|
| ichthyology |
study of fish |
| icon |
n. painting, carving, etc of a holy person, itself
regarded as sacred |
| iconoclast |
n. person who attacks popular beliefs or established
customs |
| idealize |
To make to conform to some mental or imaginary standard. |
| idiom |
n. phrase or sentence whose meaning is not clear from
the meaning of its individual words and which must be
learnt as a whole unit ; , give way, a change of heart,
be hard put to it |
| idiosyncrasy |
n. person's particular way of thinking, behaving, etc
that is clearly different from that of others |
| idolize |
To regard with inordinate love or admiration. |
| ignoble |
adj. not honourable in character or purpose; shameful |
| ignominious |
adj. shameful or humiliating; causing disgrace |
| Iliad |
A Greek epic poem describing scenes from the siege
of Troy. |
| illegal |
adj. against the law; not legal ; |
| illegible |
adj. difficult or impossible to read; not legible |
| illegitimate |
adj. born of parents not married to each other; not
legitimate by birth |
| illiberal |
adj. nottolerant; narrow-minded |
| illicit |
adj. not allowed by law; illegal |
| illimitable |
infinite |
| illiterate |
adj. not able to read or write |
| ill-natured |
adj. bad-tempered; unkind |
| illogical |
adj. without reason or logic; not sensible |
| illuminant |
That which may be used to produce light. |
| illuminate |
v. provide with light |
| illumine |
To make bright or clear. |
| illusion |
n. false idea, belief or impression; delusion |
| illusive |
adjs. based on illusion; deceptive |
| illusory |
based on or producing illusion:DECEPTIVE |
| imaginable |
adj. that can be imagined |
| imaginary |
adj. existing only in the mind or imagination; not
real |
| imbibe |
v. drink (sth, esp alcohol) |
| imbroglio |
n. complicated, confused or embarrassing situation,
esp a political or an emotional one , |
| imbrue |
drench, stain, especially with blood |
| imitation |
n. thing produced as a copy of the real thing |
| immaculate |
adj. perfectly clean and tidy; spotless |
| immaterial |
adj. ~ not important; irrelevant |
| immature |
adj. not sensible in behaviour or in controlling one's
feelings; less mature than one would expect |
| immeasurable |
adj. that cannot be measured, esp because of largeness
in size or extent |
| immense |
adj. extremely large |
| immerse |
v. ~ sth put sth under the surface of a liquid |
| immersion |
n. immersing; being immersed ; |
| immigrant |
n. person who has come to live permanently in a foreign
country |
| immigrate |
v. ~ enter a foreign country in order to live there
permanently |
| imminence |
the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon |
| imminent |
adj. about to happen; likely to happen very soon |
| immiscible |
Separating, as oil and water. |
| immoral |
adj. not following accepted standards of morality;
not moral |
| immortalize |
To cause to last or to be known or remembered throughout
a great or indefinite length of time. |
| immovable |
adj. that cannot be moved; impossible to move; fixed |
| immune |
adj. ~ that cannot be harmed by a disease or illness,
either because of inoculation or through natural resistance |
| immutable |
adj. that cannot be changed; that will never change |
| impair |
v. weaken or damage |
| impalpable |
adj. that cannot be touched or felt physically |
| impartial |
adj. not favouring one person or thing more than another;
fair or neutral |
| impassable |
adj. impossible to travel on or over |
| impassible |
Not moved or affected by feeling. |
| impassive |
adj. showing no sign of feeling |
| impatience |
Unwillingness to brook delays or wait the natural course
of things. |
| impeccable |
adj. free from mistakes; excellent or faultless |
| impecunious |
adj. having little or no money |
| impede |
v. hinder or obstruct the progress or movement of |
| impel |
v. ~ sb (to sth) force or urge sb to do sth |
| impend |
to be about to occur |
