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ichthyic: adj. Fish-like.
ichthyology: n. The branch of zoology that treats of fishes.
ichthyosaurs: n. A fossil reptile.
iciness: n. The state of being icy.
icon: n. An image or likeness.
iconoclast: n. An image-breaker.
idealize: v. To make to conform to some mental or imaginary standard.
idiom: n. A use of words peculiar to a particular language.
idiosyncrasy: n. A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual.
idolize: v. To regard with inordinate love or admiration.
ignoble: adj. Low in character or purpose.
ignominious: adj. Shameful.
Iliad: n. A Greek epic poem describing scenes from the siege of Troy.
illegal: adj. Not according to law.
illegible: adj. Undecipherable.
illegitimate: adj. Unlawfully begotten.
illiberal: adj. Stingy.
illicit: adj. Unlawful.
illimitable: adj. Boundless.
illiterate: adj. Having little or no book-learning.
ill-natured: adj. Surly.
illogical: adj. Contrary to the rules of sound thought.
illuminant: n. That which may be used to produce light.
illuminate: v. To supply with light.
illumine: v. To make bright or clear.
illusion: n. An unreal image presented to the senses.
illusive: adj. Deceptive.
illusory: adj. Deceiving or tending to deceive, as by false appearance.
imaginable: adj. That can be imagined or conceived in the mind.
imaginary: adj. Fancied.
imbibe: v. To drink or take in.
imbroglio: n. A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife.
imbrue: v. To wet or moisten.
imitation: n. That which is made as a likeness or copy.
imitator: n. One who makes in imitation.
immaculate: adj. Without spot or blemish.
immaterial: adj. Of no essential consequence.
immature: adj. Not full-grown.
immeasurable: adj. Indefinitely extensive.
immense: adj. Very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity.
immerse: v. To plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid.
immersion: n. The act of plunging or dipping entirely under water or another fluid.
immigrant: n. A foreigner who enters a country to settle there.
immigrate: v. To come into a country or region from a former habitat.
imminence: n. Impending evil or danger.
imminent: adj. Dangerous and close at hand.
immiscible: adj. Separating, as oil and water.
immoral: adj. Habitually engaged in licentious or lewd practices.
immortalize: v. To cause to last or to be known or remembered throughout a great or indefinite length of time.
immovable: adj. Steadfast.
immune: adj. Exempt, as from disease.
immutable: adj. Unchangeable.
impair: v. To cause to become less or worse.
impalpable: adj. Imperceptible to the touch.
impartial: adj. Unbiased.
impassable: adj. That can not be passed through or over.
impassible: adj. Not moved or affected by feeling.
impassive: adj. Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling.
impatience: n. Unwillingness to brook delays or wait the natural course of things.
impeccable: adj. Blameless.
impecunious: adj. Having no money.
impede: v. To be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of.
impel: v. To drive or urge forward.
impend: v. To be imminent.
imperative: adj. Obligatory.
imperceptible: adj. Indiscernible.
imperfectible: adj. That can not be perfected.
imperil: v. To endanger.
imperious: adj. Insisting on obedience.
impermissible: adj. Not permissible.
impersonal: adj. Not relating to a particular person or thing.
impersonate: v. To appear or act in the character of.
impersuadable: adj. Unyielding.
impertinence: n. Rudeness.
imperturbable: adj. Calm.
impervious: adj. Impenetrable.
impetuosity: n. Rashness.
impetuous: adj. Impulsive.
impetus: n. Any impulse or incentive.
impiety: n. Irreverence toward God.
impious: adj. Characterized by irreverence or irreligion.
implausible: adj. Not plausible.
impliable: adj. Capable of being inferred.
implicate: v. To show or prove to be involved in or concerned
implicit: adj. Implied.
imply: v. To signify.
impolitic: adj. Inexpedient.
importation: n. The act or practice of bringing from one country into another.
importunate: adj. Urgent in character, request, or demand.
importune: v. To harass with persistent demands or entreaties.
impotent: adj. Destitute of or lacking in power, physical, moral, or intellectual.
