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English Vocabulary ;The words you use say a lot about you. Some words say that you are smart, persuasive, and informed. Others say that you don’t know what you are talking about. Knowing which words to use and understanding how to use them are keys to getting the most out of your mind. People often say in frustration, “I know what I mean, but ’t know how to say it.” If the right words aren’t there, the right ideas can’t get through. Your vocabulary is the foundation of your ability to share your thoughts with other people. When you im prove your vocabulary, you improve your ability to bring your intelligence to bear on the world around you.
| S.No | Words | Meanings/Synonyms |
| 1 | Emigrate | To leave a country permanently /expatriate |
| 2 | Elusive | Hard to pin down/ evasive/ difficult to find, catch or achieve |
| 3 | Elliptical | Oval/missing a word or words/ obscure |
| 4 | Elicit | To bring out/ call forth |
| 5 | Egotist | Selfish |
| 6 | Egregious | Extremely bad/ flagrant |
| 7 | Egocentric | Selfish |
| 8 | Egalitarian | Believing in the social and economic equality of all people |
| 9 | Effusion | A pouring forth |
| 10 | Efface | Erase/ to rub away the feature of |
| 11 | Edify | To enlighten |
| 12 | Eclectic | Choosing the best from many sources |
| 13 | Eccentric | Not conventional/ a little kooky/ irregular |
| 14 | Ebullient | Someone who is cheerful/ full of energy/exuberant/ bubbling with excitement |
| 15 | Dogma | A principle or set of principles |
| 16 | Domestic | Not foreign/ having to do with the household or family |
| 17 | Dogmatic | Arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas |
| 18 | Doctrinaire | Inflexibly committed to a doctrine |
| 19 | Docile | Easily tough/ obedient/ easy to handle |
| 20 | Distinguish | To tell apart / to cause to stand out |
| 21 | Distend | To swell/ to extend a great deal |
| 22 | Dissolution | Disintegration/ termination |
| 23 | Dissipate | To thin out/ dirt away or dissolve |
| 24 | Disseminate | Spread/ distribute |
| 25 | Disparate | Different / incomplete/ unequal |
| 26 | Discreet | Prudent/ judiciously reserved |
| 27 | Disparage | To belittle |
| 28 | Disinterested | Not taking sides/ unbiased |
| 29 | Disdain | Arrogant scorn / contempt (like abhor) |
| 30 | Discriminate | To notice or point out the difference |
| 31 | Discrete | Unconnected/ separate/ distinct |
| 32 | Discern | To have insight |
| 33 | Dilettante | Someone with superficial knowledge or the arte/ an amateur/ a dabbler |
| 34 | Digress | To stray from the main subject |
| 35 | Diffident | Timid/ lacking in self confidence |
| 36 | Didactic | Intended to teach |
| 37 | Dictum | An authoritative saying/ an adage/ a proverb |
| 38 | Dialectical | Relating to discussion |
| 39 | Dextrous | Skillful/adroit |
| 40 | Desultory | Without a plan of purpose/ disconnected/ random |
| 41 | Daunt | To make fearful/ to intimate |
| 42 | Dearth | Lack /scarcity |
| 43 | Debacle | Violent breakdown/ sudden |
| 44 | Debauchery | Wild living/ excessive temperance |
| 45 | Debilitate | To weaken / to cripple |
| 46 | Decadent | Decaying or decayed especially interns of morals |
| 47 | Decimate | To kill or destroy a large part of |
| 48 | Decorous | Proper/ in a good taste/ orderly |
| 49 | Decorum | Propriety and good taste in behavior |
| 50 | Deduce | To conclude from the evidence |
| 51 | Defame | To libel or stander/ to ruin |
| 52 | Definitive | Conclusive / providing the last words |
| 53 | Deference | Respect/ courtesy |
| 54 | Degenerate | To break down/ to deteriorate |
| 55 | Deleterious | Harmful |
| 56 | Delineate | To describe accurately/ to draw in outline |
| 57 | Delude | To deceive |
| 58 | Deluge | A flood/ an inundation |
| 59 | Demagogue | A leader of the people |
