public disgrace | Suffered an ignominious descent from political power. Synonyms: infamous, degrading, opprobrious, odious Antonyms: illustrious, renowned, preeminent |
| IMMACULATE | Spotless; pure | An immaculate reputation. Synonyms: undefiled, unsullied, unblemished, untarnished Antonyms: defiled, sullied, blemished |
| IMMINENT | Likely to occur soon | Stood in imminent peril. Synonym: impending |
| IMMUNE | (verb: IMMUNIZE): Exempt from; protected from | Immune from taxation. Synonym : unsusceptible |
| IMPALE | To pierce through with a pointed instrument | Impaled a spider to the wall. |
| IMPEACH | (1) To accuse (a public official) of wrongdoing (2) To cast discredit upon |
Impeached the judge for accepting a bribe. Synonym: arraign Impeached his motives. Synonyms: call in question, discredit |
| IMPECCABLE | Faultless | Performed with impeccable skill. Synonyms: consummate, irreproachable, unerring, infallible Antonyms: culpable, fallible |
| IMPERVIOUS | Incapable of being penetrated | A mind impervious to new ideas. Synonyms: impermeable, impenetrable Antonyms: permeable, pervasive |
| IMPLACABLE | Incapable of being soothed, made peaceful, or forgiving | Implacable resentment. Synonyms: unrelenting, inexorable, unappeasable Antonyms: placable, forbearing |
| IMPLICIT | (1) Implied but not clearly expressed (2) Unquestioning - implicit confidence |
An implicit agreement. Implicit confidence Synonyms: tacit, implied Antonym: explicit |
| IMPORT | Meaning; significance or importance | A matter of great import. Synonyms: purport, moment, consequence |
| IMPOSTOR | (noun: IMPOSTURE): One who pretends to be what he is not unmasked as an impostor. |
Synonyms: quack, mountebank, charlatan, bogus, fraud |
| IMPRECATION | A curse | Hurled imprecations at those who would not listen to him Synonyms: execration, malediction, anathema Antonyms: benediction, benison |
| IMPREGNABLE | Unconquerable | An impregnable fortress. Synonym: invincible Antonym: vulnerable |
| IMPROPRIETY | Improper act, manners, or expression | Guilty of impropriety in public office. Synonyms: indecency, indecorum Antonym: amenity |
| IMPROVIDENT | Lacking in thrift; not providing for future needs | an improvident spender. Synonyms: prodigal, shiftless |
| IMPUGN | To attack or criticize as false; to call in question | Impugned his honesty |
| INCARCERATE | To imprison | Crushed his opponents by incarcerating them Synonyms: intern, immure Antonyms: emancipate, enfranchise |
| INCISIVE | Cutting, penetrating | Incisive criticism. Synonyms: sarcastic, mordant, trenchant, acute |
| INCOGNITO | With one's identity concealed | Traveled incognito |
| INCONTROVERTIBLE | Indisputable | Incontrovertible evidence. Synonyms: irrefutable, -indubitable |
| INCREMENT | An increase | A salary increment. Synonym: accrual |
| INCUMBENT | (noun): An officeholder (adj.): Obligatory |
The incumbent in an election Felt it incumbent to reply. Synonyms: mandatory, imperative |
| INDEFATIGABLE | Untiring | An indefatigable worker. Synonyms: unflagging, unremitting, persevering |
| INDIGENOUS | Native | Rice is indigenous to China. Synonyms: innate, inborn |
| INDOMITABLE | Stubborn in determination not to be subdued | Indomitable courage. Synonyms: insuperable, irrepressible, invincible, unyielding Antonyms: tractable, amenable, docile, submissive |
| INFERENCE |
A conclusion reached by reasoning from data or premises |
An inference drawn from his remarks. Synonyms: deduction, implication |
| INGENIOUS | Demonstrating originality, skill, or resourcefulness | An ingenious device. Synonyms: dexterous, inventive, adroit Antonyms: maladroit, gauche |
| INGENUOUS | Simple and straightforward; concealing nothing | An ingenuous plan that anyone could see through. Synonyms: unsophisticated, naive, candid Antonym: sophisticated |
| INGRATIATE | To win another's favor or good opinion | Tried to ingratiate himself with the politician. |
| INHIBIT | To check or hinder | Inhibited his friend from a foolhardy course. Synonyms: restrain, curb Antonym: promote |
| INORDINATE | Harmless; inoffensive | an innocuous remark, but it enraged him. |
| INNUENDO | INNUENDO: An indirect reference or suggestion (frequently derogatory) | Conveyed his idea by innuendo. Synonyms: (verb) intimate, insinuate |
| INSATIABLE | Unable to be satisfied | Insatiable greed Synonyms. unappeasable, unquenchable, insatiate |
| INSCRUTABLE | Incapable of interpretation or understanding | The inscrutable smile of the Mona Lisa. Synonyms: unfathomable, cryptic, enigmatic |
| INSIDIOUS | Working secretly or slyly | That insidious disease, cancer. Synonyms: wily, crafty, furtive, treacherous, artful, guileful perfidious |
| INSTIGATE | To stir tip | instigated discontent among the soldiers. Synonyms: foment, incite |
| INTEGRITY | Honesty, moral soundness | A man of proved integrity. Synonyms: probity, uprightness, incorruptibility |
| INVEIGH | (noun-. INVECTIVE): To speak angrily or bitterly | Inveighed against economic discrimination. Synonyms: rail, denounce, fulminate, vituperate |
| IRASCIBLE | Easily angered | Even petty things made Peter irascible. Synonyms: choleric, petulant, testy, peevish, splenetic, touchy Antonyms: placid, equable |
| IRE | Anger | Aroused his ire. Synonyms: resentment; (adj.) irate, incensed |
| IRKSOME |
Tedious, monotonous |
An irksome chore that no one liked. |