| imperative |
adj. very urgent or important; needing immediateattention |
| imperceptible |
adj. that cannot be noticed or felt because so small,
slight or gradual |
| imperil |
v. (fml ) put (sb/sth) in danger; endanger |
| imperious |
adj. proud and arrogant; domineering; expecting obedience |
| impermissible |
adj. not allowed or permitted |
| impersonal |
adj. not influenced by, showing or involving human
feelings |
| impersonate |
v. pretend to be in order to entertain others |
| impertinence |
Rudeness. |
| imperturbable |
adj. not easily troubled or worried; calm |
| impervious |
adj. ~ not allowing water, gas, etc to pass through |
| impetuosity |
Rashness. |
| impetuous |
adj. acting or done quickly and with little thought
or care; rash or impulsive |
| impetus |
n. ~ thing that encourages a process to develop more
quickly |
| impiety |
n. lack of respect, esp for God and religion , |
| impious |
adj. showing a lack of respect, esp for God and religion;
not pious , |
| implausible |
adj. unlikely to be true; not convincing |
| implicate |
v. ~ sb show that sb is involved in sth, esp a crime |
| implicit |
adj. ~ implied, but not expressed directly; not explicit |
| imply |
v. suggest (sth) indirectly rather than state it directly;
hint |
| impolitic |
adj. not wise; not politic |
| importation |
The act or practice of bringing from one country into
another. |
| importunate |
adj. persistent, esp in making requests or demands |
| importune |
v. ~ sb (for sth) ask sb persistently (for sth), usu
in an annoying manner; beg or demand insistently |
| impotent |
adj. unable to take effective action; powerless or
helpless |
| impoverish |
v. make poor |
| impracticable |
adj. impossible to put into practice; not practicable |
| impregnable |
adj. so strong and well-constructed that it cannot
be entered orcaptured |
| impregnate |
v. ~ sth cause (one substance) to be filled in every
part with another substance; saturate sth |
| impromptu |
adj. adv without preparation, rehearsal or thought
in advance |
| improper |
adj. wrong or incorrect |
| impropriety |
n. indecent or unsuitable behaviour; dishonest practice |
| improvident |
adj. not preparing for future needs; wasteful |
| improvise |
v. compose or play (music), speak or act without previous
preparation |
| imprudent |
adj. not wise or discreet; not prudent |
| impudence |
n. being impudent; impudent behaviour or speech |
| impugn |
v. express doubts about (sth) |
| impulsion |
n. ~ (fml ) strong urge (to do sth) |
| impulsive |
adj. marked by sudden action that is undertaken without
careful thought |
| impunity |
n. with impunity with freedom from punishment or injury |
| impure |
adj. morally wrong, esp in one's sexual behaviour |
| impute |
v. ~ sth to sb/sthput the responsibility for sth on
sb/sth; attributesth to sb/sth ; |
| inaccessible |
adj. ~ very difficult or impossible to reach, approach,
or be contacted (by sb); not accessible |
| inaccurate |
adj. having errors; not correct or accurate |
| inactive |
adj. not active; idle |
| inadequate |
adj. not sufficient or enough; not good enough for
a particular purpose |
| inadmissible |
adj. that cannotbe allowed or admitted, esp in a court
of law |
| inadvertent |
adj. done without thinking or not deliberately |
| inadvisable |
adj. unwise; not sensible |
| inane |
adj. without meaning; silly or stupid |
| inanimate |
adj. not alive, esp in the way that humans and animals
are |
| inapt |
adj. not relevant, appropriate or useful |
| inarticulate |
adj. unable to express one's words, ideas or feelings
clearly |
| inaudible |
adj. not loud enough to be heard; not audible |
| inborn |
adj. existing in a person or animal from birth; natural;
innate |
| inbred |
adj. natural; innate |
| incandescence |
The state of being white or glowing with heat. |
| incandescent |
adj. glowing or shining when heated |
| incapacitate |
v. ~ sb make sb unable (to do sth); weaken or disable