| 60 | Denizen | Inhabitant |
| 61 | Depravity | Extreme wickedness/evil behaviour |
| 62 | Deprecate | To diminish in value |
| 63 | Deride | To mock/ to ridicule |
| 64 | Dormant | Inactive/as though asleep |
| 65 | Dubiety | Full of doubt |
| 66 | Duplicity | The act of being two face/ deception |
| 67 | Derogatory | Disrespectful/degrading/disapproving |
| 68 | Desiccate | To dry out |
| 69 | Despondent | Extremely depressed/full of despair |
| 70 | Despot | An absolute leader/ autocrat |
| 71 | Destitute | Extremely poor/ utterly lacking |
| 72 | Cynic | One who deeply distrust |
| 73 | Curtail | To shorten/ to cut short |
| 74 | Culpable | Deserving blame/guilty |
| 75 | Incredulous | Person’s reaction of disbelief/ skepticism |
| 76 | incredible | Amazing |
| 77 | Culminate | To climax/to reach full effect |
| 78 | Culinary | Relating to cooking or the kitchen |
| 79 | Cryptic | Mysterious |
| 80 | Criterion | Standard / basis of judgment |
| 81 | Credulous | Eager to believe |
| 82 | Covet | To wish for enviously |
| 83 | Covert | Secret / hidden |
| 84 | Covenant | A solemn agreement/ a pledge/ a contract |
| 85 | Coup | A brilliant victory/ accomplishment |
| 86 | Countenance | To tolerance/ face/ facial expression |
| 87 | Cosmopolitan | A citizen of the world |
| 88 | Corroborate | To confirm/ to back up with evidence |
| 89 | Corollary | Something that follows, a natural consequence |
| 90 | Copious | Abundant/ plentiful |
| 91 | Convivial | Fond of partying / festive |
| 92 | Conventional | Common/ customary/unexceptional |
| 93 | Contrived | Artificial |
| 94 | Contrite | Admitting guilt/especially feeling remorseful |
| 95 | Contingent | Dependent/ possible |
| 96 | Contentious | Argumentative/quarrelsome |
| 97 | Consummate | Perfect/complete |
| 98 | Construe | To interpret |
| 99 | Consonant | Harmonious/ in agreement |
| 100 | Consensus | Unanimity / in general agreement |
| 101 | Consecrate | To make or declare sacred |
| 102 | Connoisseur | An expert |
| 103 | conjure | To summon or bring into being as if by magic |
| 104 | Conjecture | To guess / to deduce |
| 105 | Congregate | To come together |
| 106 | Congenital | Innate |
| 107 | Congenial | Agreeably suitable, pleasant |
| 108 | Confluence | Flowing together |
| 109 | Conducive | Promoting |
| 110 | Condone | To overlook/ to permit to happen |
| 111 | Condescend | To stoop else’s level/ to patronize / accommodate |
| 112 | Concurrent | Happening at the same time/parallel |
| 113 | concord | Harmony / agreement |
| 114 | Concise | Brief and to the point/ succinct |
| 115 | Conciliatory | Making peace |
| 116 | Comprise | To consist of |
| 117 | Comprehensive | Covering or including everything |
| 118 | Complicity | Participation in wrongdoing/ the act of being an accomplice |
| 119 | Complement | To complete/ fill up |
| 120 | Complacent | Self satisfied / overly pleased with oneself |
| 121 | Compendium | A summary/ an abridgment |
| 122 | Compelling | Forceful/ causing to yield |
| 123 | Commensurate | Equal/ proportionate |
| 124 | Collusion | Conspiracy / secret cooperation |
| 125 | colloquial | Conversational / informal language |
| 126 | Coherent | Holding together/ making sense |
| 127 | Cognizant | Aware/ conscious |
| 128 | Cognitive | Mental/ dealing with how we know the world around us through our senses |
| 129 | Cogent | Argument reasoning or point of view |
| 130 | Coerce | To force someone to do or not to do something |
| 131 | Coalesce | To come together as one/ to fuse/ to unite |
| 132 | Inclement | Bad as in weather |
| 133 | Clique | An exclusive group bound together by some shared quality |
| 134 | Cliché | An overused saying of idea |
| 135 | Clemency | Mercy/forgiveness |
| 136 | Civil | Polite/ civilized / courteous |
| 137 | Circumvent | To frustrate as though by surrounding |
