| Gritty | courageous; brave | The gritty warrior refused to bow down, even in the face of death. |
| Grouse | Complain or grumble (verb), a bird | It was no competition for the birdwatcher to decide whether to photograph the beautiful red robin or the bulging spotted grouse. |
| Grovel | crawl; humble oneself, to be kind to someone in order to gain something | The dog was willing to grovel for the biscuit. |
| Grudging | Bugos in urdu, reluctant, given or allowed only reluctantly or resentfully. | a grudging apology |
| Grumble | to complain | The students began to grumble and protest when their teacher assigned them a huge project over winter break. |
| Guarded | cautious and having possible reservations | he has given a guarded welcome to the idea |
| Guffaw | a noisy spurt of laughter | After the comedian told a funny joke, he was pleased to receive a large guffaw from the audience. |
| Guile | deceit; cunning | The wealthy man used his money and guile to get into politics. |
| Guileless | honest; straightforward | The guileless man was so trusting he did not expect his girlfriend to cheat on him with his best friend. |
| Gullible | easily gulled, easily fooled or cheated | The gullible woman gave all her money to a fake charity. |
| Gush | burst out suddenly/talk ardently, to speak with extreme enthusiasm and often praise | If you gush too much about one person everyone will think you are obsessed with them for always singing their praises. |
| Gust | outburst of feeling; sudden rain wind fire etc. | Ladies have to be careful on windy days, lest a sudden gust of wind ruffle their skirts or dresses. |
| Gustatory | relating to taste | The dinner was a gustatory pleasure for the palate. |
| Hack | cut roughly; hired horse | they hacked into the bank’s computer |
| Hackneyed | repeated too often; overused | Every time my internet goes down, the cable company gives me a hackneyed explanation. |
| Halcyon | calm and peaceful | Because the waters are halcyon, today is a great day for a boat trip. |
| Hallow | to make holy; consecrate | The religious leaders want to hallow the house where the miracle is rumored to have occurred. |
| Hallowed | regarded as holy, venerated, sacred | We stood near the hallowed ground where the soldiers had fallen, not daring to step too close. |
| Hallucinate | experience a seemingly real perception of something not actually present, typically as a result of a mental disorder or of taking drugs. | Ben began hallucinating and having fits |
| Hamper | to delay progress | This awful traffic is definitely going to hamper our trip to the beach. |
| Hangar | a place where aircraft are kept when not in use | Once the plane is emptied, it will be moved to a hangar for maintenance. |
| Hapless | unlucky | When Jason lost his wife and job on the same day, he knew he was a hapless soul. |
| Harangue | a long passionate speech | Even though the members of the church were falling asleep, the minister continued his harangue on the evils of society. |
| Harbinger | One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner. one that pioneers in or initiates a major change | Jillian took the short message as a harbinger that her relationship with Jim was about to end. |
| Harbor | is a body of water where ships, boats, and barges can seek shelter from stormy weather, an area where an individual can find solace and security | The police station is a safe harbor for victims of domestic abuse. |
| Harrow | to distress; create stress or torment, a farming device with sharp metal blades that is dragged across land to smooth or break up the soil | Without having access to a harrow, the pioneer could only harvest his soil by hand. |
| Hasten | to move in a quick fashion, To make someone speed up or make something happen quicker | Let us hasten to take cover before the storm approaches! |
| Haughty | arrogant; conceited | Because she was not nice, the haughty girl had few friends. |
| Hauteur | haughtiness, conceit; arrogance | Kate’s hauteur prevented her from seeing the homeless woman as an equal. |
| Hawser | a thick rope or cable for mooring or towing a ship | The towing hawsers were cut and she sank in of water. |
| Headstrong | focused on doing what one wants | The headstrong manager lost ten employees because he refused to listen to their complaints. |
| Hedonist | one who believes the pursuit of pleasure is the most important thing in life | My neighbor is a hedonist who likes to party all night. |
| Heed | attention/give notice to, to mind someone’s advice or suggestion | My sister is always in need of cash because she is unwilling to heed my financial advice. |
| Hegemony | predominance | The president of the company has hegemony over his employees. |
| Heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil | For the right amount, the sleazy lawyer will represent even the most heinous criminals. |
| Herbaceous | related to herbs any plant used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume | Herbaceous odors filled the kitchen as my mother cooked her signature dish using both basil and cilantro. |
| Heresy | belief contrary to what is generally accepted | Just because an idea is new does not mean it is heresy! |
