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academic word no. 13
injure-invoke
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English
Undergraduate 1
06/25/2008

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Term
INJURE
Definition
1. do physical harm or damage to (someone)
2. suffer physical harm or damage to (a part of one's body)
  • He injured his back.
  • The explosion injured several people.
Injure (Verb)
Injurer (Noun)
 
 
Term
INNOVATE
Definition
(Verb) make changes in something established, esp. by introducing new methods, ideas, or products
 
    The company's failure to diversify and innovate competitively.
 
Innovate (Verb) 
Innovator (Noun)
Innovatory (Adj)
Term
INPUT
Definition
(Noun) what is put in, taken in, or operated on by any process or system: perceptions and sensory input
 
    There is little input from other professional members of the team.
 
Input (Noun) 
Inputter (Noun)
Term
INSERT
Definition
(Verb) put or fit something into something 
 
    Steel rod was inserted into the small hole.
 
Insert (Verb) 
Insertable (Adj)
Inserter (Noun)
Term
INSIGHT
Definition
(Noun) the capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing
 
    This paper is alive with sympathetic insight into Shakespeare.
 
Insight (Noun) 
Insightful (Adj)
Insightfully (Adv)
Term
INSPECT
Definition
(Verb) look at (someone or something) closely, typically to assess their condition or to discover any shortcomings
 
    They were inspecting my outside paintwork for cracks and flaws.
 
Inspect (Verb) 
Inspection (Noun)
Term
INSTANCE
Definition
1. (Noun) an example or single occurrence of something
2. Verb cite (a fact, case, etc.) as an instance or example
 
  • The search finds every instance where the word appears.
  •  Here he instances in particular the work of Bach.
Instance (Noun, Verb)
Term
INSTITUTE
Definition
1. (Noun) a society or organization having a particular object or common factor, esp. a scientific, educational, or social
2. Set in motion or establish (something, esp. a program, system, or inquiry)
 
  • The Institute for Advanced Studies has established since 1999.
  • The Illinois Department of Conservation instituted a bow hunt to remove deer.
Institute (Noun, Verb)
Term
INSTRUCT
Definition
[Reporting verb] direct or command someone to do something, esp. as an official order
 
    She instructed him to wait.
 
Instruct (Verb)
Instructive (Adj)
Instructor (Noun) 
Term
INTEGRAL
Definition
1. (Adj) necessary to make a whole complete; essential or fundamental
2. (Noun) Mathematics
 
    Games are an integral part of the school's curriculum.
 
Integral (Adj, Noun) 
Integrality (Noun)
Integrally (Adv)
Term
INTEGRATE
Definition
(Verb) to make into a whole, unity
 
    Transportation planning should be integrated with energy policy.
 
Integrate (Verb) 
Integration (Noun)
Integrationist (Adj&noun)
Integrative (Adj)
Term
INTEGRITY
Definition
1. (Noun) the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness
2. The state of being whole and undivided
  • He is known to be a man of integrity.
  • Upholding territorial integrity and national sovereignty.
Integrity (Noun)
Term
INTELLIGENCE
Definition
(Noun) the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills
 
    An eminent man of great intelligence.
 
Intelligence (Noun)
Intelligential (Adj)
Term
INTENSE
Definition
(Adj) (of a condition, quality, feeling, etc.) existing in a high degree; forceful or extreme
 
    The job demands intense concentration.
 
Intense (Adj)
Intensely (Adv)
Intenseness (Noun)
Term
INTERACT
Definition
(Verb) To act on each other
 
    The user interacts directly with the library.
 
Interact (Verb)
Interactant (Adj&Noun)
Term
INTERMEDIATE
Definition
1. (Adj) Coming between two things in time, place, order, character
2. (Noun) a person at an intermediate level of knowledge or skill
  •  A cooled liquid intermediate between liquid and solid.
Intermediate (Adj, Noun)
Intermediacy, Intermediateness, Intermediation, Intermediator (Noun)
Intermediately (Adv)
Term
INTERNAL
Definition
(Adj) of or situated on the inside
 
    The tube had an internal diameter of 1.1 mm.
 
Internal (Adj)
Internality (Noun)
Internally (Adv)
Term
INTERPRET
Definition
1.   (Verb) explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
2. Understand (an action, mood, or way of behaving) 
  • The evidence is difficult to interpret.
  • Her self-confidence was often interpreted as brashness.
Interpret (Verb)
Interpretability (Noun) 
Interpretable, Interpretative, Interpretive (Adj)
Interpretatively, Interpretively (Adv)

Term
INTERVAL
Definition
(Noun) an intervening time or space, pause or break, space between two things
 
    After his departure, there was an interval of many years without any meetings.
 
Interval (Noun)
Intervallic (Adj)
Term
INTERVENE
Definition
(Verb) To come or occur between two things, events, or points of time
 
    He acted outside his authority when he intervened in the dispute.
 
Intervene (Verb)
Intervener, Intervenor, Intervention (Noun)
Intervenient (Adj) 
Term
INTRINSIC
Definition
(Adj) Belonging naturally; essential
 
    Access to the arts is intrinsic to a high quality of life.
 
Intrinsic (Adj)
Intrinsically (Adv)
Term
INVEST
Definition
(Verb) Expend money with the expectation of achieving a profit or material result by putting it into financial schemes, shares, or property, or by using it to develop a commercial venture
 
    Getting workers to invest in private pension funds.
 
Invest (Verb)
Investable, Investible (Adj)
Investor (Noun)
Term
INVESTIGATE
Definition
(Verb) Carry out a systematic or formal inquiry to discover and examine the facts of (an incident, allegation, etc.) so as to establish the truth
 
    Police are investigating the alleged beating.
 
Invest (Verb)
Investigator (Noun)
Investigatory (Adj)
Term
INVOKE
Definition
(Verb) Cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument
 
    He antiquated defense of insanity is rarely invoked today.
 
Invoke (Verb)
Invoker (Noun)
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