| 138 | Circumscribe | To draw a line around/ to set the limits/ to define/ to restrict |
| 139 | Circumlocution | An indirect way of expressing something |
| 140 | Circuitous | Roundabout / not following a direct path |
| 141 | Chronicle | Historical record/a history |
| 142 | Chronic | Constant/lasting a long time |
| 143 | Choleric | Hot tempered / quick to anger |
| 144 | Chimera | An illusion/ a foolish fancy |
| 145 | Chicanery | Trickery/ deceitfulness/ artifice |
| 146 | Chastise | Inflict punishment on/ to discipline |
| 147 | Chasm | A gorge/ a deep gaping hole |
| 148 | Charlatan | Fraud/ quack/ con man |
| 149 | Celibacy | Abstinence from sex |
| 150 | Charisma | Magical seeming ability to attract followers or inspire loyalty |
| 151 | Chagrin | Humiliation/ embarrassed/ disappointment |
| 152 | Censure | Like acid/ corrosive |
| 153 | Catholic | Universal/embracing everything |
| 154 | Catharsis | Purification that brings emotional relief or renewal |
| 155 | Categorical | Unconditional/ absolute |
| 156 | Catalyst | Something that causes an important event to happen |
| 157 | Castigate | To criticize severely/ to chastise |
| 158 | Caricature | Type of drawing , usually humorous |
| 159 | Capricious | Unpredictable/likely to change at any moment |
| 160 | Capitulate | To surrender/ to give up or give in |
| 161 | Candor | Truthfulness/ sincere, honesty |
| 162 | Callow | Immature |
| 163 | Cajole | To persuade someone to do something he/she doesn’t want to do |
| 164 | Cadence | Rhythm , rise and fall of sounds |
| 165 | Cacophony | Harsh sounding mixture of voices, sounds, voices |
| 166 | Burlesque | Ludicrous/mocking/ lewd imitation |
| 167 | Burgeon | To expand / to flourish |
| 168 | Bucolic | Charmingly rural/ country like / rustic |
| 169 | Broach | To open up a subject for discussion , often a delicate subject |
| 170 | Brevity | Briefness |
| 71 | Bovine | Cow like / cow related |
| 172 | Bourgeois | Middle class |
| 173 | Blithe | Carefree/ cheerful |
| 174 | Blight | Disease in plants |
| 175 | Blatant | Unpleasantly or offensively noisy/ glaring |
| 176 | Blasphemy | Irreverence/an insult to something held sacred/ profanity |
| 177 | Beset | To surround/ to harass |
| 178 | Bereaved | deprived or left desolate, especially through death |
| 179 | Bequest | A well |
| 180 | Benign | Gentle /kind/mild |
| 181 | Benevolent | Generous / kind |
| 182 | Benefactor | One who provides help |
| 183 | Bemused | Confused/ bewildered |
| 184 | Belligerent | Combative / quarrelsome/ waging war |
| 185 | Belittle | To make to seem little |
| 186 | Belie | To give a false impression / to contradict |
| 187 | Beleaguer | To surround/ to besiege. To harass |
| 188 | Belabor | To go over repeatedly |
| 189 | Beget | To give birth/ to create / to lead to/ to cause |
| 190 | Bastion | Stronghold/fortress |
| 191 | Bane | Torment/poison |
| 192 | Banal | Unoriginal/ordinary |
| 193 | Axiom | a self-evident rule or truth/ widely accepted saying |
| 194 | Awry | Off course/ twisted to one side |
| 195 | Avuncular | Like an uncle |
| 196 | Avow | To claim/ to declare boldly/ to admit |
| 197 | Avarice | Greed/ curse |
| 198 | Autonomous | Acting independently |
| 199 | Autocratic | Ruling with absolute authority/ extremely bossy |
| 200 | Austere | Unadorned/ stern/ forbidding / without excess |
| 201 | Auspicious | Favorable/ promising/ pointing to a good result |
| 202 | Augment | To make bigger/ to add to/ to increase |
| 203 | Audacity | Boldness/ reckless daring/ impertinence |
| 204 | Attrition | Gradual wearing away , weakening/ or loss |
| 205 | Atheist | One who not believe in the existence of any god or any divine being |
| 206 | Astute | Shrewd/ keen in judgment |
| 207 | Assuage | To soothe/ to pacify/ to ease the pain of/ to relieve |
