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Cardset H - I - SAT Vocabulary Flashcards
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Habitable
adj. capable of being inhabited or lived in
Habitant
n. resident
Habitual
adj. dictated by the force of habit; regularly resorted to
Habitude
n. a custom or habitual behavior
Hackney
v. to cause to become trite through overuse
Haggard
adj. worn or wild in appearance; gaunt
Halcyon
adj. calm or peaceful; golden; prosperous
Hale
adj. characterized by extremely good health and vigor
Handwriting
n. a piece of prose or poetry written by hand
Hanger-on
n. someone who hangs onto a person or institution with the intention of achieving personal gain
Happy-go-lucky
adj. happily free from care or worry
Harangue
n. a ranting public speech
Harass
v. to persistently irritate; to verbally abuse; to establish a hostile situation for; to torment by repeated attacks
Harbinger
n. someone who foreshadows future occurrences
Hard-hearted
adj. unsympathetic; pitiless
Hardihood
n. fortitude; resolute self-assurance often to the point of insolence
Harmonious
adj. tonally concordant; agreeable in nature or sentiment
Havoc
n. devastation; widespread confusion and destruction
Hawthorn
n. a spiny shrub or small tree that has glossy, lobed leaves, white or pink flowers and little red fruits
Hazard
n. something dangerous; an accident; a risk
Head foremost
adv. with the head first
Headfirst
adv. headlong or with the head first
Heartrending
adj. heartbreaking, or extremely trying or distressing
Heathenish
adj. characteristic of heathens or barbarians
Heedless
adj. thoughtless or inconsiderate
Heifer
n. a young cow
Heinous
adj. horribly evil or abominable
Hemorrhage
n. an uncontrollable outflow of blood
Hemorrhoids
n. clusters of dilated veins enclosed by swollen tissue near the anus or rectum
Henchman
n. a relied upon follower or right-hand man
Henpeck
v. to relentlessly nag one’s husband
Heptagon
n. a polygon that has seven sides and seven angles
Heptarchy
n. a conjectural confederacy of seven seventh and eighth century Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
Herbaceous
adj. relating to herbs
Herbarium
n. a typically mounted and systematically arranged collection of dried plants
Herbivorous
adj. exclusively feeding on plants
Hereditary
adj. inherited, typically genetically, from one’s parents
Heredity
n. inheritance; the personal characteristics that one has derived from one's ancestors
Heresy
n. a deviation from the dominant religious, political or social dogma; an opinion or practice that conflicts with those acceptable according to a dominant religious faith
Heretic
n. a nonconformist; someone who doesn't accept or follow a religious doctrine or dogma
Heritage
n. one’s inheritance or birthright
Hernia
n. the rupture of an organ through a tissue wall by which it is normally enclosed
Hesitancy
n. the state of being hesitant, or reluctant to proceed
Hesitant
adj. slow or reluctant to proceed
Hesitation
n. the act of hesitating, or pausing; a pause in speech
Heterodox
adj. contrary to a religious or traditional standard
Heterogeneity
n. the state of being heterogeneous, or composed of diverse ingredients
Heterogeneous
adj. mixed; composed of diverse ingredients
Heteromorphic
adj. diverse; unusual
Hexagon
n. a polygon that has six angles and six sides
Hexangular
adj. having six angles
Hexapod
adj. relating to insects; having six feet
Hiatus
n. a gap or break in time or space; an interruption or suspension
Hibernal
adj. relating to winter
Hibernian
adj. relating to Ireland
Hideous
adj. shockingly offense; extremely morally or physically ugly
Hilarious
adj. very funny
Hillock
n. a little hill
Hinder
v. to impede the progress of; to hamper; to delay
Hindmost
adj. last in a line
Hindrance
n. the state of being hindered, or hampered; something that impedes the progress of
Hirsute
adj. hairy
Hoard
v. to collect and store away from others
Hoarse
adj. grating in sound
Homage
n. a token of respect; a tribute
Homogeneity
n. the state of being the same in nature
Homogeneous
adj. uniform in makeup; of similar kind
Homologous
adj. having the same basic structure
Homonym
n. one of several words that are spelled and pronounced the same way but are not the same in meaning
