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irrevocable.adjective
impossible to retract
or
revoke-(an
irrevocable decision)
irrevocability.noun,.plural.irrevocabilities
irrevocableness.noun
irrevocably.adjective
inferior.adjective
low or lower in position order, degree or rank
(captain is an inferior rank to major; the feet are inferior to the hands);
low or lower in quality, value or estimation (inferior craft; felt inferior
to his older sibling); second rate; poor (an inferior production); situated
under or beneath
Anatomy:.located
beneath or directed downward
inferior.noun,.plural.inferiors
an individual regarded
as being lower in rank,
status
or accomplishment
than another
inferiority.noun,.plural.inferiorities
inferiority complex.noun,.plural.inferiority
complex
someone who has an inferiority
complex
feels that they are of less worth or importance than other people (Philippians
2:3 "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness
of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.")
inessential.adjective
not essential;
nonessential;
unessential;
without essence
inessential.noun,.plural.inessentials
something that is not essential
inessentiality.noun,.plural.inessentialities
ignore, ignored,
ignoring,
ignores.transitive
verbs
to refuse
to pay attention to; disregard
ignorable.adjective
ignorer.noun,.plural.ignorers
insincere.adjective
not sincere;
hypocritical
insincerely.adverb
insincerity.noun,.plural.insincerities
imbibe, imbibed,
imbibing,
imbibes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
drink; to receive and absorb into the mind; permeate;
saturate
intransitive
verb use.to drink beverages, often
ones containing alcohol
imbiber.noun,.plural.imbibers
impoverished.adjective
unable to function
normally; reduced to poverty;
poverty-stricken; poor; deprived
of natural richness or strength; depleted.(an
impoverished speech; a region impoverished by drought)
impoverish, impoverished,
impoverishing,
impoverishes.transitive
verbs
to reduce to poverty; make poor; to deprive of
natural richness or strength (impoverish the soil by overuse and forcing
it with chemical fertilizers making it harder to till;
a tool that impoverishes others is taking natural resources belonging to
all people in an area and or region and selling them back to the people,
as in electrical, gas and water utilities); deplete
impoverishment.noun,.plural.impoverishments
indirect.adjective
diverging
from a direct course; roundabout; not proceeding straight to the point
or object; not forthright and candid;
devious;
not directly planned for; secondary (indirect benefits)
indirectly.adverb
indirectness.noun
indirection.noun,.plural.indirections
the quality
or state
of being indirect; lack
of straightforwardness;
deviousness
(obtained their goal by subtle
indirection); a devious act or statement (wouldn't give us a straight answer,
only hints and indirections); lack of direction;
aimlessness;
compare misdirection
inquisitive.adjective
curious
and inquiringly interested
in; inclined to investigate;
eager
for knowledge about things
inquisitively.adverb
inquisitiveness.noun,.plural.inquisitivenesses
item.noun,.plural.items
a bit of information; a detail; single article
or unit in a collection, an enumeration
or a series; a clause of a
document, such as a bill
or charter; an entry in an account
item.adverb
used to introduce each article in an enumeration
or a list
item, itemed,
iteming,
items.transitive
verbs
itemize, itemized,
itemizing,
itemizes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
set down item by item; list
intransitive verb use.to
list for recapitulation
itemization.noun,.plural.itemizations
itemizer.noun,.plural.itemizer
indices.noun,
plural.of index
index.noun,.plural.indexes.or.indices
something that serves to, point out or otherwise
facilitate.reference,
especially
an alphabetized list of names, places and subjects treated in a printed
work, giving the page or pages on which each item is mentioned
index, indexed,
indexing,
indexes.transitive
verbs
to furnish
with an index (index a book); to enter in an index
indexer.noun,.plural.indexers
index finger.noun,.plural.index
fingers
the finger next to the thumb, also called first
finger or forefinger
independent.adjective
able to act as a free man under God accountable
only to principles of the universe which are all based upon the love principle;
self-governing; free from the influence,
guidance
or control of another or others (an independent mind); not determined or
influenced by someone or something else at the physical level);
Mathematics:.not
dependent
on other variables; of or relating
to a system of equations
no one of which can be derived
from another equation in the system
independent.noun,.plural.independents
one that is independent
independently.adverb
on your own; without outside help (the children
worked on their project independently); apart from others
independence.noun
the state
or quality of being independent
irresistible.adjective
impossible to resist.(an
irresistible impulse to sneeze);
having an overpowering appeal (irresistible beauty)
irresistibility.noun,.plural.irresistibilities
irresistibleness.noun,.plural.irresistiblenesses
irresistibly.adverb
intonate, intonated,
intonating,
intonates.transitive
verbs
to intone; to utter
with a particular
tone of voice (her voice was intoned with excitement over the news of her
parents coming to visit)
intone, intoned,
intoning,
intones.verbs
transitive verb use.to
recite
in a singing tone; to utter in a monotone (a one tone voice having no voice
inflection)
intransitive verb use.to
speak with a singing tone or with a particular.intonation
intonement.noun,.plural.intonements
intoner.noun,.plural.intoners
intonation.noun,.plural.intonations
the act of intoning or chanting;
a manner of producing or uttering
tones, especially with regard to accuracy of pitch
Linguistics:.the
use of changing pitch to convey syntactic
information (a questioning intonation); a use of pitch.characteristic
of a speaker or dialect
intonational.adjective
invest, invested,
investing,
invests.verbs