| 208 | Assimilate | To take in/ to absorb/ to learn thoroughly |
| 209 | Assiduous | Hardworking/busy/ quite diligent |
| 210 | Ascetic | Hermitlike/practicing self-denial |
| 211 | Ascendancy | Supremacy/ domination |
| 212 | Artful | Crafty/ wily/ sly |
| 213 | Aristocratic | Snobbish/ noble birth |
| 214 | Arduous | Hard / difficult |
| 215 | Ardent | Passionate/ enthusiastic |
| 216 | Archetype | An original model or pattern |
| 217 | Archaic | Extremely old/ ancient/ outdated |
| 218 | Arcane | Mysterious/ known only to a select few |
| 219 | Arbitrary | Random/ capricious |
| 220 | Arbiter | A judge/one who decides |
| 221 | Aptitude | A natural quality |
| 222 | Appropriate | To take without permission/ to set aside for a particular use |
| 223 | Approbation | Approval/ praise |
| 224 | Appreciate | To increase in value |
| 225 | Appease | To make peace/ to soothe |
| 226 | Apotheosis | Elevation to divine status/ the perfect example of something |
| 227 | Apocryphal | Of dubious authenticity; fictitious/ spurious |
| 228 | Apocalypse | A prophetic revelation, especially one concerning the end of the world |
| 229 | Aphorism | A proverb/ a brief, often witty saying |
| 230 | Apathy | Lack of interest/ lack of feeling |
| 231 | Apartheid | The former policy or racial segregation and oppression in the Republic of South Africa |
| 232 | Antipathy | Firm dislike/ a dislike |
| 233 | Antecedent | Something happening or occurring before another event or action |
| 234 | Anomaly | Unusual or unexpected |
| 235 | Animosity | Strong hostility or opposition |
| 236 | Anguish | Severe mental of physical pain |
| 237 | Anarchy | A state or society without government/lawlessness |
| 238 | Anecdote | A short, interesting story about real incident or event |
| 239 | Ambivalent | Undecided / having opposed feelings simultaneously |
| 240 | Ambiguous | Unclear in meaning/confusing |
| 241 | Ambience | Atmosphere/ mood / feeling |
| 242 | Altruism | Selflessness/ generosity |
| 243 | Aloof | To standing off/ uninvolved |
| 244 | Allusion | An indirect reference/ a hind |
| 245 | Alloy | Combination of two or more things usually metals |
| 246 | Alleviate | To lessen / to relieve to make bearable |
| 247 | Allege | To blame |
| 248 | Alacrity | Cheerful eagerness |
| 249 | Agrarian | Related to land or agriculture |
| 250 | Allocate | To allot / to assign |
| 251 | Agnostic | One who believe that the existence of a God can neither proven or disproven |
| 252 | Aggregate | Sum total or collection of separate things mixed together |
| 253 | Adulterate | To contaminate / to make impure |
| 254 | Adverse | Worse / unfavorable/ antagonistic |
| 255 | Aesthetic | Artistic |
| 256 | Affable | Easy to talk/ friendly |
| 257 | Affection | Love/gentle feeling of fondness or liking |
| 258 | Affinity | Sympathy/ attraction/ kinship/ similarity |
| 259 | Affluent | Rich/ prosperous |
| 260 | Agenda | A list of items to be discus during meeting or event |
| 261 | Gauche | unskillful |
| 262 | Dexterous | skillful |
| 263 | Adulation | Flattery / wild or excessive admiration |
| 264 | Adroit | Skillful/ clever/socially at ease |
| 265 | Admonish | To scold/ to warn |
| 266 | Adherent | Followers/ believers/supporters |
| 267 | Address | To speak to |
| 268 | Adamant | Completely Inflexible / unyielding |
| 269 | Acute | Sharp/ shrewd |
| 270 | Acumen | Keenness of judgment ; mental sharpness |
| 271 | Acrimonious | Full of spite/ bitter/ nasty |
| 272 | Acrid | harshly pungent/bitter |
| 273 | Acquiesce | To comply passively/ to accept/ to assent/ to agree |
| 274 | Acerbic | Sour/ like acid in tone/mood/temper |
| 275 | Accost | To approach and speak to someone aggressively |
| 276 | Accolade | An award / an honor |
| 277 | Abysmal | Extremely hopeless/ bottomless |
| 278 | Abstruse | Hard to understand |