| Heretic | recreant, protestant,skeptic | Salman taseer killed by Mumtaz qadri because he thinked he is heretic. |
| Heretical | holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted | I feel a bit heretical saying this, but I think the film has too much action |
| Hermetic | sealed by fusion, associated with a lifestyle in which a person or group is isolated from others | The billionaire bought a private island so he could raise his kids in a hermetic environment. |
| Heterodox | different from what is considered the norm | Many of the old professors did not like the heterodox teaching strategies proposed by their young colleague |
| Heterogeneous | made up of different kinds | The twins are heterogeneous in appearance and look nothing alike. |
| Hew | make by hard work cut (by striking) | The man used a scythe to hew his way through the field of grass. |
| Hiatus | a period of time when something is stopped | After Mary had a baby, she took a brief hiatus from work. |
| Hidebound | rigidly opposed to change | The hidebound politician refused to change his position on the abortion bill. |
| Hieroglyphics | writing that is done in hieroglyphics | The writings of the ancient Egyptians was almost entirely hieroglyphic, based on pictures and drawings. |
| Highbrow | (person) with superior tastes | she considered all those without television as highbrows, intellectual snobs, or paupers |
| High-spirited | lively and cheerful in behaviour or mood | high-spirited holidaymakers |
| Hinder | make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen. | language barriers hindered communication between scientists |
| Hirsute | hairy; shaggy | The hirsute teenager was warned that he would be expelled from school if he did not take a haircut and pay attention to his grooming. |
| Histrionic | over the top with emotional responses | Everyone wanted to know why the actor performed the dramatic role in a histrionic way. |
| Hoary | incredibly old | Because the computer is hoary, it is doubtful it will function after being in a closet for nearly twenty years. |
| Hoax | mischievous trick played to deceive | The woman used a pregnancy hoax to trick her boyfriend into marrying her. |
| Hollow | not soled with hole, having a hole or empty space inside.without real significance or value | the result was a hollow victory |
| Holster | leather case for a pistol | Leather holsters held this flintlock pistol, made by London craftsmen. |
| Homeopathy | a system of complementary medicine in which ailments are treated by minute doses of natural substances that in larger amounts would produce symptoms of the ailment | I prefer homeopathy over english medicine. |
| Homiletics | act of preaching | High marks for homiletics, a big plus for their preachment. |
| Homogeneity | the quality or state of being all the same or all of the same kind | the cultural homogeneity of our society |
| Hone | stone used for sharpening tools, to perfect a talent or skill | The tennis player practices several hours a day to hone her skills. |
| Hoodwink | trick; mislead | In an attempt to hoodwink the woman into opening the front door, the rapist pretended to be a police officer. |
| Hortatory | supportive; encouraging | The hortatory gift of a personalized nameplate made me feel welcome at my new job. |
| Hospitable | liking to give hospitality | The hospitable host of the bed and breakfast opens the front door for each of her guests. |
| Hubris | arrogant; pride, an excess of confidence; having too much pride and personal worth | The leader of the cult had so much hubris he believed the government would never be able to capture him. |
| Hush | make or become silent | What they tried to do was keep it hush-hush. |
| Husk | worthless; outside part of anything | The husk of orange is orange. |
| Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally | The main element of the product’s commercial was a hyperbole describing rapid weight loss. |
| Hypochondriac | one who believes he or she is always ill | My college roommate was a hypochondriac who wore a facial mask to avoid inhaling germs. |
| Hypocrisy | falsely making oneself appear to be good | As long as you claim not to practice hypocrisy in wanting to protect our environment, can you explain why you are throwing your plastic water bottles in the trash? |
| Hypocritical | describes behavior that goes against what one claims to believe | Engaging in the same tactics as the ones he criticized, the hypocritical president loved to criticize others. |
| Iconoclast | person who attacks popular beliefs | Because Jared was an iconoclast and dared to question the company’s mission, he was fired from his job. |
| Idiosyncrasy | personal mannerism, an odd habit or peculiar behavior; behavior or way of thought specific to an individual. | The home’s colorful idiosyncrasy made it stand out in the neighborhood of white houses. |
| Idolatry | excessive admiration of | It is sad how many people exhibit idolatry towards celebrities. |
| Idyll | a carefree episode or experience | the rural idyll remains strongly evocative in most industrialized societies |