impoverish: v. To make indigent or poor.
impracticable: adj. Not feasible.
impregnable: adj. That can not be taken by assault.
impregnate: v. To make pregnant.
impromptu: n. Anything done or said on the impulse of the moment.
improper: adj. Not appropriate, suitable, or becoming.
impropriety: n. The state or quality of being unfit, unseemly, or inappropriate.
improvident: adj. Lacking foresight or thrift.
improvise: v. To do anything extemporaneously or offhand.
imprudent: adj. Heedless.
impudence: n. Insolent disrespect.
impugn: v. To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations.
impulsion: n. Impetus.
impulsive: adj. Unpremeditated.
impunity: n. Freedom from punishment.
impure: adj. Tainted.
impute: v. To attribute.
inaccessible: adj. Difficult of approach.
inaccurate: adj. Not exactly according to the facts.
inactive: adj. Inert.
inadequate: adj. Insufficient.
inadmissible: adj. Not to be approved, considered, or allowed, as testimony.
inadvertent: adj. Accidental.
inadvisable: adj. Unadvisable.
inane: adj. Silly.
inanimate: adj. Destitute of animal life.
inapprehensible: adj. Not to be understood.
inapt: adj. Awkward or slow.
inarticulate: adj. Speechless.
inaudible: adj. That can not be heard.
inborn: adj. Implanted by nature.
inbred: adj. Innate.
incandescence: n. The state of being white or glowing with heat.
incandescent: adj. White or glowing with heat.
incapacitate: v. To deprive of power, capacity, competency, or qualification.
incapacity: n. Want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage.
incarcerate: v. To imprison.
incendiary: n. Chemical or person who starts a fire-literally or figuratively.
incentive: n. That which moves the mind or inflames the passions.
inception: n. The beginning.
inceptive: adj. Beginning.
incessant: adj. Unceasing.
inchoate: adj. Incipient.
inchoative: n. That which begins, or expresses beginning.
incidence: n. Casual occurrence.
incident: n. A happening in general, especially one of little importance.
incinerate: v. To reduce to ashes.
incipience: n. Beginning.
incipient: adj. Initial.
incisor: n. A front or cutting tooth.
incite: v. To rouse to a particular action.
incitement: n. That which moves to action, or serves as an incentive or stimulus.
incoercible: adj. Incapable of being forced, constrained, or compelled.
incoherence: n. Want of connection, or agreement, as of parts or ideas in thought, speech, etc.
incoherent: adj. Not logically coordinated, as to parts, elements, or details.
incombustible: adj. That can not be burned.
incomparable: adj. Matchless.
incompatible: adj. Discordant.
incompetence: n. General lack of capacity or fitness.
incompetent: adj. Not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose.
incomplete: adj. Lacking some element, part, or adjunct necessary or required.
incomprehensible: adj. Not understandable.
incompressible: adj. Resisting all attempts to reduce volume by pressure.
inconceivable: adj. Incomprehensible.
incongruous: adj. Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion.
inconsequential: adj. Valueless.
inconsiderable: adj. Small in quantity or importance.
inconsistent: adj. Contradictory.
inconstant: adj. Changeable.
incontrovertible: adj. Indisputable.
inconvenient: adj. Interfering with comfort or progress.
indefensible: adj. Untenable.
indelible: adj. That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed.
indescribable: adj. That can not be described.
indestructible: adj. That can not be destroyed.
indicant: adj. That which points out.
indicator: n. One who or that which points out.
indict: v. To find and declare chargeable with crime.
indigence: n. Poverty.
indigenous: adj. Native.
indigent: adj. Poor.
indigestible: adj. Not digestible, or difficult to digest.
indigestion: n. Difficulty or failure in the alimentary canal in changing food into absorptive nutriment.
indignant: adj. Having such anger and scorn as is aroused by meanness or wickedness.
indignity: n. Unmerited contemptuous conduct or treatment.
indiscernible: adj. Not perceptible.
indiscreet: adj. Lacking wise judgment.