Homophone
n. a cluster of words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling
Honorarium
n. something that is given in exchange for a service that is traditionally free of charge
Hoodwink
v. to dupe or trick
Horde
n. a swarm or large, bustling crowd
Hosiery
n. pantyhose; a stocking or sock
Hospitable
adj. welcoming of and cordial to guests; providing a pleasant environment for guests; open to fresh suggestions or ideas
Hospitality
n. generous or cordial treatment
Hostility
n. firmly established mutual ill will or enmity; conflict or opposition
Huckster
n. a peddler; a producer and seller of promotional materials
Humane
adj. compassionate and considerate towards animals (including humans); humanistic
Humanitarian
n. someone who promotes social welfare and reform; a philanthropist
Humanize
v. to assign human qualities to
Humbug
n. nonsense; a deceptive or willfully misleading person
Humiliate
v. to publicly embarrass; to mortify
Hussar
n. a European military unit based on the Hungarian 15th century cavalry
Hustle
v. to impart hurriedly; to shove forward; to gain something through energetic and often underhanded activity; to aggressively try to sell
Hybrid
adj. derived from two separate or diverse races, cultures or species
Hydra
n. a multifaceted evil that can’t be defeated by a single attempt
Hydraulic
adj. operated by water
Hydrodynamics
n. a physical science that deals with the movement of fluids in relation to solid bodies
Hydroelectric
adj. relating to electricity production by waterpower
Hydromechanics
n. a branch of mechanics that deals with the movement of solid bodies immersed in fluids
Hydrometer
n. an apparatus used for determining a liquid's gravity and corresponding strength
Hydrostatics
n. a physical science that deals with the pressure exerted by a resting fluid on an immersed body
Hydrous
adj. containing chemically associated water
Hygiene
n. the art and science of cleanliness as a contributor to overall health
Hypercritical
adj. excessively critical
Hypnosis
n. a seeming suspension of consciousness or trance that is induced by someone whose suggestions are easily accepted by the subject
Hypnotic
adj. soporific; inducing sleep; holding one's attention
Hypnotism
n. the act of hypnotizing a subject
Hypnotize
v. to overcome through hypnotic suggestion
Hypocrisy
n. the act of professing to believe something that one actually does not believe; an insincere appearance of virtue
Hypocrite
n. someone who acts in contradiction to his or her avowed beliefs
Hypodermic
adj. dispensed by injection underneath the skin
Hypotenuse
n. in a right triangle, the side that is opposite of the right angle
Hypothesis
n. a yet unproven but testable explanation for a phenomenon
Hysteria
n. overwhelming emotionality and sensitivity; unmanageable fear
Ichthyic
adj. relating to fish
Ichthyology
n. the scientific study of fishes
Ichthyosaurs
n. a group of extinct Mesozoic-era marine reptiles whose streamlined bodies, long snouts and fins conditioned them for aquatic life
Icily
adv. relating to ice; frigid or steely in demeanor
Iciness
n. the state of being icy or extremely cold
Icon
n. an image; an idol or symbol
Iconoclast
n. someone who opposes or attacks religious images, beliefs or institutions
Idealize
v. to bestow an ideal value upon
Idiom
n. a dialect; a linguistic expression that is grammatically peculiar in that its meaning can’t be deduced from the combined meanings of its elements
Idiosyncrasy
n. a peculiar characteristic
Idolize
v. to excessively admire; to worship
Ignoble
adj. of common social status; marked by baseness or meanness
Ignominious
adj. disgraceful, shameful or despicable
Iliad
n. an epic poem, traditionally Greek
Illegal
adj. not legally authorized or sanctioned
Illegible
adj. indecipherable; not readable
Illegitimate
adj. not legally acknowledged as offspring due to origins in parents not married to each other; not logically deduced; irregular; illegal
Illiberal
adj. anti-liberal; narrow-minded; bigoted; unrefined
Illicit
adj. not allowed; illegal
Illimitable
adj. measureless; not capable of being limited
Illiterate
adj. uneducated; not able to read and write; unfamiliar with literature or language
Ill-natured
adj. characterized by an unpleasant disposition; surly; spiteful