sb |
| incapacity |
n. ~ ~ (for sth/doing sth) lack of ability and necessary
strength (to do sth); weakness or inability |
| incarcerate |
v. ~ sb (fml ) put sb in prison |
| incendiary |
adj. designed to set buildings, etc on fire |
| incentive |
n. ~ thing that encourages sb to do sth; stimulus |
| inception |
n. start or beginning of sth |
| inceptive |
Beginning. |
| incessant |
adj. not stopping; continual |
| inchmeal |
Piecemeal. |
| inchoate |
adj. just begun and therefore not fully formed or developed |
| inchoative |
That which begins, or expresses beginning. |
| incidence |
n. ~ of sth extent to which sth happens or has an effect |
| incident |
n. event or happening,often of minor importance |
| incidentally |
adv. by the way |
| incinerate |
v. destroy completely by burning; burn to ashes ; |
| incipience |
beginning to exist or to be apparent |
| incipient |
adj. in its early stages; beginning to happen |
| incisor |
n. one of the eight sharp cutting teeth at the front
of the mouth |
| incite |
v. ~ sb urge or persuade sb to do sth by making him
very angry or excited |
| incoercible |
Incapable of being forced, constrained, or compelled. |
| incoherence |
Want of connection, or agreement, as of parts or ideas
in thought, speech, etc. |
| incoherent |
adj. not clear or logical |
| incombustible |
adj. that cannot be burnt |
| incomparable |
adj. too good, great, etc to have an equal; beyond
comparison |
| incompatible |
adj. ~ not able to live or work happily with sb |
| incompetence |
n. lack of skill or ability to do a task successfully |
| incompetent |
adj. nothaving or showing the necessary skills to do
sth successfully |
| incomplete |
adj. not having all its parts; not complete |
| incomprehensible |
adj. that cannot be understood; not comprehensible |
| incompressible |
adj. that cannot be compressed; unyielding |
| inconceivable |
adj. very difficult to believe |
| incongruous |
adj. strange because not in harmony with the surrounding
features; out of place |
| inconsequential |
adj. trivial or irrelevant; not important |
| inconsiderable |
adj. small in size or value; not worth considering |
| inconsistent |
adj. ~ not in harmony (with sth); containing parts
that do not agree with one another |
| inconstant |
adj. (of people) having feelings and intentions that
change often; not faithful |
| incontrovertible |
adj. so obvious and certain that it cannot be disputed
or denied |
| inconvenient |
adj. causing trouble, difficulty or discomfort; awkward |
| indefensible |
adj. that cannot be defended, justified or excused |
| indelible |
adj. that cannot be rubbed out or removed |
| indescribable |
adj. too bad or good to be described |
| indestructible |
adj. that cannot be destroyed |
| indicant |
That which points out. |
| indicator |
n. person or thing that points out or gives information |
| indict |
v. ~ sb (law ) accuse sb officially (of sth); charge
sb |
| indigence |
n. poverty |
| indigenous |
adj. ~ (fml ) belonging naturally (to a place); native |
| indigent |
adj. poor |
| indigestible |
adj. difficultor impossible to digest |
| indigestion |
n. difficulty in digesting food |
| indignant |
adj. ~ (at/over/about sth) angry and scornful, esp
at injustice or because of undeserved blame, etc |
| indignity |
n. rude or unworthy treatment causing shame or loss
of respect |
| indiscernible |
adj. that cannot be discerned |
| indiscreet |
adj. too open in what one says or does; lacking tact
or caution |
| indiscriminate |
adj. ~ (in sth) acting without careful judgement |
| indispensable |
Necessary or requisite for the purpose. |
| indistinct |
adj. not distinct; vague |
| indivisible |
adj. that cannot be divided |
| indolence |
laziness |
| indolent |
adj. lazy; inactive ; |
| indomitable |
adj. that cannot be subdued or defeated; unyielding |
| induct |
v. ~ sb install sb formally or with ceremony in a position
or an office; admit sb as a member of sth |