indiscriminate: adj. Promiscuous.
indispensable: adj. Necessary or requisite for the purpose.
indistinct: adj. Vague.
indivertible: adj. That can not be turned aside.
indivisible: adj. Not separable into parts.
indolence: n. Laziness.
indolent: adj. Habitually inactive or idle.
indomitable: adj. Unconquerable.
induct: v. To bring in.
indulgence: n. The yielding to inclination, passion, desire, or propensity in oneself or another.
indulgent: adj. Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one's care.
inebriate: v. To intoxicate.
inedible: adj. Not good for food.
ineffable: adj. Unutterable.
inefficient: adj. Not accomplishing an intended purpose.
inefficiency: n. That which does not accomplish an intended purpose.
ineligible: adj. Not suitable to be selected or chosen.
inept: adj. Not fit or suitable.
inert: adj. Inanimate.
inestimable: adj. Above price.
inevitable: adj. Unavoidable.
inexcusable: adj. Not to be justified.
inexhaustible: adj. So large or furnishing so great a supply as not to be emptied, wasted, or spent.
inexorable: adj. Unrelenting.
inexpedient: adj. Unadvisable.
inexpensive: adj. Low-priced.
inexperience: n. Lack of or deficiency in experience.
inexplicable: adj. Such as can not be made plain.
inexpressible: adj. Unutterable.
inextensible: adj. Of unchangeable length or area.
infallible: adj. Exempt from error of judgment, as in opinion or statement.
infamous: adj. Publicly branded or notorious, as for vice, or crime.
infamy: n. Total loss or destitution of honor or reputation.
inference: n. The derivation of a judgment from any given material of knowledge on the ground of law.
infernal: adj. Akin to or befitting hell or its occupants.
infest: v. To be present in such numbers as to be a source of annoyance, trouble, or danger.
infidel: n. One who denies the existence of God.
infidelity: n. Disloyalty.
infinite: adj. Measureless.
infinity: n. Boundless or immeasurable extension or duration.
infirm: adj. Lacking in bodily or mental strength.
infirmary: n. A place for the reception or treatment of the sick.
infirmity: n. A physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw.
inflammable: adj. Easily set on fire or excited.
inflammation: n. A morbid process in some part of the body characterized by heat, swelling, and pain.
inflexible: adj. That can not be altered or varied.
influence: n. Ability to sway the will of another.
influential: adj. Having the power to sway the will of another.
influx: n. Infusion.
infrequence: n. Rareness.
infrequent: adj. Uncommon.
infringe: v. To trespass upon.
infuse: v. To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualities.
infusion: n. The act of imbuing, or pouring in.
ingenious: adj. Evincing skill, originality, or cleverness, as in contrivance or arrangement.
ingenuity: n. Cleverness in contriving, combining, or originating.
ingenuous: adj. Candid, frank, or open in character or quality.
inglorious: adj. Shameful.
ingraft: v. To set or implant deeply and firmly.
ingratiate: v. To win confidence or good graces for oneself.
ingratitude: n. Insensibility to kindness.
ingredient: n. Component.
inherence: n. The state of being permanently existing in something.
inherent: adj. Intrinsic.
inhibit: v. To hold back or in.
inhospitable: adj. Not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitously.
inhuman: adj. Savage.
inhume: v. To place in the earth, as a dead body.
inimical: adj. Adverse.
iniquity: n. Gross wrong or injustice.
initiate: v. To perform the first act or rite.
inject: v. To introduce, as a fluid, by injection.
injunction: n. Mandate.
inkling: n. A hint.
inland: adj. Remote from the sea.
inlet: n. A small body of water leading into a larger.
inmost: adj. Deepest within.
innocuous: adj. Harmless.
innovate: v. To introduce or strive to introduce new things.
innuendo: n. Insinuation.
innumerable: adj. Countless.
inoffensive: adj. Causing nothing displeasing or disturbing.
inopportune: adj. Unsuitable or inconvenient, especially as to time.
inquire: v. To ask information about.
