Lesson 28   -   edHelper.com

Word List indifferent indignant indiscriminate indispensable indistinguishable indoctrinate inducement indulgent ineffectual inept inertia inevitable infallible infamous infer inferior infidelity infiltrate infirm inflame inflexible ingenious ingenuous ingest inherent

Definitions

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indifferent (n-dfr-nt) adjective    a. without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic b. having no bias, prejudice, or preference; impartial; disinterested. c. neither good nor bad in character or quality; average; routine

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indignant (n-dgnnt) adjective    feeling or showing anger in response to something considered unjust or unworthy.

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indiscriminate (nd-skrm-nt) adjective    a. not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc. b. not discriminate; haphazard; thoughtless c. not kept apart or divided; thrown together; jumbled

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indispensable (nd-spns-bl) adjective    a. absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite b. incapable of being disregarded or neglected c. a person or thing that is indispensable.

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indistinguishable (nd-stnggw-sh-bl) adjective    a. without distinguishing marks or characteristics. b. not readily perceived; imperceptible.

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indoctrinate (n-dktr-nt) verb    a. to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., esp. to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view. b. to teach or inculcate. c. to imbue with learning.

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inducement (n-dsmnt) noun    a. the act of inducing. b. the state of being induced. c. something that induces, motivates, or persuades; incentive.

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indulgent (n-dljnt) adjective    showing or inclined to show indulgence; lenient.

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ineffectual (n-fkch-l) adjective    a. not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect b. unavailing; futile c. powerless; impotent.

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inept (n-pt) adjective    a. without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit b. generally awkward or clumsy; haplessly incompetent. c. inappropriate; unsuitable; out of place.

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inertia (-nû) noun    a. inertness, esp. with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness. b. Physics. the property of matter by which it retains its state of rest or its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force.an analogous property of a force c. Med. lack of activity, esp. as applied to a uterus during childbirth when its contractions have decreased or stopped.

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inevitable (n-v-t-bl) adjective    a. unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary b. sure to occur, happen, or come; unalterable c. that which is unavoidable.

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infallible (n-fl-bl) adjective    a. absolutely trustworthy or sure b. unfailing in effectiveness or operation; certain c. not fallible; exempt from liability to error, as persons, their judgment, or pronouncements

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infamous (nf-ms) adjective    a. having an extremely bad reputation b. deserving of or causing an evil reputation; shamefully malign; detestable c. Law. deprived of certain rights as a citizen, as a consequence of conviction of certain offenses.of or pertaining to offenses involving such deprivation.

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infer (n-fû) verb    a. to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence b. (of facts, circumstances, statements, etc.) to indicate or involve as a conclusion; lead to. c. to guess; speculate; surmise.

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inferior (n-fî) adjective    a. lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often fol. by to) b. lower in place or position; closer to the bottom or base c. of comparatively low grade; poor in quality; substandard

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infidelity (nf-dl-t) noun    a. marital disloyalty; adultery. b. unfaithfulness; disloyalty. c. lack of religious faith, esp. Christian faith.

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infiltrate (n-fltrt) verb    a. to filter into or through; permeate. b. to cause to pass in by filtering. c. to move into (an organization, country, territory, or the like) surreptitiously and gradually, esp. with hostile intent

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infirm (n-fû) adjective    a. feeble or weak in body or health, esp. because of age; ailing. b. unsteadfast, faltering, or irresolute, as persons or the mind; vacillating c. not firm, solid, or strong

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inflame (n-flm) verb    a. to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.). b. to arouse to a high degree of passion or feeling c. to incite or rouse, as to violence

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inflexible (n-flks-bl) adjective    a. not capable of being bent, or not easy to bend; rigid. b. not capable of compromise or accommodation; not subject to change; unalterable. c. not subject to pressure or influence; stubborn or unyielding.

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ingenious (n-jnys) adjective    a. having or showing cleverness or creativity, esp. in designing or in solving problems. b. novel or creative in design or execution.

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ingenuous (n-jny-s) adjective    a. having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. b. without pretense or reservation; innocently frank.

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ingest (n-jst) verb    a. to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest). b. Aeron. to draw (foreign matter) into the inlet of a jet engine, often causing damage to the engine.

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inherent (n-hî) adjective    a. existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute b. Gram. standing before a noun. c. inhering; infixed.