transitive verb use.to
endow
with authority or power; to
instal in office with ceremony (investing a new dictator the people didn't
want is typical
of totalitarianism);
to spend or devote for future advantage or benefit (invested much time
and energy in getting a good education); to commit (money or capital) in
order to gain a financial return (invested some savings in stocks
and bonds)
intransitive verb use.to
make investments or an investment (invest in real estate)
investable.adjective
investor.noun,.plural.investors
investment.noun,.plural.investments
the act of investing; an investment is a value
that grows; an amount invested; property or another possession bought for
speculation
on future financial return or benefit; a commitment,
as of time or support (her parents supported her investment in time toward
her education)
investiture.noun,.plural.investitures
the act or formal.ceremony
of conferring or taking over
the authority and symbols
of a high office; an
adornment
or a cover
incumbent.adjective
currently
holding a specified office (the incumbent mayor); imposed as an obligation
or a duty; obligatory (felt it was incumbent on us all to help); lying,
leaning or resting on something else (incumbent rock strata)
incumbent.noun,.plural.incumbents
an individual who holds an office
incumbently.adverb
incriminate, incriminated,
incriminating,
incriminates.transitive
verbs
if something
incriminates you, it suggests that you are responsible for something bad;
to accuse of a crime or other wrongful act; to cause to appear guilty of
a crime or fault; implicate
(the evidence provided proof
positive of their nefarious
activities)
incriminatingly.adverb
in an incriminating manner
incriminatory.adjective
incrimination.noun,.plural.incriminations
illicit.adjective
not sanctioned
by custom or law;
unlawful
illicitly.adverb
illicitness.noun,.plural.illicitnesses
immobile.adjective
immovable; fixed; not moving; motionless
immobility.noun,.plural.immobilities
immobilize, immobilized,
immobilizing,
immobilizes.transitive
verbs
to render.immobile;
to fix the position of (a joint or fractured limb), as with a splint or
cast; to impede
movement or use of (severe weather immobilized the rescue team)
immobilization.noun,.plural.immobilizations
immobilizer.noun,.plural.immobilizers
impregnate, impregnated,
impregnating,
impregnates.transitive
verbs
to make pregnant;
inseminate
impregnation.noun,.plural.impregnations
impregnator.noun,.plural.impregnators
impregnable.adjective
capable
of being impregnated (when a girl reaches the age of puberty she is able
to become impregnated); able to conceive
impregnable.adjective
if you describe
a building or other place as impregnable, you mean that it cannot be broken
into or captured (the old Dutch fort with its thick high walls looks virtually
impregnable; her attitude
made her impregnable from suitors.attempting.to
date her); difficult
or impossible
to challenge
or refute
with success (she had an impregnable argument)
impregnability.noun,.plural.impregnabilities
having the strength to withstand attack; invulnerability
invulnerable.adjective
immune
to attack; impregnable; virtually.impossible
to damage,
injure
or wound
invulnerability.noun,.plural.invulnerabilities
or.invulnerableness.noun,.plural.invulnerablenesses
invulnerably.adverb
intercourse.noun,.plural.intercourses
dealings
or communications
between men, women, children or groups of them (the lawyer sent out intercourses
in the form of an Email; sexual
intercourse
instead.adverb
in the place of something previously.mentioned;
as a substitute
or an equivalent
(having planned to drive, we walked instead); in preference;
as an alternative
(yearned
instead for a home in the country)
interplay.noun,.plural.interplays
reciprocal
action and reaction; interaction
interplay, interplayed,
interplaying,
interplays.intransitive
verbs
intracellular.adjective
occurring
or situated within a cell
or cells (intracellular fluid; intracellular workings)
intracellularly.adverb
to act or react
on each other; interact
intranuclear.adjective
situated
or occurring within the nucleus
of an atom or a cell
instrumental.adjective
serving as a means or an agency;
implemental
(was instrumental with his thinking in figuring out a better way); someone
or something that is instrumental in a process or event helps to make it
happen; of,
relating
to or accomplished
with an instrument or a tool; in music, performed on or written for an
instrument; of or relating to instrumentalism
instrumental.noun,.plural.instrumentals
Music:.a
composition
for one or more instruments without vocal accompaniment
instrumentally.adverb
instrumentalism.noun,.plural.instrumentalisms
a pragmatic.theory
that ideas
are instruments that function
as guides
of action, their validity
being determined
by the success
of the action
instrument.noun,.plural.instruments
a document
such as an act
of parliament; something that
conveys
the means
by which something is done; an agency;
one used by another to accomplish a purpose; a dupe;
an implement
used to facilitate
work; tool; a device
for recording, measuring or controlling, especially
such a device functioning
as part of a control system
Music:.a
device for playing or producing music (a percussion
instrument; a keyboard instrument)
instrument, instrumented,
instrumenting,
instruments.transitive
verbs
to provide
or equip
with instruments
instrumentation.noun,.plural.instrumentations
the application or use of instruments
Music:.the
study and practice of arranging music for instruments; the arrangement
or orchestration resulting from such practice; a list of instruments used
in an orchestration; the study, development and manufacture of instruments
as for scientific or industrial use; instruments for a specific purpose;
instrumentality
instrumentality.noun,.plural.instrumentalities
the state
or quality
of being instrumental; a means;
an agency
instrumentalist.noun,.plural.instrumentalists
one who plays an instrument
instrumentalist.adjective
of,
relating
to or advocating.instrumentalism
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