Illogical
adj. lacking logic or sense; not logically sound
Illuminant
n. something that illuminates, clarifies or highlights
Illuminate
v. to clarify to the senses; to provide with insight; to highlight; to make luminous or resplendent
Illumine
v. to illuminate; to clarify; to highlight or emphasize
Illusion
n. a deceptive image; a faulty perception or delusion/hallucination; a misconception
Illusive
adj. illusory; based on illusion or deception
Illusory
adj. deceptive or misleading
Imaginable
adj. conceivable
Imaginary
adj. not real; fictitious; produced by one’s imagination
Imbibe
v. to drink or absorb
Imbroglio
n. a confusing and complicated situation
Imbrue
v. to stain
Imitation
n. a copy; a repetition; the act of imitating, or reproducing or mimicking
Imitator
n. someone who mimics or deliberately resembles another
Immaculate
adj. devoid of stains or blemishes; flawless; perfectly clean
Immaterial
adj. lacking material form
Immature
adj. not fully developed; unfinished; not appropriately mature in behavior
Immeasurable
adj. incapable of being measured; boundless
Immense
adj. huge; immeasurable due to extreme size or degree; excellent
Immerse
v. to engross oneself in; to absorb
Immersion
n. the state of being immersed, or completely surrounded by a fluid; submersion; the state of being completely absorbed by or involved in
Immigrant
n. someone who moves to a country with the intention of establishing a permanent residence
Immigrate
v. to arrive in and establish residence in a foreign nation
Imminence
n. the state of being of immediate concern
Imminent
adj. about to occur; looming ominously over one’s head
Immiscible
adj. not capable of attaining homogeneity
Immoral
adj. not in accordance with accepted moral principles
Immortalize
v. to grant exemption from death
Immovable
adj. incapable of being physically or emotionally moved; steadfast
Immune
adj. exempt from; not susceptible to; resistant to
Immutable
adj. incapable of changing
Impair
v. to injure or damage; to hinder
Impalpable
adj. not tangible or touchable; difficult to discern
Impartial
adj. unbiased
Impassable
adj. incapable of being surmounted
Impassible
adj. incapable of being surmounted
Impassive
adj. unable to feel pain or any other physical feeling; unemotional
Impatience
n. the state of being restless or anxious due to delay
Impeccable
adj. incapable of sinning; faultless
Impecunious
adj. having very little money
Impede
v. to hinder or get in the way of the progress of
Impel
v. to propel forward
Impend
v. to be ready to occur; to loom above menacingly
Imperative
adj. necessary or mandatory
Imperceptible
adj. not physically or mentally perceivable; very subtle
Imperfectible
adj. not capable of being refined or perfected
Imperil
v. to endanger
Imperious
adj. commanding or domineering; arrogantly self-assured
Impermissible
adj. not allowed or acceptable
Impersonal
adj. lacking any personal connection
Impersonate
v. to assume the attributes and features of
Impersuadable
adj. incapable of being persuaded
Impertinence
n. the state of being impertinent, or irrelevant or inappropriate
Imperturbable
adj. incapable of being ruffled; serene
Impervious
adj. incapable of being penetrated or harmed; imperturbable
Impetuosity
n. the state of being impulsively passionate
Impetuous
adj. impulsively passionate; violent or forceful in nature
Impetus
n. an impulse; a stimulus compelling one to increase activity
Impiety
n. the state of being impious, or irreverent
Impious
adj. irreverent; tending to not pay proper respect
Implausible
adj. unbelievable; impossible
Impliable
adj. incapable of being bent or altered in any way
Implicate
v. to imply; to incriminate
Implicit
adj. implied; not revealed or expressed
Imply
v. to indicate indirectly
Impolitic
adj. not wise or prudent
Importation
n. the practice of importing, or accepting and bringing in goods from a foreign territory or government
Importunate
adj. extremely persistent; overly and annoyingly urgent
Importune
v. to trouble or pester; to beg urgently
Impotent
adj. lacking vigor; sterile; powerless
Impoverish
v. to reduce to a state of poverty; to drain of important resources
Impracticable
adj. incapable of being performed or practiced
Impregnable
adj. incapable of being penetrated or conquered
