Kaplan's SAT Vocab (I)
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- ignoble
- adj. having low moral standards, not noble in character; mean
- illusory
- adj. producing illusion, deceptive
- imbibe
- v. to receive into the mind and take in, absorb
- impassive
- adj. absent of any external sign of emotion, expressionless
- imperious
- adj. commanding, domineering; urgent
- imperturbable
- adj. unshakable calm and steady
- implacable
- adj. inflexible; not capable of being changed or pacified
- importunate
- adj. troublesomely urgent; extremely persistent in request or demand
- imprecation
- n. a curse
- impudent
- adj. marked by cocky boldness or disregard for others
- impugn
- v. to call into question; to attack verbally
- impute
- v. to lay the responsibility or blame for, often injustly
- incandescent
- adj. shining brightly
- incarnadine
- adj. red, especially blood red
- inchoate
- adj. being only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
- incipient
- adj. beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage
- incorrigible
- adj. incapable of being corrected or amended; difficult to control or manage
- incredulous
- adj. unwilling to accept what is true, skeptical
- indomitable
- adj. incapable of being conquered
- ingratiate
- v. to gain favor with another by deliberate effort to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage
- inherent
- adj. involving the essential character of something, built-in, inborn
- inquest
- n. an investigation, an inquiry
- insensate
- adj. lacking sensibility and understanding, foolish
- insolent
- adj. insultingly arrogant, overbearing
- insular
- adj. characteristic of an isolated people, especially having a narrow viewpoint
- insuperable
- adj. incapable of being surmounted or overcome
- inter
- v. to bury
- interlocutor
- n. one who takes part in conversation
- internecine
- adj. mutually destructive; equally devastating to both sides
- interregnum
- n. a temporary halting of the usual operations of government and control
- intimation
- n. a subtle and indirect hint
- intractable
- adj. not easily managed or manipulated
- intransigent
- adj. uncompromising, refusing to abandon an extreme position
- intrpeid
- adj. fearless, resolutely courageous
- inundate
- v. to cover with a flood; to overwhelm as if with a flood
- inveterate
- adj. firmly established, especially with respect to a habit or attitude
- irascible
- adj. easily angered, hot-tempered
- ironic
- adj. poignantly contrary or incongruous to what was expected
- irreverent
- adj. disrespectful in a gentle or humorous way
- itinerant
- adj. wandering from place to place; unsettled