| 279 | Abstract | Theoretical/ impersonal |
| 280 | Abstinent | Abstaining |
| 281 | Absolve | To forgive or free from blame/to free from sin/to free from obligation |
| 282 | Absolute | Unlimited/ total |
| 283 | Abridge | To cut short/ to reduce |
| 284 | Abortive | Unsuccessful |
| 285 | Abnegate | To deny oneself thing, to reject, to renounce |
| 286 | Abject | Hopeless/ extremely sad and servile/ defeated |
| 287 | Abhor | To detest/ to hate very ,very much |
| 288 | Aberration | A wandering mind/ something not typical/ deviation from standard |
| 289 | Abdicate | To step down from position a of power or responsibility |
| 290 | Abate | To reduce/ to subside |
| 291 | Abash | To embarrassed / humiliation |
| 292 | Eminent | Famous |
| 293 | Empirical | Relying on experience or observation/not merely theoretical |
| 294 | Immigration | moving into a country |
| 295 | Emulate | To strive to equal or excel |
| 296 | Encroach | To make gradual or stealthy inroads into/to trespass |
| 297 | Endemic | Native/ restricted to a particular region or era/ indigenous |
| 298 | Enervate | To reduce the strength or energy of |
| 299 | Enfranchise | To grant the privilege of citizenship, especially the to vote |
| 300 | Engender | To bring into existence / to create / to cause |
| 301 | Enigma | A mystery/ puzzling/ difficult to understand |
| 302 | Enormity | Extreme evil/ a hideous offense / immensity |
| 303 | Ephemeral | Lasting a very short time |
| 304 | Disfranchise | remove voting rights |
| 305 | Epigram | A short/ a brief and usually witty or satirical saying |
| 306 | Epitome | A brief summary that captures the meaning of the whole/ the perfect example of something/ a paradigm |
| 307 | EQUANIMITY | Composure/calm/mental calmness |
| 308 | Equitable | Fair |
| 309 | Esoteric | Hard to understand / understood by only a select few / peculiar |
| 310 | Espouse | To support/ to advocate |
| 311 | Ethereal | Heavenly/ as light and insubstantial |
| 312 | Euphemism | A pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one. |
| 313 | Equivocal | Ambiguous / intentionally confusing |
| 314 | Erudite | Scholarly/ deeply learned |
| 315 | Epigraph | A short/ an apt or short quotation place at the beginning of a book or essay. |
| 316 | Epithet | A term used to characterize the nature of something / sometimes a disparaging term used to describe a person |
| 317 | Epitaph | A commemorative inscription one a grave |
| 318 | Evanescent | Fleeting / vanishing/ happening for only the briefest period |
| 319 | Exacerbate | To make worse(conditions) |
| 320 | Exacting | Extremely demanding/ difficult/ requiring great skill or care |
| 321 | Exalt | To raise high/ to glorify |
| 322 | Exasperate | To annoy thoroughly/ to make very angry/ to try to patience of |
| 323 | Exemplify | To illustrate by example/ to serve as a good example |
| 324 | Exhaustive | Thorough/ rigorous / complete |
| 325 | Exhort | To urge strongly/ to give a serious warning |
| 326 | Exigency | An emergency / an urgency /urgent need or demand |
| 327 | Existential | Having to do with existence / having to do with the body of thought called existentialism |
| 328 | Exonerate | To free completely from blame/ to exculpate |
| 329 | Expatriate | To throw ( someone ) out of his native land / to emigrate |
| 330 | Expedient | Providing an immediate |
| 331 | Expedite | To speed up or ease the progress of |
| 332 | Explicit | Clearly and directly expressed |
| 333 | Extol | To praise highly/ to laud |
| 334 | Extraneous | Unnecessary/ irrelevant/ extra |
| 335 | Extrapolate | To project or deduce from something know |
| 336 | Extricate | To free from difficulty |
| 337 | Extrovert | An open/ outgoing person |
| 338 | Exult | To rejoice / to celebrate |
| 339 | Fabrication | A lie/ something made up |
