front 1 inordinate | back 1 adj. exceeding reasonable limits |
front 2 insidious | back 2 adj. having a gradual and cumulative effect |
front 3 insouciance | back 3 n. lighthearted unconcern |
front 4 instigate | back 4 v. to goad or urge forward : provoke |
front 5 interlocutor | back 5 n. one who takes part in dialogue or conversation |
front 6 internecine | back 6 adj. of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
front 7 intimation | back 7 n. an indirect, usually subtle suggestion, indication, or hint |
front 8 intractable | back 8 adj. not easily governed, managed, directed, relieved, cured, manipulated, shaped |
front 9 intransigent | back 9 adj. characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon an often extreme position or attitude |
front 10 invective | back 10 n. insulting or abusive language |
front 11 inveterate | back 11 adj. firmly established by long persistence : habitual |
front 12 invigorate | back 12 v. to give life and energy to |
front 13 inviolable | back 13 adj. secure from violation or profanation |
front 14 irascible | back 14 adj. marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
front 15 irresolute | back 15 adj. uncertain how to act or proceed |
front 16 irreverence | back 16 n. an irreverent act or utterance |
front 17 itinerant | back 17 adj. traveling from place to place |
front 18 jettison | back 18 v. to drop (cargo) to lighten a ship's load in time of distress; to drop from an aircraft or spacecraft in flight |
front 19 juxtapose | back 19 v. to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
front 20 kindle | back 20 v. to start (a fire) burning; to stir up; to cause to glow |
front 21 knell | back 21 n. an indication of the end or the failure of something |
front 22 labyrinth | back 22 n. a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
front 23 laceration | back 23 n. a torn and ragged wound; the act of causing sharp mental or emotional pain to; the act of tearing or rending roughly : wounding jaggedly |
front 24 laconic | back 24 adj. using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
front 25 lampoon | back 25 n. a harsh literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
front 26 languor | back 26 n. weakness or weariness of body or mind |
front 27 largesse | back 27 n. liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior; generosity |
front 28 lassitude | back 28 n. a condition of weariness or debility; fatigue; a condition characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
front 29 latent | back 29 adj. present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
front 30 laud | back 30 v. praise |
front 31 levity | back 31 n. excessive or unseemly frivolity; lack of steadiness |
front 32 levy | back 32 n. the imposition or collection of an assessment |
front 33 liability | back 33 n. the quality or state of being obligated according to law or equity; something for which one is obligated according to law or equity |
front 34 libertarian | back 34 n. an advocate of the doctrine of free will |
front 35 libertine | back 35 n. a freethinker especially in religious matters; a person who is unrestrained by convention or morality |
front 36 linchpin | back 36 n. a locking pin inserted crosswise (as through the end of an axle or shaft); one that serves to hold together parts or elements that exist or function as a unit |