inquisition: n. A court or tribunal for examination and punishment of heretics.
inquisitive: adj. Given to questioning, especially out of curiosity.
inquisitor: n. One who makes an investigation.
inroad: n. Forcible encroachment or trespass.
insatiable: adj. That desires or craves immoderately or unappeasably.
inscribe: v. To enter in a book, or on a list, roll, or document, by writing.
inscrutable: adj. Impenetrably mysterious or profound.
insecure: adj. Not assured of safety.
insensible: adj. Imperceptible.
insentient: adj. Lacking the power of feeling or perceiving.
inseparable: adj. That can not be separated.
insidious: adj. Working ill by slow and stealthy means.
insight: n. Intellectual discernment.
insignificance: n. Lack of import or of importance.
insignificant: adj. Without importance, force, or influence.
insinuate: v. To imply.
insipid: adj. Tasteless.
insistence: n. Urgency.
insistent: adj. Urgent.
insolence: n. Pride or haughtiness exhibited in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others.
insolent: adj. Impudent.
insomnia: n. Sleeplessness.
inspector: n. An official appointed to examine or oversee any matter of public interest or importance.
instance: n. A single occurrence or happening of a given kind.
instant: n. A very brief portion of time.
instantaneous: adj. Done without perceptible lapse of time.
instigate: v. To provoke.
instigator: n. One who incites to evil.
instill: v. To infuse.
instructive: adj. Conveying knowledge.
insufficiency: n. Inadequacy.
insufficient: adj. Inadequate for some need, purpose, or use.
insular: adj. Pertaining to an island.
insulate: v. To place in a detached state or situation.
insuperable: adj. Invincible.
insuppressible: adj. Incapable of being concealed.
insurgence: n. Uprising.
insurgent: n. One who takes part in forcible opposition to the constituted authorities of a place.
insurrection: n. The state of being in active resistance to authority.
intangible: adj. Not perceptible to the touch.
integrity: n. Uprightness of character and soundness of moral principle.
intellect: n. The faculty of perception or thought.
intellectual: adj. Characterized by intelligence.
intelligence: n. Capacity to know or understand.
intelligible: adj. Comprehensible.
intemperance: n. Immoderate action or indulgence, as of the appetites.
intension: n. The act of stringing or stretching, or state of being strained.
intensive: adj. Adding emphasis or force.
intention: n. That upon which the mind is set.
interact: v. To act reciprocally.
intercede: v. To mediate between persons.
intercept: v. To interrupt the course of.
intercession: n. Entreaty in behalf of others.
intercessor: n. A mediator.
interdict: n. Authoritative act of prohibition.
interim: n. Time between acts or periods.
interlocutor: n. One who takes part in a conversation or oral discussion.
interlude: n. An action or event considered as coming between others of greater length.
intermediate: adj. Being in a middle place or degree or between extremes.
interminable: adj. Having no limit or end.
intermission: n. A recess.
intermit: v. To cause to cease temporarily.
intermittent: adj. A temporary discontinuance.
interpolation: n. Verbal interference.
interpose: v. To come between other things or persons.
interposition: n. A coming between.
interpreter: n. A person who makes intelligible the speech of a foreigner by oral translation.
interrogate: v. To examine formally by questioning.
interrogative: adj. Having the nature or form of a question.
interrogatory: n. A question or inquiry.
interrupt: v. To stop while in progress.
intersect: v. To cut through or into so as to divide.
intervale: n. A low tract of land between hills, especially along a river.
intervene: v. To interfere for some end.
intestacy: n. The condition resulting from one's dying not having made a valid will.
intestate: adj. Not having made a valid will.
intestine: n. That part of the digestive tube below or behind the stomach, extending to the anus.
intimacy: n. Close or confidential friendship.
intimidate: v. To cause to become frightened.
intolerable: adj. Insufferable.
intolerance: n. Inability or unwillingness to bear or endure.
intolerant: adj. Bigoted.
intoxicant: n. Anything that unduly exhilarates or excites.
intoxicate: v. To make drunk.