| 340 | Facetious | Humorous / not serious / clumsily/ humorous |
| 341 | Facile | Fluent / skillful in a superficial way/ easy |
| 342 | Faction | A group / usually a small part of larger group/ united around some cause/ disagreement within an organization |
| 343 | Farcical | Absurd/ ludicrous |
| 344 | Fastidious | Meticulous / demanding/ finicky |
| 345 | Fatalist | Someone who believes that future events are already determined and that human |
| 346 | Fatuous | Foolish/ silly/ idiot |
| 347 | Fauna | Animals of specific area |
| 348 | Fecund | Fertile / productive |
| 349 | Felicity | Happiness/ skillfulness |
| 350 | Fervor | Ardor/ zeal/ great warmth or earnestness |
| 351 | Foible | A minor character flaw or weakness |
| 352 | Foment | To strip / to instigate |
| 353 | literal | Exact words/ very accurate |
| 354 | Frenetic | Fastened / frantic / frenzied |
| 355 | Frugal | Economical / penny-pinching |
| 356 | Furtive | Secretive / sly |
| 357 | Futile | Useless/ hopeless |
| 358 | Garrulous | Talkative/ chatty |
| 359 | Genre | A type or category, especially of art or writing |
| 360 | Genteel | Refined / polite/ aristocratic |
| 361 | Gesticulate | To make gestures, especially when speaking or in place of speaking |
| 362 | Glut | Surplus/ an overabundance |
| 363 | Grandiloquent | Pompous/ using a lot of big fancy words in an attempt to sound impressive |
| 364 | Grandiose | Absurdly exaggerated |
| 365 | Gratuitous | Given freely/ unjustified/ unprovoked/ uncalled for |
| 366 | Gravity | Seriousness/ important |
| 367 | Gregarious | Sociable/ enjoying the company of other |
| 368 | Guile | Conning/ duplicity/ artfulness |
| 369 | Hackneyed | Phrases/ overused/trite/ stale |
| 370 | Hapless | Unlucky/ unfortunate |
| 371 | Harbinger | A forerunner/ a signal of |
| 372 | Hedonism | The pursuit of pleasure as a way of life |
| 373 | Hegemony | Leadership , especially of on nation over another |
| 374 | Heresy | Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs |
| 375 | Hermetic | Impervious to external influence/ airtight/ sealed / seated of completed |
| 376 | Heyday | Golden age/ prime |
| 377 | Hiatus | A break or interruption , often from work |
| 378 | Hierarchy | An organization based on rank or degree/ pecking order in the military |
| 379 | histrionic | Overly dramatic/ theatrical |
| 380 | Homily | A sermon |
| 381 | Homogeneous | Uniform/ made entirely of one thing |
| 382 | Husbandry | Thrifty management of resources/ livestock farming |
| 383 | Hyperbole | An exaggeration used as a figure of speech/ exaggeration |
| 384 | Hypothetical | Uncertain/ unproven |
| 385 | Iconoclast | One who attacks popular beliefs or institutions |
| 386 | Ideology | System of social or political ideas |
| 387 | Idiosyncrasy | An individual’s quality/ a peculiarity/ an eccentricity |
| 388 | Idyllic | Charming in rustic way/ naturally peaceful |
| 389 | Ignominy | Deep disgrace |
| 390 | Illicit | Illegal / not permitted |
| 391 | Immigrate | To move permanently to a new country |
| 392 | Imminent | Just about to happen |
| 393 | Immutable | Unchangeable |
| 394 | Impartial | Fair/ not favoring one side or the other/ unbiased |
| 395 | Impeccable | Flawless/ entirely without sin |
| 396 | Imperial | Like an emperor or an empire |
| 397 | Impervious | Not allowing anything to pass through/ impenetrable / unaffected |
| 398 | Impetuous | Impulsive/ extremely impatient |
| 399 | Implement | To carryout |
| 400 | Impotent | Powerless/ helpless/ unable |
| 401 | Impugn | To attack, especially to attack the truth or integrity of something |
| 402 | Inane | Silly/ senseless |
| 403 | Inaugurate | To begin officially/ to induct formally into office |
| 404 | Inert | Inactive/ sluggish/ not reacting |
| 405 | Inexorable | Relentless/ inevitable / unavoidable/ impossible to stop or prevent |