| Ignoble | not noble; inferior | The serial killer was buried in an ignoble grave in the back of the cemetery. |
| Ignominious | shameful; dishonorable; undignified; disgraceful | When the boxer got knocked out in the first round, everyone knew it was the beginning of an ignominious defeat for him |
| Illicit | unlawful; forbidden | I dumped my boyfriend because of his illicit drug habit. |
| Illuminate | to bring attention to or shine light upon | The spotlight will illuminate the entertainer so everyone in the audience can see him. |
| Illusory | founded on something that is not genuine | Linda started an illusory friendship with her rival as part of her plan to destroy the girl’s reputation. |
| Imbibe | to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink | Best practice dictates that anyone who intends to imbibe alcoholic beverages should make sure to have dependable transportation to get home. |
| Imbroglio | complicated and embarrassing situation, a confusing situation | The hostages found themselves in an imbroglio when the two kidnappers began to fight. |
| Immaculate | pure; faultless | The immaculate dress fit me perfectly and covered up all my physical flaws. |
| Imminent | likely to come or happen soon | When the Secret Service arrived, everyone knew the president’s arrival was imminent. |
| Immoderate | excessive | Everyone felt sorry for Kevin since his wife’s immoderate shopping bills always exceeded the amount of money he made. |
| Immutable | that cannot be changed | Although I tried to get the bank president to change his mind about giving me the loan, I finally realized his decision was immutable. |
| Impair | worsen; diminish in value, damage or weaken something | Alcohol can greatly impair your judgement. |
| Impartial | to not offer influence to any side | The governor has called for an impartial investigation of the city’s police department. |
| Impasse | a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock, a situation that prevents advancement | Yesterday, the two parties did not make any progress on the contract terms because they had reached an impasse. |
| Impassive | unmoved; feeling no sign of passion | It’s so difficult to remain impassive when you’re faced with a life or death situation. |
| Impecunious | having little or no money | Since Janice grew up in an impecunious household, she knew a great deal about surviving on very little. |
| Impede | hinder; get in the way of | If you do not eat while you are sick, the lack of nutrients will impede your recovery. |
| Impediment | something that hinders (e.g. stammer) | My broken wrist is the impediment preventing me from finishing my new novel. |
| Impending | imminent; about to happen; expected | Because Jim suffers from anxiety, he frequently has fears of impending disaster. |
| Imperative | urgent; essential | If you’re serious about getting healthy, it’s imperative that you follow a healthy lifestyle, make the right food choices, and exercise regularly. |
| Imperious | commanding; haughty; arrogant, expecting ones’ orders to be followed | The principal is an imperious woman who expects to be obeyed. |
| Impermeable | that cannot be permeated | The impermeable rain coat kept water from ruining the woman’s cashmere sweater. |
| Imperturbable | unable to be upset or excited; calm | The imperturbable actress carried on with her performance even when her costar forgot his lines. |
| Impervious | not allowing to pass through (of materials) | Let us hope these thin walls are impervious to the freezing cold tonight! |
| Imperviousness | not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable | Let us hope these thin walls are impervious to the freezing cold tonight! |
| Impetuous | having sudden energy; impulsive, acting without thinking—done impulsively; sudden decision | His impetuous behavior landed him in prison. |
| Impiety | lack of reverence or lack of respect for God | those who dont show pity to distressed people , have “lack of respect for god” too ,, |
| Impious | lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god | Just because you are an atheist does not mean you have to be impious. |
| Implacable | incapable of being placated; unpleasable, not capable of being appeased | Even after being offered a free gift card, the angry customer remained implacable. |
| Implicate | to be involved, to hint a person or object is responsible for something, often an illegal deed | When my best friend tried to implicate me in the robbery in order to save herself, I knew we were no longer friends. |
| Implicit | implied though; not plainly expressed | Although you never stated I could use your car, your permission was implicit when you handed me your car keys |
| Implosion | collapse; bursting inward | Everyone was shocked to see the loving couple’s relationship implode and end in divorce. |
| Importune | beg urgently solicit (of a prostitute), to request (someone) pressingly and persistently for or to do something | Most politicians importune voters for money as well as support. |
| Imposture | the act of deceiving while using a fake identity | The scam artist’s imposture involved convincing elderly people he could increase their retirement incomes for a small fee. |