intracellular: adj. Occurring or situated within a cell.
intramural: adj. Situated within the walls of a city.
intrepid: adj. Fearless and bold.
intricacy: n. Perplexity.
intricate: adj. Difficult to follow or understand.
intrigue: n. A plot or scheme, usually complicated and intended to accomplish something by secret ways.
intrinsic: adj. Inherent.
introductory: adj. Preliminary.
introgression: n. Entrance.
intromit: v. To insert.
introspect: v. To look into.
introspection: n. The act of observing and analyzing one's own thoughts and feelings.
introversion: n. The act of turning or directing inward, physically or mentally.
introvert: v. To turn within.
intrude: v. To come in without leave or license.
intrusion: n. The act of entering without warrant or invitation; encroachment.
intuition: n. Instinctive knowledge or feeling.
inundate: v. To fill with an overflowing abundance.
inundation: n. Flood.
inure: v. To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure.
invalid: adj. Having no force, weight, or cogency.
invalid: n. One who is disabled by illness or injury.
invalidate: v. To render of no force or effect.
invaluable: adj. Exceedingly precious.
invariable: adj. Unchangeable.
invasion: n. Encroachment, as by an act of intrusion or trespass.
invective: n. An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach.
inveigh: v. To utter vehement censure or invective.
inventive: adj. Quick at contrivance.
inverse: adj. Contrary in tendency or direction.
inversion: n. Change of order so that the first shall become last and the last first.
invert: v. To turn inside out, upside down, or in opposite direction.
investigator: n. One who investigates.
investor: n. One who invests money.
inveterate: adj. Habitual.
invidious: adj. Showing or feeling envy.
invigorate: v. To animate.
invincible: adj. Not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome.
inviolable: adj. Incapable of being injured or disturbed.
invoke: v. To call on for assistance or protection.
involuntary: adj. Unwilling.
involution: n. Complication.
involve: v. To draw into entanglement, literally or figuratively.
invulnerable: adj. That can not be wounded or hurt.
iota: n. A small or insignificant mark or part.
irascible: adj. Prone to anger.
irate: adj. Moved to anger.
ire: n. Wrath.
iridescence: n. A many-colored appearance.
iridescent: adj. Exhibiting changing rainbow-colors due to the interference of the light.
irk: v. To afflict with pain, vexation, or fatigue.
irksome: adj. Wearisome.
irony: n. Censure or ridicule under cover of praise or compliment.
irradiance: n. Luster.
irradiate: v. To render clear and intelligible.
irrational: adj. Not possessed of reasoning powers or understanding.
irreducible: adj. That can not be lessened.
irrefragable: adj. That can not be refuted or disproved.
irrefrangible: adj. That can not be broken or violated.
irrelevant: adj. Inapplicable.
irreligious: adj. Indifferent or opposed to religion.
irreparable: adj. That can not be rectified or made amends for.
irrepressible: adj. That can not be restrained or kept down.
irresistible: adj. That can not be successfully withstood or opposed.
irresponsible: adj. Careless of or unable to meet responsibilities.
irreverence: n. The quality showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.
irreverent: adj. Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.
irreverential: adj. Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.
irreversible: adj. Irrevocable.
irrigant: adj. Serving to water lands by artificial means.
irrigate: v. To water, as land, by ditches or other artificial means.
irritable: adj. Showing impatience or ill temper on little provocation.
irritancy: n. The quality of producing vexation.
irritant: n. A mechanical, chemical, or pathological agent of inflammation, pain, or tension.
irritate: v. To excite ill temper or impatience in.
irruption: n. Sudden invasion.
isle: n. An island.
islet: n. A little island.
isobar: n. A line joining points at which the barometric pressure is the same at a specified moment.
isochronous: adj. Relating to or denoting equal intervals of time.
isolate: v. To separate from others of its kind.
isothermal: adj. Having or marking equality of temperature.
itinerant: adj. Wandering.
itinerary: n. A detailed account or diary of a journey.
itinerate: v. To wander from place to place.

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