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Incandescent - Insatiable
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English
10th Grade
02/12/2008

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Incandescent
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Brilliant, giving off heat or light
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Incantation
Definition
A chant, the repetition of statements or phrases in a way reminiscent of a chant
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Incense
Definition
To make angry
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Incessant
Definition
Unceasing
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Incipient
Definition
Beginning, emerging
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Incisive
Definition
Cutting right to the heart of the matter
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Incongruous
Definition
Not harmonious, not consistent, not appropriate, not fitting in
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Incorrigible
Definition
Incapable of being reformed
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Increment
Definition
An increase, one in a series of increases
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Indifferent
Definition
Not caring one way or the other, apathetic, mediocre
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Indigenous
Definition
Native, originating in that area
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Indigent
Definition
Poor
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Indignant
Definition
Angry, especially as a result of something unjust or unworthy, insulted
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Indolent
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Lazy
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Indulgent
Definition
Lenient, yielding to desire
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Ineffable
Definition
Incapable of being expressed or described
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Inept
Definition
Clumsy, incompetent, gauche
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Inert
Definition
Inactive, sluggish, not reacting chemically
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Inexorable
Definition
Relentless, inevitable, unavoidable
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Infamous
Definition
Shamefully wicked, having an extremely bad reputation, disgraceful
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Infatuated
Definition
Foolish, foolishly passionate or attracted, made foolish, foolishly in love
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Infer
Definition
To conclude, to deduce
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Infinitesimal
Definition
Very, very, very, small; infinitely small
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Ingenuous
Definition
Frank, without deception, simple, artless, charmingly naive
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Inherent
Definition
Part of the essential nature of something, intrinsic
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Injunction
Definition
A command or order, especially in a court order
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Injunction
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A command or order, especially in a court order
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Innate
Definition
Existing since birth, inborn, inherent
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Innocuous
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Harmless, banal
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Inordinate
Definition
Excessive, unreasonable
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Insatiable
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Hard or impossible to satisfy, greedy, avaricious
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Root - Join/junct
Definition
To meet, to join - junction, joint
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Root - Cant/cent/chant
Definition
To sing - chant, enchant, accent
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Root - Fer
Definition
To bring, to carry, to bear - offer, transfer, confer, referendum
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Root - Fin
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End - final, finale, confine, define
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