Impregnate
v. to cause to be pregnant; to permeate or saturate utterly
Impromptu
n. an improvised composition or act
Improper
adj. socially inappropriate or mildly offensive in manner or presentation; not suitable; not factually accurate
Impropriety
n. a socially unacceptable remark or act
Improvident
adj. lacking foresight or future considerations
Improvise
v. to create or perform on the spot; to invent or fabricate from scratch
Imprudent
adj. lacking good judgment
Impudence
n. the state of being impudent, or cocky and inconsiderate of others
Impugn
v. to attack with words; to oppose as false
Impulsion
n. the act of impelling, or urging forth; a tendency to drive oneself forward
Impulsive
adj. tending to act spontaneously
Impunity
n. immunity from harm or loss
Impure
adj. prone to lewd behavior; foul or unclean; mixed with an unrelated substance
Impute
v. to blame or hold responsible for (often unjustly); to attribute to
Inaccessible
adj. not available
Inaccurate
adj. defective or faulty
Inactive
adj. sedentary; biologically inert
Inadequate
adj. not sufficient or competent
Inadmissible
adj. not permissible or capable of being admitted
Inadvertent
adj. unintentional
Inadvisable
adj. unwise
Inane
adj. insubstantial; devoid of meaning; silly
Inanimate
adj. lifeless; dull; motionless
Inapprehensible
adj. incapable of being arrested or perceived
Inapt
adj. unsuitable; unfit or incompetent
Inarticulate
adj. unable to express oneself clearly; unspoken; unintelligible due to lack of clear delivery
Inaudible
adj. incapable of being heard
Inborn
adj. present from birth; inherited
Inbred
adj. deeply rooted in one’s nature; created through inbreeding
Incandescence
n. the state of being luminous
Incandescent
adj. noticeably luminous or radiant; intellectually and socially brilliant; zealous; relating to glowing radiation
Incapacitate
v. to disable or deprive of power
Incapacity
n. the state of being incapable, or unable to perform; the state of being intellectually or physically incompetent
Incarcerate
v. to put into prison or forcibly confine
Incendiary
n. someone who commits arson or incites and agitates a crowd
Incentive
n. a motive; something that drives one to act
Inception
n. the process of beginning; an origin
Inceptive
adj. relating to a beginning
Incessant
adj. continuing ceaselessly
Inchmeal
adv. gradually
Inchoate
adj. not entirely in existence; not fully developed or formed; incoherent
Inchoative
n. initial; during the beginning; formative
Incidence
n. the reckoned amount and degree of occurrence
Incident
n. a minor happening or occurrence
Incidentally
adv. unintentionally; as a digression
Incinerate
v. to burn into ashes
Incipience
n. incipiency; the state of being incipient, or just coming into existence
Incipient
adj. coming into being
Incisor
n. one of a mammal’s front teeth that is adapted for cutting
Incite
v. to spur into action
Incitement
n. the act of urging to action or stirring up
Incoercible
adj. not capable of being controlled or compelled
Incoherence
n. the state of being incoherent, or unclear or inconsistent
Incoherent
adj. unintelligible; lacking any perceivable order
Incombustible
adj. incapable of being combusted or burned
Incomparable
adj. incapable of being compared to something
Incompatible
adj. incapable of agreeable coexistence
Incompetence
n. the state of being unsuitable or unqualified for any specific purpose
Incompetent
adj. not qualified or suitable for a specific purpose or function
Incomplete
adj. not finished
Incomprehensible
adj. incapable of being understood or grasped
Incompressible
adj. not capable of being compressed or squeezed into a smaller size
Inconceivable
adj. incomprehensible; unbelievable
Incongruous
adj. inharmonious; fundamentally inconsistent within itself; inappropriate
Inconsequential
adj. not significant or relevant
Inconsiderable
adj. incapable or unworthy of consideration; trivial
Inconsistent
adj. incompatible with another allegedly true statement; illogical
Inconstant
adj. mercurial or fickle; unstable
Incontrovertible
adj. unquestionable or indisputable
Inconvenient
adj. inopportune; annoying or troublesome
Indefensible
adj. incapable of being defended against a theoretical or physical attack; unjustifiable
