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Gruber Vocab- I
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04/06/2012
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ichthyology
 Definition
study of fish
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igneous
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pertaining to fire
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ignominious
 Definition
shameful; disgraceful
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imbroglio
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distinguished; bright
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imbue
 Definition
to fill completely; to penetrate
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immutable
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unchangeable
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impalpable
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vague; not understandable
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impecunious
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without money; penniless
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imperturbable
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staedy; calm
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imperious
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domineering; haughty
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immolate
 Definition
to kill someone as a sacrificial victim, usually by fire
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implacable
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unbending;in flexible; mericless
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inchoate
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at an early stage; just beginning
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incipient
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beginning to exist or appear
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importune
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to persistently ask; to beg
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imprecation
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a curse
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improvident
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wasteful
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impudent
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disrepectful; shameless
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impunity
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freedom from punishment
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impute
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to accuse a person of some wrongdoing; to attriubte fault or crime to a person
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incorrigible
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bad beypnf correction or reform
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incredulous
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skeptical; disbeleving
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incubus
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nightmare
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inculcate
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to teach earnestly; to influencesome to accpet an idea
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indelible
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incapable of being erased
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indemnify
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to insure; to repay
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inane
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silly; meaningless
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incandescent
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very bright; shining
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incarnadine
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blood red; flesh colored
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indolent
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lazy
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indigent
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extremely poor
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ineffable
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not able to be described; unspeakable
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ineluctable
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inevitable; inescapable
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inexorable
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unyeilding
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ingenuous
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simple; innocent; naive
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inscrutable
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mysterious; difficult to understand
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insipid
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tasteless; dull
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insouciant
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carefree; happy go lucky
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insular
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pertaining to an islanf; detached; isolated
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insuperable
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unconquerable
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inter
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to bury
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interdict
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to prohibit to ban
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interlocutor
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one who takes part in a conversion
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interpolate
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to insert between ; to estimate
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interregnum
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pause; interval; any period during which a a nation is without a permanent ruler
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inimical
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harmful;unfriendly
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inimitable
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not able to be imitated or equaled
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iniquity
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wickedness
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injunction
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a command or order
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innocuous
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harmless
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intractable
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hard to manage
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intransigent
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stubborn; refusing to give in
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intrepid
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fearless; courgeous
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inured
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accustomed to
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invective
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strong verbal abuse
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inveigh
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(against) to make a bitter verbal attack
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inveigle
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to trick; lure; deceive
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inveterate
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firmly established;deep rooted
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invidious
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causing resentment; offensive
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irascible
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easily angered
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ire
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anger; wrath
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irremediable
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unable to be correted or cured
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irresolute
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indecivsive;doubtful; undecided
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itinerant
 Definition
travelling from place to place
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