SAT word list 24: immaculate-incessant
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- immaculate
- adj. spotless; flawless; absolutely clean
- imminent
- adj. near at hand; impending
- immobility
- n. state of being unable to move
- immune
- adj. resistant to; free or exempt from
- impale
- v. pierce
- impalpable
- adj. imperceptible; intangible
- impart
- v. reveal or tell; grant
- impartial
- adj. not biased; fair
- impassable
- adj. not able to be traveled or crossed
- impasse
- n. predicament from which there is no escape; deadlock
- impassive
- adj. without feeling; imperturbable; stoical
- impeach
- v. charge with crime in office; indict
- impediment
- n. hindrance; stumbling-block
- impel
- v. drive or force onward
- impenetrable
- adj. not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding
- impending
- adj. nearing; approaching
- impenitent
- adj. not repentant
- imperative
- adj. absolutely necessary; critically important
- imperceptible
- adj. unnoticeable; undetectable
- imperial
- adj. like an emperor; related to an empire
- imperious
- adj. domineering; haughty
- impermeable
- adj. impervious; not permitting passage through its substance
- impertinent
- adj. insolent; rude
- imperturbable
- adj. calm; placid; composed
- impervious
- adj. impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
- impetuous
- adj. violent; hasty; rash
- impetus
- n. incentive; stimulus; moving force
- impiety
- n. irreverence; lack of respect for God
- impinge
- v. infringe; touch; collide with
- impious
- adj. irreverent
- implacable
- adj. incapable of being pacified
- implicate
- v. incriminate; show to be involved
- implication
- n. something hinted at or suggested
- implicit
- adj. understood but not stated
- implore
- v. beg
- imply
- v. suggest a meaning not expressed; signify
- imponderable
- adj. not able to be determined precisely
- import
- n. importance; meaning
- importunate
- adj. urging; demanding
- importune
- v. beg persistently
- impostor
- n. someone who assumes a false identity
- impotent
- adj. weak; ineffective
- impoverished
- adj. poor
- impromptu
- adj. without previous preparation; off the cuff; on the spur of the moment
- impropriety
- n. improperness; unsuitableness
- improvident
- adj. thriftless
- improvise
- v. compose on the spur of the moment
- imprudent
- adj. lacking caution; injudicious
- impugn
- v. dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way); challenge; gainsay
- impunity
- n. freedom from punishment or harm
- imputation
- n. accusation; charge; reproach
- inalienable
- adj. not to be taken away; nontransferable
- inanimate
- adj. lifeless
- inarticulate
- adj. speechless; producing indistinct speech
- inaugurate
- v. start; initiate; install in office
- incandescent
- adj. strikingly bright; shining with intense heat
- incantation
- n. singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula
- incapacitate
- v. disable
- incarcerate
- v. imprison
- incarnation
- n. act of assuming a human body and human nature
- incendiary
- n. arsonist
- incense
- v. enrage; infuriate
- incentive
- n. spur; motive
- inception
- n. start; beginning
- incessant
- adj. uninterrupted; unceasing