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Graduate
07/01/2008

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impetuous

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quick to act without thinking; precipitate; rash; reckless; spontaneous
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impious
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not devout in religious; immoral; irreverant; profane
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implacable
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unable to be calmed down or made peaceful; inexorable; intransigent; irreconcilable; relentless; remorseless; unforgiving; unrelenting
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imprecation
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a curse; damnation
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impugn
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to call into question; to attack verbally; challenge; dispute
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incarnadine
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blood red in color; ruddy
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inchoate
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not fully formed; disorganized; amorphous; incoherent
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inculcate
Definition
to teach; impress in the mind; implant; indoctrinate; instill; preach
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indolent
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habitually lazy; idle; lethargic; slothful; sluggish
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inexorable
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inflexible; unyielding; adament; obdurate; relentless
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ingenuous
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showing innocence or childlike simplicity; artless; guileless; unaffected
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ingrate
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ungrateful person; cad; churl
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ingratiate
Definition
to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage; curry favor; flatter.

The new intern tried to ingratiate herself with the managers so that htey might consider her for a future job.
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inimical
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hostile; unfriendly; adverse; antagonistic; dissident; recalcitrant
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iniquity
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sin; evil act; enormity; immorality; injustice; vice; wikedness
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innocuous
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harmless; benign; insipid; harmless
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inquest
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an investigation, an inquiry; probe; quest; research
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insipid
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lacking interest or flavor; banal; bland; dull; stale
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insurrection

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rebellion; mutiny; revolt; revolution; uprising
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inter
Definition
to bury; entomb; inhume; sepulchre; tomb
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Interregnum
Definition
interval between reigns
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intractable
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not easily managed or manipulated; stubborn; unruly
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intransigent
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uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled; implacable; inexorable; irreeconcilable
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intrepid
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fearless, resolutely courageous; brave
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inundate
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to overwhelm; to cover with water; deluge; drown; engulf; flood; submerge
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inure
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to harden; accustom; become used to; condition familiarize; habituate
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invective
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abusive language; denunciation; revilement; vituperation
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investiture
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ceremony conferring authority; inaugural; inauguration; induction; initiation;installation
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invidious
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envious; obnoxious; offensive; likely to promote ill-will; discriminatory; insulting; jaundiced; resentful
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irascible
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easily made angry; cantankerous; irritiable; ornery; testy
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itinerant
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wandering from place to place; unsettled; nomadic; vagrant
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