Etymology Word List #8

Gwen H. (United States of America)
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  1. indefatigable
    showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality
  2. indict
    accuse formally of a crime
  3. inflection
    the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
  4. inhibit
    limit the range or extent of
  5. iniquity
    absence of moral or spiritual values
  6. insatiable
    impossible to fulfill, appease, or gratify
  7. interdict
    command against
  8. interlocutor
    a person who takes part in a conversation
  9. inundate
    fill or cover completely, usually with water
  10. inure
    cause to accept or become hardened to
  11. iota
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  12. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  13. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  14. irresolute
    uncertain how to act or proceed
  15. irrevocable
    incapable of being retracted
  16. jettison
    throw away, of something encumbering
  17. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
Created on Sun Nov 22 17:09:21 EST 2009

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