| indulgence |
n. state of being allowed whatever one wants |
| indulgent |
adj. inclined to indulge |
| inebriate |
adj. n habitually drunk (person) |
| inedible |
adj. not suitable to be eaten |
| ineffable |
adj. too great to be described in words |
| inefficiency |
That which does not accomplish an intended purpose. |
| inefficient |
adj. not producing adequate results; wasteful |
| ineligible |
adj. ~ not having the appropriate or necessary qualifications
(for sth) |
| inept |
adj. ~ (at sth/doing sth) completely unskilful (at
sth) |
| inert |
adj. without power to move or act |
| inestimable |
adj. too great, precious, etc to be estimated |
| inevitable |
adj. that cannot be avoided; that is sure to happen |
| inexcusable |
adj. too bad to be excused |
| inexhaustible |
adj. that will always continue; that cannot be used
up |
| inexorable |
adj. continuing unstoppably; relentless |
| inexpedient |
adj. not serving a useful purpose; unwise; not expedient |
| inexpensive |
adj. low priced; not expensive ; |
| inexperience |
n. ~ lack of experience |
| inexplicable |
adj. that cannot be explained |
| inexpressible |
adj. too great to be expressed in words |
| infallible |
adj. incapable of making mistakes or doing wrong |
| infamous |
adj. ~ well-known as being wicked or immoral; notorious |
| infamy |
n. infamousbehaviour; wickedness ; |
| inference |
n. process of inferring |
| infernal |
adj. of hell |
| infest |
To be present in such numbers as to be a source of
annoyance, trouble, or danger. |
| infidel |
n. person with no belief in a religion, esp in what
is considered to be the true religion , |
| infidelity |
n. (act of) disloyalty or unfaithfulness, esp adultery |
| infinite |
adj. without limits; endless |
| infinity |
n. state of being endless or boundless; infinite nature |
| infirm |
adj. physically weak |
| infirmary |
n. hospital |
| infirmity |
n. weakness |
| inflammable |
adj. that can be set on fire |
| inflammation |
n. condition in which a part of the body is red, swollen
and sore or itchy, esp because of infection |
| inflexible |
adj. that cannot be bent or turned |
| influence |
n. ~ power to produce an effect; action of natural
forces |
| influential |
adj. ~ having influence; persuasive |
| influx |
n. ~ arrival of people or things, esp suddenly and
in large numbers or quantities |
| infrequence |
Rareness. |
| infrequent |
adj. not frequent; rare |
| infringe |
v. break (a rule, an agreement, etc) |
| infuse |
v. ~ sth into sb/sth; ~ sb/sth with sth put into sb/sth;
fill sb/sth with (a quality) ; |
| infusion |
n. ~ of sth infusing a quality or being infused into
sb/sth |
| ingenious |
adj. ~ (at sth/doing sth) (of a person) clever at finding
new or simple solutions for complex problems |
| ingenuity |
n. cleverness and originality in solving problems |
| ingenuous |
adj. not attempting to deceive or conceal; open; innocent |
| inglorious |
adj. shameful; ignominious |
| ingratiate |
to become popular with |
| ingratitude |
n. lack of gratitude |
| ingredient |
n. any of the foods that are combined to make a particular
dish |
| inherence |
The state of being permanently existing in something. |
| inherent |
adj. ~ existing as a natural or permanent feature or
quality of sb/sth |
| inhibit |
v. ~ sb prevent sb from doing sth that should be natural
or easy to do |
| inhospitable |
adj. (of people) not giving a friendly or polite welcome
to guests |
| inhuman |
adj. lacking normal human qualities of kindness, pity,
etc; extremely cruel or brutal |
| inhume |
To place in the earth, as a dead body. |
| inimical |
adj. ~ (fml ) unfriendly; hostile |
| iniquity |
n. (rhet ) wickedness and unjustness |
| initiate |
v. put (a scheme, etc) into operation; cause (sth)
to begin |
| inject |
v. ~ sth ~ sb/sth (with sth) force (a drug or other
liquid) into sb/sth with a syringe or similar implement |
| injunction |
n. official order, esp a written order from a lawcourt,