| Impoverished | wiped out financially; poor | The impoverished girl knew she did not have enough money to attend college. |
| Imprecation | an invocation of evil a curse, a stated curse that bears a person ill-will | The woman screamed an imprecation at the police officer who tossed her to the ground. |
| Impregnable | not able to be defeated or demolished | The man hoped his home would be impregnable during the tornado. |
| Improbity | lack of honesty and moral integrity | The campaign for the Jan . 28 election has been dominated by accusations of improbity. |
| Impromptu | without preparation | I’m not sure how many people will be able to attend the impromptu party. |
| Impropriety | an inappropriate deed or action | The teacher was arrested for performing a sexual impropriety with a female student. |
| Improvise | to create something as needed | Since I forgot my lines, I tried to improvise the role during the audition. |
| Impudent | rash; indiscreet, very rude; not showing respect for other people | Matt is an impudent scoundrel who doesn’t seem to respect rules or people. |
| Impugn | to attack as false or questionable | Everyone was shocked when the student tried to impugn his lab teacher’s findings. |
| Impugned | challenged to be doubted, to attack as false or questionable | The mayor leaked news of the arrest to the media to impugn his opponent’s character. |
| Impunity | free from punishment; exempt from the consequences | In exchange for her testimony, the accomplice received impunity from prosecution. |
| Impute | to attribute to a cause or source ascribe, to lay the responsibility or blame on someone else | On Monday, Ellen will impute her failure to complete the project on her malfunctioning computer. |
| Inadvertent | not paying proper attention, not purpose | I wonder how many inadvertent inventions were developed in the process of trying to discover something totally different. |
| Inane | silly; senseless, lacking sense; stupid | When my sisters and I get together, we tend to do inane things like dressing up as cartoon characters. |
| Incantation | a series of words said as a magic spell or charm | On the television show, the grieving husband used an incantation to bring his wife back from the dead. |
| Incarceration | the state of being confined in prison; imprisonment, Qaid | the public would not be served by her incarceration |
| Incense | make angry | The offensive article about racism is sure to incense many minority groups. |
| Incessant | Constant | My sister’s incessant phone conversation with her boyfriend may never end. |
| Inchoate | not yet fully formed; rudimentary; elementary, beginning to develop or form | Because our company just recently opened its doors, we are inchoate and are not offering all of our services yet. |
| Incipient | beginning | Because the incipient plan has no backup measure, there is no chance it will succeed. |
| Incise | engrave; make a cut in | a button incised with a skull |
| Incite | stir up; rouse | The racist man tried to incite hatred in his children by telling them falsehoods about minority groups. |
| Inclination | he tendency to act or feel a certain way about something or someone | My inclination told me to not accept the strange guy’s drink offer. |
| Inclined | directing the mind in a certain direction | Because of my knee injury, it is difficult for me to walk up the incline. |
| Incoherent | not logical or easily understood | The speaker spoke so rapidly that his words were incoherent to most in the audience. |
| Incongruous | out of place; not in harmony | Wearing a rain jacket in sunny weather is quite incongruous. |
| Inconsequential | not important or significant | At the end of the day, everything is inconsequential except for family. |
| Inconspicuous | not easily observed | Janice was so quiet and inconspicuous in the corner I did not realize she was in the room. |
| Incorrigibility | cannot be cured or corrected | Because my daughter’s behavior is incorrigible, she might be grounded for at least a year. |
| Incredulous | skeptical; unwilling to believe | After trying for five years to become pregnant, Janet was incredulous when she finally received the unexpected news from her doctor. |
| Incubus | a demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping women in order to have sex with them | Stories of an evil incubus that sexually attacks women while they sleep are found across many different cultures. |
| Inculcate | fix firmly by repetition, to frequently instill an idea or belief firmly in someone’s mind | In order to inculcate a love of reading, the teacher encourages her students to read different types of literature. |
| Incumbents | official duties, the person or group that currently has the title or position | After twenty years in office, the incumbent politician is finally retiring from politics. |
| Incursion | a raid; a sudden attack,an entry into an area that does not belong to the entrants | When the troops made an incursion across the border, they ruined any chance for peace between the two countries. |
| Indecorous | not proper; inappropriate | The religious woman was offended by the indecorous behavior of the atheists. |