Indefinitely
adv. of an imprecise or vague nature; devoid of limitations
Indelible
adj. incapable of being erased or removed; unforgettable
Indescribable
adj. incapable of being described, explained or recounted
Indestructible
adj. incapable of being ruined or annihilated
Indicant
adj. serving to point out or distinguish something
Indicator
n. a mechanism or substance that indicates a quality or condition of an entity or a solution
Indict
v. to formally charge with a crime; to accuse; to criticize
Indigence
n. a state of poverty devoid of the basic comforts of life that is characterized by severe hardship
Indigenous
adj. occurring naturally in a given environment
Indigent
adj. extremely poor
Indigestible
adj. incapable of being digested
Indigestion
n. trouble digesting
Indignant
adj. marked by anger about something supposedly unjust
Indignity
n. a humiliating insult or offense
Indiscernible
adj. incapable of being perceived or recognized
Indiscreet
adj. obtrusive or imprudent
Indiscriminate
adj. indistinct; random or haphazard
Indispensable
adj. incapable of being neglected; necessary or essential
Indistinct
adj. faint or blurry; not easily recognizable; uncertain
Indivertible
adj. incapable of being diverted, or deflected
Indivisible
adj. incapable of being divided
Indolence
n. laziness or sloth
Indolent
adj. disinclined to undertake any physical or mental activity; lazy
Indomitable
adj. incapable of being conquered or controlled
Induct
v. to formally admit or initiate into a society or sect
Indulgence
n. the act of indulging, or gratifying
Indulgent
adj. inclined to humor or gratify
Inebriate
v. to intoxicate with liquor
Inedible
adj. unfit to be consumed or eaten
Ineffable
adj. incapable of being described or verbally expressed; unutterable
Inefficiency
n. the state of being inefficient, or unproductive
Inefficient
adj. unproductive; wasteful; incompetent
Ineligible
adj. unqualified for a position or activity
Inept
adj. unfit or unsuitable for; nonsensical or unreasonable; absurdly inappropriate; incompetent
Inert
adj. sluggish; unable to move or perform
Inestimable
adj. incapable of being measured
Inevitable
adj. unavoidable; definite
Inexcusable
adj. unjustifiable
Inexhaustible
adj. eternally available; immune to weariness
Inexorable
adj. refusing to move or stop; unrelenting
Inexpedient
adj. not advisable
Inexpensive
adj. not pricey; cheap
Inexperience
n. a lack of worldly wisdom or practical knowledge
Inexplicable
adj. impossible to explain or interpret
Inexpressible
adj. incapable of being described or conveyed
Inextensible
adj. incapable of being extended
Infallible
adj. not capable of making mistakes or miscalculations; completely certain; incapable of failure
Infamous
adj. notorious; having an extremely bad reputation
Infamy
n. notoriety; a widespread, supremely bad reputation that has roots in a criminal or evil action
Inference
n. something that is inferred, or derived from facts
Infernal
adj. diabolical; relating to Hell or damnation
Infest
v. to inhabit or surround in a vexatious manner
Infidel
n. a heretic; someone who opposes any particular religious belief system
Infidelity
n. religious or marital disloyalty or unfaithfulness
Infinite
adj. indefinite or eternal; inexhaustible; incapable of being measured
Infinity
n. unlimited or boundless; numerically indefinite due to an extremely large amount or distance
Infirm
adj. weak or feeble; unstable
Infirmary
n. a care and treatment center for the sick and infirm
Infirmity
n. frailty or feebleness; a disease
Inflammable
adj. easy to inflame or anger
Inflammation
n. the state of being emotionally aroused or physically reddened and swollen
Inflexible
adj. firm and unyielding in will; deficient in suppleness; unchangeable
Influence
n. power over the will of others
Influential
adj. exerting influence, or the ability to affect people without overtly exercising force
Influx
n. entering or arriving
Infrequence
n. infrequency, or the state of occurring in few instances
Infrequent
adj. rarely occurring
Infringe
v. to trespass beyond proper social boundaries in such a way that violates another’s rights
Infuse
v. to introduce; to pour into something; to steep in something
Infusion
n. the process of infusing, or causing to be penetrated by something that is then diffused throughout
