A | B |
incorrigible | impossible to correct, control, or discipline |
incredulous | unwilling or unable to believe |
indict | charge with a crime; accuse |
indigent | very poor |
indolent | lazy |
induce | cause to happen; bring about |
inert | lacking movement; inactive; sluggish |
infallible | incapable of making a mistake |
infamy | a bad reputation; notoriety |
infer | to figure out, based on given information; conclude; deduce |
infiltrate | penetrate by passing through gaps; enter secretly and become established, such as a spy might do in an enemy organization |
ingenuous | naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced |
innate | having a quality that arises from within, rather than learned or acquired from the outside; native; inborn |
innocuous | harmless; inoffensive |
innovation | a new idea or product; a new way of doing womething that is so much better, it causes others to copy it |
inscrutable | mysterious |
insipid | dull; flat; without sparkle or flavor |
insolent | rude haughty |
insolvent | unalbe to pay bills; bankrupt |
intermittent | occurring at intervals; periodic |
intractable | stubborn; immovable |
intrinsic | located within the very nature of an object or person; inherent |
invert | turn upside down or inside out; reverse position |
irascible | easily angered |
irony | an unexpected outcome, or the use of a word that is the opposite of its literal meaning |
irresolute | indecisive; unsure |
irreverent | disrespectful |
jargon | specialized language used by a particular group |