| 406 | Infamous | Shamefully wicked/ having an extremely bad reputation/ disgraceful |
| 407 | Infatuated | Short lived passionate/ foolish/ foolishly / passionate or attracted / made foolish/ foolishly in love |
| 408 | Infer | To conclude/ to deduce |
| 409 | Infinitesimal | Very, very, very small/ infinity small |
| 410 | Ingenuous | Innocent/ frank/ without deception |
| 412 | Inherent | Part of the essential nature of something/ intrinsic |
| 413 | Injunction | A command or order/ especially a court order |
| 414 | Innate | Existing since birth/ inborn/ inherent |
| 415 | Innocuous | Harmless/ banal |
| 416 | Inordinate | Excessive / unreasonable |
| 417 | Insatiable | Hard or impossible |
| 418 | Incandescent | Brilliant / giving off heat or light |
| 419 | Incantation | A chant / the repetition of statements or phrases in a way reminiscent of a chant/ magical words or phrases used in rituals |
| 420 | Incense | To make very angry / substance that is burned |
| 421 | Incessant | Unceasing |
| 422 | Incipient | Beginning/ emerging |
| 423 | Incisive | Cutting right to the heart of the matter/ someone who is very clear, direct and sharp in their thinking |
| 424 | Incongruous | Not harmonious / not consistent / not appropriate / not fitting in |
| 425 | Incorrigible | Incapable of being reformed |
| 426 | Increment | An increase / one in a series of increases |
| 427 | Indifferent | Not caring one way or the other/ apathetic/ mediocre / having no particular interest or concern |
| 428 | Indigenous | Native/ originating in that area |
| 429 | Indigent | Poor |
| 430 | Indignant | Angry, especially as a result of something unjust or unworthy/ insulted |
| 431 | Indolent | Lazy |
| 432 | Indulgent | Lenient/ yielding to desire |
| 433 | Ineffable | Incapable of being expressed or described / something that is too great |
| 434 | Inept | Clumsy/ incompetent/ gauche |
| 435 | Insidious | Treacherous/ sneaky/deceitful |
| 436 | Insinuate | To hint/ to creep in |
| 437 | Insipid | Dull / bland/ banal |
| 438 | insolent | Arrogant/ insulting |
| 439 | Instigate | To provoke/ to stir up/ incite someone |
| 440 | Insular | Like an island / isolated/ having narrow or isolated viewpoint |
| 441 | Insurgent | A rebel / someone who revolts against a government |
| 442 | Integral | Essential |
| 443 | Integrate | To combine two or more things into a whole |
| 444 | Intractable | Uncontrollable / stubborn/ disobedient |
| 445 | Intransigent | Uncompromising/ stubborn |
| 446 | Intrinsic | Part of the essential/ nature of something / inherent |
| 447 | Introspective | Tending to think about oneself/ examining one’s feelings |
| 448 | Inundate | To flood/ to cover completely with water/ to overwhelm |
| 449 | Invective | Harsh/ insulting or abusive speech |
| 450 | Inveterate | Habitual/ firm in habit/ deeply rooted |
| 451 | Irascible | Easily angered or provoked / irritable |
| 452 | Ironic | Meaning the opposite of what you seem to say/ using words to mean something other than what they seem to mean |
| 453 | Irrevocable | Irreversible |
| 454 | Itinerant | Moving from place to place |
| 455 | Judicious | Exercising sound judgment |
| 456 | Juxtapose | To place side by side |
| 457 | Kinetic | Having to do with motion/ lively/ active |
| 458 | Labyrinth | A maze / something like a maze |
| 459 | Laconic | Using few words, especially to the point of seeming rude |
| 460 | Lament | To mourn |
| 461 | Lampoon | To satirize/ to mock/ to parody |
| 462 | Languish | To become weak , listless or depressed |
| 463 | Largess | Generous/ giving of gifts/ generosity/ philanthropy |
| 464 | Laud | To praise/ to applaud/ to extol/ to celebrate |
| 465 | Legacy | Something handed down from the past / a bequest |
| 466 | Lethargy | Sluggishness/ laziness/ drowsiness/ indifference |
| 467 | Levity | Lightness |