| Indefatigability | not easily exhaustible; tirelessness, never showing signs of getting tired | The director of the homeless shelter is an indefatigable woman who works almost eighteen hours every day. |
| Indelible | that cannot be rubbed out | As Pierce watched his bride coming up the church aisle to join him forever, he knew that an indelible memory was being created. |
| Indict | formally accuse of or charge with a crime | his former manager was indicted for fraud |
| Indifferent | not interested in or concerned about something | The indifferent look on Matt’s face made it hard for me to understand his mood. |
| Indigence | poverty | People in africa is dying from poverty |
| Indigenous | native, produced, living, or existing naturally | Since the native tribes had no means of travelling, all of the food they ate was indigenous to their own communities. |
| Indigent | extremely poor | The indigent man could not afford food or clothing. |
| Indignant | feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatmen | If I’m indignant, it’s because you threw that book at me! |
| Indistinct | not easily heard; seen clearly marked | his speech was slurred and indistinct |
| Indolence | laziness | my failure is probably due to my own indolence |
| Indomitable | not easily discouraged or subdued | Even when my father was stricken with cancer, he remained an indomitable force who never stopped fighting to live a normal life. |
| Induce | to bring about or lead by persuasion | Every attempt to induce dad to lend us his car failed because he feared that we would drive drunk, endangering our lives. |
| Inductee | A person who is inducted into an organization. A person who is drafted or a volunteer that is activated into military service | Jordan and Landry are the only inductees during the Jones regime. |
| Indulge | gratify; give way to satisfy allow oneself | Because Jane’s parents indulge her every whim, she believes she can have anything she wants. |
| Indulgent | inclined to indulge | My indulgent parents give me everything I want. |
| Inebriation | drunkenness; intoxication | they were in an advanced state of inebriation |
| Ineffable | to great to be described in wordsm, incapable of being expressed in words | When Jake saw his fiancée walking down the church aisle, he experienced an ineffable feeling |
| Inefficacious | not producing the desired effect | Liam thought that if he bought Julie flowers and expensive gifts she would reciprocate his love but his tactic was inefficacious |
| Ineluctable | certain; inevitable, impossible to alter | So many women try to fight the ineluctable aging process by having cosmetic surgery. |
| Inept | unskillful; said or done at the wrong time | The teenager was an inept driver who could not back out of his driveway without hitting something. |
| Ineptitude | quality of being unskillful | The lawyer lost the case because of his ineptitude. |
| Inerrancy | Freedom from error. | Therefore, they tend not to accept such doctrines as inerrancy. |
| Inertia | the tendency to continue being motionless or inactive | After a large meal, inertia usually keeps me on the couch all day. |
| Inevitable | Predictable, or always happening | Since Mary never wears shoes, it was inevitable that she would get a piece of glass in her foot. |
| Inexorable | not able to be persuaded or stopped by any means; stubborn | Of course, the public is enraged by the inexorable rise in gas prices. |
| Inexpedient | not practical, suitable, or advisable | because of his age, it was inexpedient to inflict punishment for the crime |
| Inextricable | that can nnot be unlinked | The site where the black men were lynched has been inextricably linked with sorrow and hate |
| Infallible | incapable of making mistakes or being wrong | doctors are not infallible |
| Infamous | notorious; having a negative reputation | The singer is infamous for her indecent costumes. |
| Infer | to make a guess based on evidence and reasoning | Based on exit polls, we infer that Ted will win Iowa by a wide margin. |
| Inferno | hell | Five fire departments responded to the inferno that threatened everyone in the mall. |
| Infiltrate | to secretly penetrate, enter or gain access | In the science fiction movie, the bad strand of virus did infiltrate society and wipe out many of them. |
| Infuriate | fill with fury or rage | The CEO was infuriated when he saw the fictitious news piece insulting his company. |
| Infuse | put; pour; fill | Cook the rice until you thoroughly infuse it with the taste of the herbs and spices you added. |
| Ingénue | an innocent or unsophisticated young woman, especially in a play or film | The ingénue was easily deceived by the conning playboy. |
| Ingenuous | naive; young; artless; frank; honest; sincere | The little boy’s ingenuous habit of constantly telling the truth made him unpopular at school. |
| Ingest | take in by swallowing, by taking it through the skin | Because the athlete failed to ingest enough water, he quickly became dehydrated and lethargic. |
| Ingrained | established; firmly fixed | Being right-handed was ingrained in me so that it was very difficult to write with my left hand. |