demanding that sth shall or shall not be done |
| inkling |
n. ~ slight knowledge (of sth secret or not previously
known); hint |
| inland |
adj. situated in the interior of a country, not by
the sea or by a frontier |
| inlet |
n. strip of water extending into the land from the
sea or a lake, or between islands , |
| inmost |
adj. most inward; furthest from the surface |
| innocuous |
adj. causing no harm |
| innovate |
v. make changes; introduce new things |
| innuendo |
n. (derog ) indirect reference (usu suggesting sth
bad or discreditable about sb) |
| innumerable |
adj. too many to be counted |
| inoffensive |
adj. not giving offence; not objectionable |
| inopportune |
adj. not appropriate or convenient |
| inquire |
v. ~ sth (of sb) ask to be told sth (by sb) |
| inquisition |
n. the Inquisitionorganization appointed by the Roman
Catholic Church to suppress heresy (esp from the 15th
to the 17th century) , 1517 |
| inquisitive |
adj. fond of inquiring into other people's affairs |
| inquisitor |
n. investigator, esp an officer of the Inquisition |
| inroad |
n. ~ (into sth) sudden attack on another's territory;
raid |
| insatiable |
adj. ~ that cannot be satisfied; very greedy |
| inscribe |
v. ~ A ~ B (with A) write (words, one's name, etc)
on or in sth, esp as a formal or permanent record |
| inscrutable |
adj. that cannot be understood or known; mysterious |
| insecure |
adj. not secure or safe; not providing good support;
that cannot be relied on |
| insensible |
adj. unconscious as the result of injury, illness,
etc |
| insentient |
Lacking the power of feeling or perceiving. |
| inseparable |
adj. ~ that cannot be separated |
| insidious |
adj. spreading or acting gradually and unnoticed but
with harmful effects |
| insight |
n. ~ (approv ) ability to see into the true nature
(of sth); deep understanding |
| insignificance |
Lack of import or of importance. |
| insignificant |
adj. having little or no value, use, meaning or importance |
| insinuate |
v. ~ sth suggest sth (to sb) unpleasantly and indirectly |
| insipid |
adj. having almost no taste or flavour |
| insistence |
n. ~ (about/on sth); ~ (that...) |
| insistent |
adj. ~ ~ (that...) tending to insist; not allowing
refusal or opposition |
| insolence |
n. ~ being insolent |
| insolent |
adj. ~ extremely rude, esp in expressing contempt |
| insomnia |
n. inability to sleep |
| inspector |
n. official who inspects eg schools, factories, mines |
| instance |
n. ~ particular occurrence of sth that happens generally
or several times; example; case |
| instant |
adj. coming or happening at once |
| instantaneous |
adj. happening or done immediately |
| instigate |
v. cause to begin or happen; initiate |
| instill |
to impart gradually |
| instructive |
adj. giving much useful information |
| insufficiency |
a lack of competence ; (pathology) inability of a bodily
part or organ to function normally |
| insufficient |
adj. ~ not sufficient |
| insular |
adj. of an island |
| insulate |
v. ~ (from/against sth) (with sth) protect (sth) by
covering it with a material that prevents sth (esp heat,
electricity or sound) from passing through |
| insuperable |
adj. (of difficulties) that cannot be overcome |
| insuppressible |
Incapable of being concealed. |
| insurgence |
Uprising. |
| insurgent |
adj. in revolt; rebellious |
| insurrection |
n. sudden,usu violent, action taken by the population
to try to remove the government |
| intangible |
adj. that cannot be clearly or definitely understood
or grasped; indefinable |
| integrity |
n. quality of being honest and morally upright |
| intellect |
n. power of the mind to reason and acquire knowledge |
| intellectual |
adj. of the intellect |
| intelligence |
n. power of learning, understanding and reasoning;
mental ability |
| intelligible |
adj. that can be understood |
| intemperance |
Immoderate action or indulgence, as of the appetites. |
