enlish vocab 1
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- impel (v)
- drive on; force; comel
- impugn (v)
- (literally, fight against) call in question; assail by words or arguments; attack as false; contradict; attack; malign
- implicate (v)
- (literally, fold in or involve)show to be part of or connected with; invovle; entanle
- incarcerate (v)
- put in prison; imprison; confine
- inscribe (v)
- (literally, write on) write, engrave, or print to create a lasting record; imprint; autograph
- insurgent (n)
- one who rises in revolt against establsihed authority; rebel; mutineer
- insurgent (adj)
- rebellious; insubordinate; mutinous
- extracurricular (adj)
- outside the regular curriculum or course of study
- extraneous (adj)
- coming from or existing outside; foreign; not essential; not pertinent; irrelevant
- extravagant (adj)
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1. outside or beyond the bounds of reason; excessive
2. spending lavishly; wasteful - intramural (adj)
- within the walls or boundaries (of a school, college, etc); confined to members (of a school, college, etc.)
- intraparty (adj)
- within a party
- intrastate (adj)
- within a state
- intravenous (adj)
- within or by way of the veins
- con (adv)
- (short for contra) against; on the negative side
- con (n)
- (used mainly in the plural) opposing argument; reason against
- contraband (n)
- merchandise imported or exported contrary to law; smuggled goods
- contravene (v)
- go or act contrary to violate; disregard; infringe
- controversy (n)
- (literally, a turning against) dispute; debate; quarrel
- counter (adv)
- (followed by "to") contrary; in the opposite direction
- countermand (v)
- cancel (an order) by issuing a contrary order; revoke
- incontrovertible (adj)
- not able to be "turned against" or disputed; unquestionable; certain; indisputable
- intercept (v)
- (literally, "catch between") stop or seize on the way from one place to another; interrupt; catch way from one place to another; interrupt; catch
- intercede (v)
- (literally, "go between") interfere to reconcile differences; mediate; plead in another's behalf; intervene
- interlinear (adj)
- inserted between lines already printed or written
- interlude (n)
- anything filling the time between two events; interval; break; intermission
- intermediary (n)
- go-between; mediator
- intermission (n)
- pause between periods of activity; interval; interruption
- intersect (v)
- (literally, "cut between") cut by passing through or a cross; divide; cross
- interurban (adj)
- between cities or towns
- intervene (v)
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1. come between
2. come in to settle a quarrel; intercede; mediate