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Impasse |
A point or situation with no solution, or when no further progress can be made or agreement reached. A situation that seems to offer no solution or escape. A road or passage that has no way out; literally, a dead-end street or passage. |
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Impeach |
To charge a government official with serious misconduct while in office. To remove an official, including a president, from public office for having committed high crimes and misdemeanors. To make an accusation against, challenge the validity of, or discredit someone or some document. |
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Impeccable |
Perfect, flawless; beyone criticism or sin. From the Latin for "without sin.' |
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Imperative |
Absolutely necessary, unavoidable, obligatory, or mandatory. Forceful and demanding obedience and respect. |
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Impertinence |
Boldness or rudeness; brash behavior showing a shocking lack of respect for a superior. Disrespectful action or comment. Inappropriate to a particular matter or issue. |
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Impervious |
Remaining unmoved and unaffected by other's opinions or actions. Impossible to alter or affect; incapable of being diverted from a given course. |
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Impetuous |
Tending to act on the spur of the moment, without consideration of consequences. Impulsive; passionate. Characterized by great force and energy. |
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Impetus |
The energy or motivation behind an accomplishment or undertaking. The force that causes the motion of an object to overcome resistance and maintain velocity. |
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Impinge |
To strike or run into something, with force. To have an effect on something. Also, to encroach upon the limits of something, especially a right or law; to cause some kind of restriction. |
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implicate |
To show that someone or something played a part in or is connected to an activity, such as a crime. To imply or involve something as a consequence, activity, such as a crime. To imply or involve something as a consequence. |
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implicit |
Implied or understood, though not expressed directly. An understanding that parties abide by but do not set out in specific language. |
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Implore |
To beg or pray for something fervently. To plead urgently. |
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Imprudent |
Showing no care, forethought, or judgment. lacking discretion. As a teenageer, ever dear Prudence was ****, always acting without thinking. (Not to be confused with impudent, which means lacking modesty, being contemptuous, or cocky.) |
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Impugn |
To suggest that someone or something cannot be trusted. To challenge someone's honesty or motives. Not to be confused with the next entry, impunity, which sounds alike but basically means "unable to be impugned." |
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Impunity |
Exemption from punishment, harm, penalty, or recrimination. |
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Inane |
Having little sense or importance; empty, vacuous, unsubstantial, pointless, or lacking in meaning. |
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Inauspicious |
Suggesting that the future is not very promising or that success is unlikely. Marked by a sign of some kind that things might not work out as well as planned. |
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Incessant |
Continuing unstopped for a long time. From the latin roots for " without end". |
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Incipient |
Beginning to appear or develop; at an early stage. Sounds like and shares a root with inception, the beginning of something. |
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Incisive |
Quick to understand, analyze, or act. Sharp in analysis, observation, or action; from the Latin for "cutting." |
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Incognito |
With one's identity disguised or hidden, as when using a false name. Describes the action of taking an assumed name or intentionally changing appearance and hiding from public recognition by making one's real identity unknown. |
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Incongruous |
Unsuitable, strange, not matching. Out of place in a particular context or setting; discordant. If you attended a formal wearing jeans with holes, you could say you felt ****, or you are a teen who shopped at Abercrombie. |
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Incontrovertible |
Certain, undeniable, and not open to question or controversy. Impossible to dispute; unquestionable. |
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