illegitimate
a. not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper |
illustrious
a. possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid |
impeach
v. make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of |
imperative
n. having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent |
imperial
a. like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories |
impertinent
a. improperly forward or bold; rude |
impoverish
v. make poor; reduce to poverty or indigence; exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of |
impregnate
v. infuse or fill completely; fertilize and cause to grow; make pregnant |
inaccessible
a. unreachable; not available; unattainable |
incandescent
a. strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated |
incision
n. cutting into a substance; cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery |
inclination
n. preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope |
inclusive
a. tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope |
incorporate
v. combine something into a larger whole; unite |
incriminate
v. accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; suggest that someone is guilty |
indemnify
v. make amends for; pay compensation for; secure against future loss, damage, or liability |
indisposed
a. averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task |
induce
v. persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction |
inducement
n. something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive |
inert
a. inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act |
inevitable
a. unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented |
infatuate
v. arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way |
infernal
a. pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful |
inkling
n. slight hint or indication; slight understanding |
innumerable
a. too many to be counted; numerous |
inquisitive
a. disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research |
insufferable
a. incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable |
integral
a. essential or necessary for completeness; entire |
intolerable
a. incapable of being put up with; unable to be endured |
intolerant
a. not enduring; not able to endure; unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion |
intuition
n. immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning |
inundate
v. overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters |
invertebrate
n. animal, such as an insect, that lacks backbone or spinal column |
invincible
a. incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable |
invoke
v. call upon; ask for; request earnestly |
ire
n. anger; wrath; keen resentment; irritate |
irony
n. expression by deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning; witty language used to insult |
irreducible
a. incapable of being made smaller or simpler |
jargon
n. language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk |
kinetic
a. relating to, or produced by motion; dynamic |
lateral
a. coming from side; situated at or extending to the side |
laud
v. give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor |
legacy
n. gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor |
liberalism
n. a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution |
linear
a. having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal |
linguistics
n. humanistic study of language and literature |
liquidate
v. settle accounts to pay them off; clear up |
listless
a. lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort |
lucid
a. easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous |
mainstay
n. a prominent supporter; a central cohesive source of support and stability |
malady
n. disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition |
manipulate
v. operate with one's hands; control or play upon people, forces artfully |
manor
n. the mansion of a lord or wealthy person; the landed estate of a lord |
materialize
v. come into being; become reality |
maternal
a. motherly; relating to mother or motherhood |
maudlin
a. tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
maul
v. handle someone or something in a rough way; cause serious physical wounds |
mechanization
n. the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology |
medley
n. mixture; musical composition consisting of a series of pieces |
mendicant
n. beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living |
metaphysical
a. without material form or substance; based on abstract reasoning; highly abstract or theoretical; supernatural |
minutiae
n. petty details; small particular or detail; a minute or trivial matter of fact |