Lesson 26   -   edHelper.com
Name _____________________________
Date ___________________

Word List
imminent
immobilize
immoderate
immortal
immutable
impair
impede
impending
imperative
imperil
implant
implement
implicate
implore
imply
import
impose
impotent
impound
impoverish
improbable
impromptu
improvise
impulse
inaccessible
 
 


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      impede 1. to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder; bar
___________________________ 2. about to occur or appear; imminent; proximate
___________________________ 3. not subject to change; unchanging or unchangeable; inalterable; unmodifiable; unalterable
___________________________ 4. to make poor; cause to live in poverty; deplete; drain; draw
___________________________ 5. to bring or introduce from one use, connection, or relation into another; add; intend; spell
___________________________ 6. to create or provide without preparation or practice, esp. in music, speech, or writing; ad-lib; improvisate
___________________________ 7. of a male, unable to have an erection of the penis; helpless
___________________________ 8. to involve or prove involvement of (someone or something) in an affair, situation, event, or series of events; mire
___________________________ 9. to confine within an enclosure or within limits
___________________________ 10. a means to accomplish something, esp. a tool, device, or instrument to perform a task; utensil
___________________________ 11. to plant or embed in something; infix; instill; inseminate
___________________________ 12. to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat; crave
___________________________ 13. not accessible; unapproachable; inapproachable; un-come-at-able
___________________________ 14. unlikely to occur or to be true; dubious
___________________________ 15. to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc; ordain
___________________________ 16. to make incapable of motion or action; cripple; disarm; paralyze
___________________________ 17. a spontaneous or sudden desire that may move one to action; stimulus; goad; motivation
___________________________ 18. beyond reasonable or appropriate limits; excessive; undue; unconscionable; inordinate
___________________________ 19. made or done without previous preparation; autoschediasm; extemporization
___________________________ 20. not subject to death or decay; living forever.
___________________________ 21. likely to occur at any moment; impending; proximate
___________________________ 22. to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage; injure; spoil; hurt
___________________________ 23. of, pertaining to, or like a command, or having the power or authority to command or control; bossy; peremptory
___________________________ 24. (of words) to signify or mean; indicate; point
___________________________ 25. to put at risk; endanger; hazard; menace