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inopportune |
Unsuitable or inconvenient, especially as to time. |
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inquire |
To ask information about. |
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inquisition |
A court or tribunal for examination and punishment of heretics. |
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inquisitive |
Given to questioning, especially out of curiosity. |
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inquisitor |
One who makes an investigation. |
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inroad |
Forcible encroachment or trespass. |
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insatiable |
That desires or craves immoderately or unappeasably. |
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inscribe |
To enter in a book, or on a list, roll, or document, by writing. |
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inscrutable |
Impenetrably mysterious or profound. |
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insecure |
Not assured of safety. |
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insensible |
Imperceptible. |
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insentient |
Lacking the power of feeling or perceiving. |
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inseparable |
That can not be separated. |
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insidious |
Working ill by slow and stealthy means. |
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insight |
Intellectual discernment. |
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insignificance |
Lack of import or of importance. |
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insignificant |
Without importance, force, or influence. |
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insinuate |
To imply. |
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insipid |
Tasteless. |
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insistence |
Urgency. |
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insistent |
Urgent. |
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insolence |
Pride or haughtiness exhibited in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others. |
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insolent |
Impudent. |
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insomnia |
Sleeplessness. |
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inspector |
An official appointed to examine or oversee any matter of public interest or importance. |
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instance |
A single occurrence or happening of a given kind. |
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instant |
A very brief portion of time. |
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instantaneous |
Done without perceptible lapse of time. |
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instigate |
To provoke. |
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instigator |
One who incites to evil. |
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instill |
To infuse. |
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instructive |
Conveying knowledge. |
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insufficiency |
Inadequacy. |
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insufficient |
Inadequate for some need, purpose, or use. |
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insular |
Pertaining to an island. |
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insulate |
To place in a detached state or situation. |
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insuperable |
Invincible. |
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insuppressible |
Incapable of being concealed. |
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insurgence |
Uprising. |
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insurgent |
One who takes part in forcible opposition to the constituted authorities of a place. |
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insurrection |
The state of being in active resistance to authority. |
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intangible |
Not perceptible to the touch. |
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integrity |
Uprightness of character and soundness of moral principle. |
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intellect |
The faculty of perception or thought. |
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intellectual |
Characterized by intelligence. |
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intelligence |
Capacity to know or understand. |
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intelligible |
Comprehensible. |
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intemperance |
Immoderate action or indulgence, as of the appetites. |
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intension |
The act of stringing or stretching, or state of being strained. |
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intensive |
Adding emphasis or force. |