Ingenious
adj. characterized by inventiveness and resourcefulness
Ingenuity
n. cleverness and inventiveness in contriving
Ingenuous
adj. lacking in craftiness; characterized by childlike innocence and candidness
Inglorious
adj. disgraceful or dishonorable
Ingraft
v. to engraft; to unite a scion with a stock
Ingratiate
v. to obtain favor through a concerted effort
Ingratitude
n. ungratefulness for received kindness
Ingredient
n. a component of a mixture; an element
Inherence
n. the state of being intrinsic to one's constitution or nature
Inherent
adj. essential and intrinsic to something
Inhibit
v. to restrain; to discourage from action
Inhospitable
adj. not hospitable or friendly; offering neither shelter nor provisions
Inhuman
adj. devoid of humanity; coldly compassionless
Inhume
v. to bury
Inimical
adj. malevolent; hostile or severely antisocial
Iniquity
n. severe injustice; sin or wickedness
Initiate
v. to start or introduce something
Inject
v. to drive or force into or in-between
Injunction
n. the act of forbidding
Inkling
n. a subtle indication or notion; a hint
Inland
adj. relating to a country's interior
Inlet
n. a slender aqueous passage such as a creek that leads to a body of water such as a sea, lake or river
Inmost
adj. the farthest inward
Innocuous
adj. incapable of causing harm; unlikely to offend or induce hostility
Innovate
v. to perform a familiar action in a new way; to adapt something
Innuendo
n. an indirect allusion or insinuation
Innumerable
adj. countless in number
Inoffensive
adj. not harmful, injurious or provocative; not offensive to the senses
Inopportune
adj. inconvenient or awkward
Inquire
v. to look into or ask about; to attempt to obtain information through questioning
Inquisition
n. an official examination performed before a jury
Inquisitive
adj. inclined to investigate or question; inappropriately curious about other people’s business
Inquisitor
n. someone who makes an exceptionally severe inquiry
Inroad
n. a hostile penetration or raid at the expense of something or someone
Insatiable
adj. not capable of being fulfilled or satisfied; unquenchable
Inscribe
v. to permanently engrave or print; to autograph a book or item of memorabilia
Inscrutable
adj. difficult to comprehend or interpret; mysterious
Insecure
adj. lacking confidence or feelings of safety; not properly guarded; poorly fastened; unstable; plagued by anxiety and low self-esteem
Insensible
adj. lacking spirit; unable to feel or sense; apathetic
Insentient
adj. unconscious; inanimate; not perceptive
Inseparable
adj. incapable of being parted; constantly together
Insidious
adj. seductive but harmful; treacherous; gradual in development but ultimately extremely injurious
Insight
n. the ability to intellectually or emotionally penetrate a situation; the act of comprehending the inner nature of things intuitively
Insignificance
n. the state of being insignificant, or not important, meaningful or influential
Insignificant
adj. lacking significance or importance; lacking influence
Insinuate
v. to covertly or slyly introduce or suggest; to imply
Insipid
adj. without flavor; uninteresting or dull
Insistence
n. the act of insisting, or persistently maintaining
Insistent
adj. tending to insist or persist; demanding attention
Insolence
n. the state of being insolent, or contemptuous and impudent
Insolent
adj. contemptuous in manner; showing impudence or effrontery
Insomnia
n. the chronic inability to obtain a sufficient amount of sleep
Inspector
n. someone charged with inspecting or examining something
Instance
n. a situation that is regarded as part of a series of events
Instant
n. an immeasurable but extremely small amount of time
Instantaneous
adj. occurring without any perceivable length of time
Instigate
v. to urge on or to provoke; to incite
Instigator
n. one that provokes someone or urges someone onward
Instill
v. to enter or impart gradually, sometimes drop by drop
Instructive
adj. serving to instruct; enlightening
Insufficiency
n. the state of being insufficient, or lacking in competence or fitness; lacking in amount or capacity
Insufficient
adj. not adequate or sufficient
Insular
adj. relating to an island; provincial; isolating in nature
Insulate
