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| 1 | ineluctable | (adjective satellite) impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"
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| 2 | inept | (adjective satellite) revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable" (adjective satellite) generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account" (adjective satellite) not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
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| 3 | infertile | (adjective) incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple"
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| 4 | infiltrate | (verb) pass through an enemy-line; in a military conflict (verb) pass into or through by filtering or permeating; "the substance infiltrated the material" (verb) cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices (verb) enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members; "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor"
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| 5 | inflame | (verb) become inflamed; get sore; "His throat inflamed" (verb) cause inflammation in; "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint" (verb) arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" (verb) cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds" (verb) catch fire; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles"
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| 6 | inflammatory | (adjective satellite) characterized or caused by inflammation; "an inflammatory process"; "an inflammatory response" (adjective satellite) arousing to action or rebellion
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| 7 | infuriate | (verb) make furious
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| 8 | infuse | (verb) introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes; "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals" (verb) let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol" (verb) undergo the process of infusion; "the mint tea is infusing" (verb) fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" (verb) teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation"
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| 9 | ingenuous | (adjective) characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility" (adjective satellite) lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
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| 10 | ingest | (verb) take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe" (verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
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| 11 | inherent | (adjective satellite) in the nature of something though not readily apparent; "shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning" (adjective satellite) present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development (adjective satellite) existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth"
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| 12 | inhibit | (verb) to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" (verb) limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"
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| 13 | inimical | (adjective satellite) not friendly; "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"
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| 14 | inimitable | (adjective satellite) defying imitation; matchless; "an inimitable style"
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| 15 | innocuous | (adjective satellite) lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank" (adjective) not injurious to physical or mental health (adjective satellite) not causing disapproval; "it was an innocuous remark"; "confined himself to innocuous generalities"; "unobjectionable behavior" (adjective satellite) unlikely to harm or disturb anyone; "harmless old man"
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| 16 | inscrutable | (adjective satellite) of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals t
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| 17 | insensible | (adjective satellite) unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless" (adjective satellite) barely able to be perceived; "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change" (adjective) incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth"
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| 18 | insinuate | (verb) give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" (verb) introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner; "He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table"
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| 19 | insipid | (adjective satellite) not pleasing to the sense of taste (adjective satellite) lacking interest or significance; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel" (adjective satellite) lacking significance or impact; "an insipid novel" (adjective satellite) lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
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| 20 | insouciant | (adjective satellite) marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasi
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| 21 | insularity | (noun) the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"
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| 22 | insurrection | (noun) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
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| 23 | interdict | (noun) a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity (noun) an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district (verb) command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store" (verb) destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication
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| 24 | interim | (noun) the time between one event, process, or period and another (adjective satellite) serving during an intermediate interval of time; "an interim agreement"
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| 25 | intermittent | (adjective satellite) stopping and starting at irregular intervals; "intermittent rain showers" (adjective satellite) stopping and starting at regular intervals
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| 26 | intersperse | (verb) introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions (verb) place at intervals in or among; "intersperse exclamation marks ina the text"
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| 27 | intervene | (verb) occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children" (verb) get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?" (verb) be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"
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| 28 | intractable | (adjective) not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal"
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| 29 | intransigence | (noun) the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise
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| 30 | intransigent | (adjective satellite) not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every libera
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| 31 | intrepid | (adjective satellite) invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"
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| 32 | introspection | (noun) the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct
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| 33 | inundate | (verb) fill or cover completely, usually with water (verb) fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
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| 34 | inured | (adjective satellite) made tough by habitual exposure; "hardened fishermen"; "a peasant, dark, lean-faced, wind-inured"- Robert Lynd; "our successors...may be graver, more inured and equable men"- V.S.Pritchett
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| 35 | invective | (noun) abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
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| 36 | inveigh | (verb) speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society" (verb) complain bitterly
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| 37 | involute | (adjective satellite) (of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured (adjective satellite) especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
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| 38 | irascible | (adjective satellite) characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response" (adjective satellite) quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander"
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| 39 | irate | (adjective satellite) feeling or showing extreme anger; "irate protesters"; "ireful words"
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| 40 | ire | (noun) belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun) a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
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| 41 | irksome | (adjective satellite) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention";
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| 42 | irrelevant | (adjective) having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "an irrelevant comment"; "irrelevant allegations"
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| 43 | irresolute | (adjective satellite) lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly; "stood irresolute waiting for some inspiration" (adjective) uncertain how to act or proceed; "the committee was timid and mediocre and irresolute"
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| 44 | irreverence | (noun) a disrespectful act (noun) an irreverent mental attitude
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| 45 | irrevocable | (adjective) impossible to retract or revoke; "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare
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| 46 | itinerary | (noun) a proposed route of travel (noun) a guidebook for travelers (noun) an established line of travel or access
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| 47 | itinerate | (verb) travel from place to place, as for work; "an itinerating merchant"
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| 48 | jabber | (noun) rapid and indistinct speech (verb) talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
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| 49 | jeopardize | (verb) put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" (verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"
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