| intension |
The act of stringing or stretching, or state of being
strained. |
| intensive |
adj. concentrating all one's effort on a specific area |
| intention |
n. ~ (of doing sth/that...) that which one proposes
or plans to do |
| interact |
v. ~ act or have an effect on each other |
| intercede |
v. ~ (with sb) (for/on behalf of sb) plead (with sb)
to be merciful (to sb) |
| intercept |
v. stop or catch before he or it can reach a destination |
| intercession |
n. interceding |
| interdict |
v. (esp law ) prohibit (an action); forbid the use
of (sth) ; |
| interim |
n. in the interimduring the time that comes between;
meantime |
| interlocutor |
n. person taking part in a conversation or discussion |
| interlude |
n. short period of time separating the parts of a play,
film, etc; interval |
| intermediate |
adj. ~ situated or coming between two people, things,
etc in time, space, degree, etc |
| interminable |
adj. going on too long, and usu therefore annoying
or boring |
| intermission |
n. period of time during which sth stops before continuing;
interval; pause |
| intermit |
To cause to cease temporarily. |
| intermittent |
adj. continually stopping and then starting again;
not constant |
| interpolation |
n. interpolating or being interpolated |
| interpose |
v. ~ sb/sth (between A and B) place sb/sth between
others |
| interposition |
n. interposing or being interposed |
| interpreter |
n. person who gives a simultaneous translation of words
spoken in another language |
| interrogate |
v. ~ sb question sb aggressively or closely and for
a long time |
| interrogative |
adj. asking or seeming to ask a question; inquiring |
| interrogatory |
adj. interrogative(1) |
| interrupt |
v. break the continuity of temporarily |
| intersect |
v. divide by going across it |
| intervale |
A low tract of land between hills, especially along
a river. |
| intervene |
v. (of time) come or be between |
| intestacy |
n. condition of being intestate |
| intestate |
adj. not having made a will before death occurs |
| intestine |
n. long tube in the body which helps to digest food
and carries it from the stomach to the anus |
| intimacy |
n. state of being intimate; close friendship or relationship
; |
| intimidate |
v. ~ sb frighten sb (in order to make him do sth) |
| intolerable |
adj. too bad to be borne or endured |
| intolerance |
Inability or unwillingness to bear or endure. |
| intolerant |
adj. not tolerant |
| intoxicant |
n. intoxicating substance, esp alcoholic drink |
| intoxicate |
To make drunk. |
| intracellular |
Occurring or situated within a cell. |
| intramural |
adj. intended for full-time students living within
a college |
| intrepid |
adj. fearless; brave |
| intricacy |
n. quality of being inticate |
| intricate |
adj. made up of many small parts put together in a
complex way, and therefore difficult to follow or understand |
| intrigue |
v. ~ (against sb) make and carry out secret plans or
plots to do sth bad |
| intrinsic |
adj. belonging naturally; existing within, not coming
from outside |
| introductory |
adj. acting as an introduction |
| introgression |
Entrance. |
| intromit |
To insert. |
| introspection |
n. introspecting |
| introversion |
n. state of being introverted |
| introvert |
n. person who is more interested in his own thoughts
and feelings than in things outside himself, and is often
shy and unwilling to speak or join in activities with
others |
| intrude |
v. ~ on/upon sb/sth; ~ (oneself/sth) into sth (esp
fml ) put (oneself/sth) into a place or situation where
one/it is unwelcome or unsuitable |
| intrusion |
n. ~ intruding |
| intuition |
n. (power of) understanding things (eg a situation,
sb's feelings) immediately, without the need for conscious
reasoning or study |
| inundate |
v. ~ sth(fml ) cover sth with water by overflowing;
flood |
| inundation |
n. (instance of) flooding |
| inure |
to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| invalid |
