| Term | Definition |
|---|
| fugitive | a person who is elusive or hard to find, wandering///ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, transient, transitory |
| furrow | to make wrinkles or grooves |
| gaunt | very thin, emaciated, angular///lean, lank, rawboned, spare |
| gentility | state of refinement, member of the upper class or gentry |
| gratuitous | given freely, unwarranted |
| grievous | characterized by severe suffering or sorrow, serious or grave |
| ignominy | disgraceful or dishonorable conduct///disgrace, disrepute, infamy |
| imbibe | to absorb or to drink in |
| imperious | extremely overbearing///domineering, imperative, masterful, preemptory |
| implicit | understood but not directly expressed |
| import | relative importance, signifigance |
| impugn | to assail or to attack one's honor or integrity |
| impute | to blame or to charge |
| inauspicious | unfavorable |
| incantation | a spell, written or recited formula of words designed for a particular effect |
| inclement | stormy, severe |
| incongruity | nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility |
| incurious | uninterested, lacking normal curiosity |
| indefatigable | tireless, incapable of being fatigued |
| inextricable | not able to be dissentangled |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad///disreputable, ignominous |
| inopportune | inconvenient, poorly timed |
| inscrutable | difficult to understand; mysterious |
| insidious | treacherous or dangerous in a secret sort of way |
| inveterate | firmly established, habitual, deep-rooted |
| inviolable | secure from violation or from being profaned |
| jocular | jesting or joking///facetious, jocose, jocund |
| jollity | merriment, state of being jolly///glee, hilarity, mirth |
| labyrinthine | like a maze, very convoluted and intricate///mazy |
| lament | to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner///bemoan, bewail, deplore |
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