| Ingrate | an ungrateful person | When you do not appreciate your gifts, you are being an ingrate. |
| Inimical | harmful or unfriendly | The police officer had an inimical attitude towards criminals. |
| Inimitable | defying; imitation; unmatchable | Every once in a while, a band comes along that is so unique they are completely inimitable. |
| Iniquitous | grossly unfair and morally wrong | Nuclear weapons have reinforced an iniquitous world order. |
| Innate | a quality or ability which you are born with, or which is present naturally | While I am naturally shy, my sister has the innate ability to charm everyone she meets. |
| Innocuous | causing no harm | Because the virus was innocuous, the hospital staff had no need to worry about the leak. |
| Inopportune | at an awkward time or period | Since six police officers were eating in the diner, Jim chose an inopportune moment to attempt a robbery. |
| Inquest | Legal or judicial inquiry, especially before a jury and especially made by a coroner into the cause of someone.s death | an inquest by New York newspapers into a subway fire |
| Inquisitive | eager for knowledge; curious | My inquisitive friend has to solve every puzzle and every riddle. |
| Inscrutable | incapable of being discovered or understood, incapable of being investigated or understood | When Larry wrote the letter, he was so tired the writing was nearly inscrutable. |
| Insensible | unconscious; unresponsive; unaffected, without one’s mental faculties, typically as a result of injury or intoxication; unconscious. | they knocked each other insensible with their fists |
| Insentient | incapable of feeling or understanding things; inanimate | it’s arrogant to presume animals to be insentient |
| Insignia | a patch or badge that indicates a person’s official or military rank, or which group or organization they belong to | Because Rita is a Chicago Cubs fan, she wears the team logo as her insignia. |
| Insinuate | suggest unpleasantly; make a way for something gently | Many dictators use propaganda to insinuate fear among the public. |
| Insipid | without taste or flavor, Booring | Whenever my father gives me an insipid lecture, I pretend to listen while imagining I am somewhere else. |
| Insouciant | unconcerned; carefree | The insouciant mother did not blink an eye when her son complained of a tummy ache. |
| Instigate | to trigger something | Hopefully, the red band campaign will instigate a greater awareness of cancer prevention. |
| Instigator | A person who causes something usually bad to happen | My aunt Mel is an instigator who causes arguments at every family reunion. |
| Insular | not interested in meeting anyone outside your own group or country, or not interested in learning new ideas or ways of doing things | My grandparents’ insular attitudes make them very uninterested in what is going on outside their own lives. |
| Insularity | narrow-mindedness; isolated | The people who live on the mountain have insular personalities because they are not used to being around other members of society. |
| Insurgent | a rebel; one of several people who take up arms against the local state authority | He was classified as an enemy insurgent and troops were ordered to capture him dead or alive. |
| Insurrection | rising of people to open resistance to | By way of an insurrection, the lower class overthrew the selfish aristocrats during the French Revolution. |
| Intact | not disturbed or spoiled in any way | Fortunately, the singer’s voice is still intact after her throat surgery. |
| Intangible | lacking a touchable form | Love is the intangible bond that keeps my husband and I together. |
| Intelligible | Capable of being understood; clear to the mind. | Because the intoxicated man slurred his words, his speech was far from intelligible. |
| Intemperate | having or showing a lack of self-control; immoderate | When Barbara drinks, she becomes intemperate and cannot regulate her actions. |
| Interdict | prohibit forbid | The government’s new plan to interdict illegal drug sales will cost the country billions of dollars. |
| Interim | as an installment, meantime | During an interim in the storm, Dad went out to check our house for any damage. |
| Interminable | seemingly without end; endless | As he listened to one interminable speech after another, the reporter felt his eyes grow heavy. |
| Intermittent | displaying in a random pattern; not consistent | The baby’s crying is intermittent and can occur at anytime. |
| Interregnum | a period when normal government is suspended, especially between successive reigns or regimes | The New Model Army occupied Ireland and Scotland during the Interregnum |
| Intersperse | place here and there, scatter among or between other things; place here and there, distribute | deep pools interspersed by shallow shingle banks |
| Intractability | not easily managed or controlled | When the hyperactive child did not take his sedative, he was intractable and difficult to manage. |
| Intransigence | refusal to change one’s views or to agree about something | in the face of government intransigence, he resigned in disgust |