v. to isolate or separate from potential influences
Insuperable
adj. incapable of being overcome or solved
Insuppressible
adj. irrepressible, or incapable of being repressed or restrained
Insurgence
n. the act of being insurgent, or rebellious
Insurgent
n. someone who rebels against an established civil authority or government
Insurrection
n. the act of rebelling against an established civil authority
Intangible
adj. incapable of being touched; indiscernible
Integrity
n. the state of being incapable of corruption; undivided; purity
Intellect
n. one’s intellectual capacity especially in regards to complex rational thought
Intellectual
adj. relating to intellect; tending to engage in speculation or study
Intelligible
adj. comprehensible or understandable
Intemperance
n. the state of lacking moderation especially in regards to liquor consumption
Intension
n. intensity; the state of having a significant, concentrated amount of emotion or strength
Intensive
adj. relating to intensity; tending to emphasize, strengthen or increase; very concentrated
Intention
n. a decision to act; determination or resolve; something intended to be done or created
Interact
v. to act on each other
Intercede
v. to mediate or reconcile differences between disputing parties
Intercept
v. to interrupt the progress of; to prevent the arrival or completion of; to win possession of
Intercession
n. the act of mediating
Intercessor
n. one that intercedes, or attempts to reconcile differences between disputing parties
Interdict
n. a decree forbidding someone from doing something
Interim
n. an interval
Interlocutor
n. someone who engages in a dialogue
Interlude
n. an interrupting event; a brief entertaining musical or dramatic composition inserted between the parts of a larger entertaining musical or dramatic composition
Intermediate
adj. relating to the middle degree or space
Interminable
adj. seemingly never-ending
Intermission
n. the act of discontinuing something or breaking something up into intervals
Intermit
v. to temporarily or permanently interrupt or discontinue
Intermittent
adj. discontinuous
Interpolation
n. a verbal or written insertion of words into a text or conversation
Interpose
v. To place oneself between two things; to interject; to intrude
Interposition
n. the act of interposing, or intruding and interfering
Interpreter
n. someone who translates statements made in one language into equivalent statements in another language for the sake of comprehension
Interrogate
v. to formally question
Interrogative
adj. questioning in nature
Interrogatory
n. a formal and generally written inquiry that must be answered in court
Interrupt
v. to break into a conversation or action
Intersect
v. to divide by passing through or cross; to overlap
Intervale
n. a bottomland, or an expanse of land lying low along a watercourse
Intervene
v. to occur between events; to appear as an irrelevant circumstance; to deliberately hinder; to impede or interfere with a process
Intestacy
n. the state of dying without having created a valid will
Intestate
adj. without a valid will
Intestine
n. a part of the alimentary canal that is tubular in nature and extends from the stomach to the anus
Intimacy
n. the state of being intimate, or extremely familiar
Intimidate
v. to frighten; to compel via threats
Intolerable
adj. not bearable
Intolerance
n. the state of being intolerant; an unwillingness to recognize the validity of beliefs, customs or lifestyles different than one's own
Intolerant
adj. not willing to share social or political rights or grant equal freedom of expression; not willing to accept or tolerate
Intoxicant
n. something that intoxicates, or poisons
Intoxicate
v. to poison; to lessen someone’s physical and mental self-control by use of a drug such as alcohol
Intracellular
adj. occurring within a cell
Intramural
adj. occurring within the bounds of a community or organization
Intrepid
adj. brave and resolute
Intricacy
n. the state of being intricate, or complicated
Intricate
adj. complex in nature; challenging to analyze
Intrigue
n. a scheme or machination; a secret love affair
Intrinsic
adj. essential to one's character; fundamental
Introductory
adj. relating to an initial step in a process
Introgression
n. the introduction of a gene into a foreign gene complex