adj. not properly based or able to be upheld by reasoning |
| invalidate |
v. make invalid |
| invaluable |
adj. ~ of value too high to be measured; extremely
valuable |
| invariable |
adj. never changing; always the same; constant |
| invasion |
n. invading or being invaded |
| invective |
n. violent attack in words; abusive language |
| inveigh |
v. ~ against sb/sth attack sb or sth violently in words |
| inventive |
adj. of or for invention |
| inverse |
adj. reversed in position, direction or relation |
| inversion |
n. inverting or being inverted; instance of this |
| invert |
v. put upside down or in the opposite order, position
or arrangement |
| investor |
n. person who invests money |
| inveterate |
adj. (of bad feelings, habits, etc) that have lasted
a long time and seem likely to continue |
| invidious |
adj. likely to cause resentment or unpopularity |
| invigorate |
v. make feel more lively and healthy |
| invincible |
adj. too strong to be overcome or defeated |
| inviolable |
adj. that must not be violated or dishonoured |
| invoke |
v. use (sth) as a reason for one's action |
| involuntary |
adj. done without intention; done unconsciously |
| involution |
Complication. |
| involve |
v. make necessary as a condition or result; entail |
| invulnerable |
adj. ~ that cannot be wounded, hurt or damaged by attack |
| inwardly |
adv. in mind or spirit |
| iota |
n. the Greek letter I, i I, i |
| irascible |
adj. (of a person) easily made angry |
| irate |
adj. angry |
| ire |
n. anger |
| iridescence |
a lustrous rainbowlike play of color caused by differential
refraction of light waves (as from an oil slick, soap
bubble, or fish scales) that tends to change as the angle
of view changes |
| iridescent |
adj. showing colours like those of the rainbow |
| irk |
v. be tiresome to (sb); annoy |
| irksome |
adj. tiresome; annoying |
| irony |
n. expression of one's meaning by saying the direct
opposite of one's thoughts in order to be emphatic, amusing,
sarcastic, etc |
| irradiance |
Luster. |
| irradiate |
v. ~ sth (with sth) send rays of light upon sth; subject
sth to sunlight, ultraviolet rays or radioactivity ; |
| irrational |
adj. not guided by reason; illogical or absurd |
| irreducible |
adj. that cannot be reduced or made smaller |
| irrefragable |
not to be disproved; indisputable |
| irrelevant |
adj. ~ not connected (with sth); not relevant (to sth) |
| irreligious |
adj. feeling no interest in, or feeling hostile to,
religion; irreverent |
| irreparable |
adj. that cannot be put right, restored or repaired |
| irrepressible |
adj. that cannot be held back or controlled |
| irresistible |
adj. too strong tobe resisted |
| irresponsible |
adj. not showing a proper sense of responsibility |
| irreverence |
The quality showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration,
especially for sacred things. |
| irreverent |
adj. feeling or showing no respect for sacred things |
| irreversible |
adj. that cannot be reversed or revoked; unalterable |
| irrigate |
v. supply with water (by means of streams, reservoirs,
channels, pipes, etc) |
| irritable |
adj. easily annoyed or made angry; touchy ; |
| irritant |
adj. causing irritation; irritating |
| irritate |
v. make angry, annoyed or impatient |
| irrupt |
to enter forcibly or suddenly |
| isle |
n. (esp in poetry and proper names ) island |
| islet |
n. small island |
| isobar |
n. line on a map, esp a weather chart, joining places
with the same atmospheric pressure at a particular time |
| isochronous |
Relating to or denoting equal intervals of time. |
| isolate |
v. ~sb/sth put or keep sb/sth entirely apart from other
people or things; separate sb/sth ; |
| isothermal |
Having or marking equality of temperature. |
| itinerant |
adj. travelling from place to place |
| itinerary |
n. plan for, or record of, a journey; route |
| itinerate |
to travel from place to place, to peregrinate |