| Intransigent | uncompromising | When it comes to the safety of my children, I must always take an intransigent position to protect them. |
| Intrepid | fearless; brave; undaunted | The intrepid kitten walked slowly in front of the two big dogs. |
| Intricate | highly involved or complex | It took me months to put the intricate puzzle together. |
| Intrigue | a complex scheme devised to gain something in a sneaky way, make secret plans to do something illicit or detrimental to someone. | As a spy, Josh is constantly dealing with one intrigue after another in hopes of keeping his country safe. |
| Introspection | examining one’s own thoughts and feelings | During a fierce battle, there is no time for a soldier to engage in introspection |
| Introvert | one who turns towards himself, not social | Because I am an introvert, I rarely go to parties. |
| Inundate | flood cover by overflowing | If you inundate my husband with questions, he will get very upset. |
| Inured | accustomed to adapted, able to withstand hardship; to become accustomed to something unpleasant by prolonged exposure | Ever since Melissa lost her mother when she was a child, she has been inured to hardship. |
| Invective | abusive language; curses | The newspaper’s invective of the novel really made the author angry. |
| Inveigh | to attack verbally; denounce; deprecate, to criticize someone or something very strongly | Because one politician chose to inveigh on the subject of immigration for an hour, the debate went on all afternoon. |
| Inveigle | to persuade someone to do something by means of deception or flattery | The detective could inveigle information out of the quietest suspects. |
| Inveterate | deep-rooted. long-established, have a particular interest or habit that is unlikely to change | Ginger is an inveterate reader who always has a book in her hands. |
| Invidious | unpleasant and likely to cause bad feelings in other people | The dictator’s invidious acts caused the people to rise up against him. |
| Invigorate | energize or give life | Hopefully the energy drink will invigorate me so I can work all night on my paper. |
| Invincible | too strong to be defeated | The teenager jumped off the building because he thought he was invincible and unable to get hurt. |
| Inviolable | never to be broken, infringed, ignored or dishonored | Her parents made it clear that the rules of curfew were inviolable. |
| Invoke | to request aid, usually from a deity | The members of the tribe will invoke water from the gods by performing a rain dance. |
| Involute | complex, involved or intricate. | the art novel has grown increasingly involute |
| Irascible | irritable; easily angered | Because Charles is very irascible, you have to be mindful of what you say to him. |
| Irate | angry, tremendously angry | Jim was irate when he found his wife in bed with another woman. |
| Ire | anger | The victim’s spouse felt a great deal of ire towards the suspect. |
| Irksome | tiresome, irritatingly bothersome | My irksome mother-in-law is constantly complaining about the way I clean my home. |
| Ironclad | coated or wrapped in iron usually for protection | During the American Civil War, two ironclad ships fought each other without causing much damage due to the strong metal shield of the ships’ outer material. |
| Ironic | his mouth curved into an ironic smile | his mouth curved into an ironic smile |
| Irrational | Not rational; unfounded or nonsensica, completely without reason, not logical | When Cara drinks too much, she starts to behave in an irrational manner. |
| Irreproachable | without fault, Free from blame | The police captain is expected to have irreproachable behavior. |
| Irresolute | hesitating; undecided | Jane was irresolute about the directions so she used a map app on her phone to make sure she did not get lost. |
| Irrevocable | final and unalterable | Take your time and think about this irrevocable decision you are about to make! |
| Itinerant | moving around from location to location | Jane is an itinerant teacher who travels between schools teaching special education students. |
| Itinerate | to travel from place to place to peregrinate | The documentary follows the life of an itinerant homeless man who never sleeps in a location more than once. |
| Jabber | talk excitedly; utter rapidly, to utter gibberish or nonsense | When the salesman began to jabber about guitars, I knew that he had no idea what he was talking about because I sold them myself. |
| Jaded | usually after having had too much of something, bored or lacking enthusiasm, | Because I have eaten nothing but noodles for the past two weeks, my taste buds are a bit jaded. |
| Jagged | notched | Poor dental care left the points of the man’s teeth rough and jagged. |
| Jamb | a side post or surface of a doorway, window, or fireplace | he leaned against the door jamb |
| Jargon | Language characteristic of a particular group, communication that a person cannot comprehend | The coach and the quarterback were the only two people who understood the jargon they exchanged. |
| Jaundiced | tending to dislike, criticize, or resent something | The well-known conspiracy theorist was jaundiced against the government. |