Intromit
v. to insert
Introspect
v. to turn one's attention inward; to consider one's own feelings and thoughts
Introspection
n. an examination of and reflection upon one’s own feelings and thoughts
Introversion
n. the quality of being introspective or focused on oneself
Introvert
v. to direct inward upon oneself
Intrude
v. to butt in without welcome
Intrusion
n. the act of intruding, or forcing oneself upon a person or situation without permission
Intuition
n. naturally occurring insight
Inundate
v. to flood over or overwhelm
Inundation
n. to completely flood; to overwhelm
Inure
v. to cause to become used to accepting something unwanted
Invalid
adj. lacking validity; devoid of foundation in truth; not of consequence
Invalid
n. an ill or disabled person
Invalidate
v. to nullify, or to make of no value
Invaluable
adj. immeasurably valuable or priceless
Invariable
adj. incapable of changing or varying
Invasion
n. an influx or incoming flood of something undesirable and generally harmful; a hostile entrance of an army
Invective
n. an abusive speech
Inveigh
v. to bitterly complain or rail
Inventive
adj. creative; talented in the area of invention
Inverse
adj. directly opposite of
Inversion
n. a reversal of circumstances
Invert
v. to flip or reverse in position; to turn upside down or inside out
Investigator
n. a detective
Investor
n. someone who puts down money in the hopes of earning a financial return
Inveterate
adj. established by habit
Invidious
adj. envious or resentful
Invigorate
v. to stimulate
Invincible
adj. unconquerable; incapable of being vanquished
Inviolable
adj. safe from violation; unassailable
Invoke
v. to summon forth or conjure; to earnestly request or solicit; to cause to occur or implement
Involuntary
adj. independent of will or choice
Involution
n. entanglement or involvement; the natural physical regression of a material body through aging
Involve
v. to compel someone to participate
Invulnerable
adj. impervious to harm or injury; immune to attack
Inwardly
adv. internally or privately; spiritually
Iota
n. an incalculably small amount
Irascible
adj. tending to anger easily
Irate
adj. angry; marked by ire
Ire
n. intense anger
Iridescence
n. a radiant or lustrous effect
Iridescent
adj. lustrous in effect
Irk
v. to irritate or bore
Irksome
adj. tedious or annoying
Irony
n. an inconsistency between the ultimate result of a series of events and the expected result of those events
Irradiance
n. radiance
Irradiate
v. to highlight or illuminate; to intellectually enlighten; to affect by irradiation; to radiate or emit light rays
Irrational
adj. unreasonable; lacking coherence
Irreducible
adj. incapable of being reduced to a simpler state
Irrefragable
adj. incapable of being broken or altered
Irrefrangible
adj. incapable of being broken or destroyed
Irrelevant
adj. lacking relevance; not applicable
Irreligious
adj. not religious; neglecting religious practices or doctrines
Irreparable
adj. incapable of being remedied or repaired
Irrepressible
adj. incapable of being repressed or restrained
Irresistible
adj. incapable of being resisted
Irresponsible
adj. lacking responsibility
Irreverence
n. lack of reverence, respect or deference
Irreverent
adj. not properly respectful
Irreverential
adj. tending to be irreverent
Irreversible
adj. incapable of being reversed
Irrigant
adj. tending to irrigate or moisten
Irrigate
v. to moisten; to artificially supply with water
Irritable
adj. easily annoyed or angered
Irritancy
n. the ability of something to irritate any part of the body that it contacts
Irritant
n. something that irritates or annoys
Irritate
v. to annoy or anger
Irruption
n. the act of rushing in violently
Isle
n. an island
Islet
n. a small island
Isobar
n. one of several atomic elements that share an atomic weight or mass while having different atomic numbers
Isochronous
adj. isochronal ; of equal temporal duration
Isolate
v. to separate and keep apart from others; to insulate
Isothermal
adj. relating to temperature equality
Itinerant
adj. moving from place to place either due to homelessness or professional salesmanship
Itinerary
n. a journey route or tour outline
Itinerate
v. to preach while traveling
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