GRE Vocabulary

#541

inscrutable

Adjective

Example sentences

1. Her expression was inscrutable.
2. The ancient symbols remain inscrutable.
3. His reasons for leaving are still inscrutable.

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#542

insidious

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The disease has an insidious effect that develops slowly.
2. An insidious rumor damaged her reputation.
3. The story shows the insidious growth of fear.

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#543

insipid

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The soup was thin and insipid.
2. His insipid speech failed to interest anyone.
3. The film had an insipid story and weak characters.

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#544

insolent

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The insolent student refused to apologize.
2. His insolent tone angered the officer.
3. She gave an insolent smile.

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#545

insolvent

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The company became insolvent after years of debt.
2. An insolvent business cannot pay what it owes.
3. The court declared the firm insolvent.

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#546

insouciance

Noun

Example sentences

1. His insouciance during the crisis surprised everyone.
2. She faced the difficult interview with apparent insouciance.
3. The young man's insouciance made him seem careless.

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#547

insufferable

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The heat was insufferable by midday.
2. His proud behavior became insufferable.
3. The noise from the road was insufferable.

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#548

intermittent

Adjective

Example sentences

1. Intermittent rain fell throughout the day.
2. The machine makes an intermittent clicking sound.
3. She has suffered intermittent pain for several weeks.

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#549

internecine

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The group was weakened by internecine conflict.
2. Years of internecine fighting divided the family.
3. The party tried to end its internecine disputes.

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#550

intimate

Verb

Example sentences

1. The report seems to intimate that changes are coming.
2. She did not intimate any desire to leave.
3. His smile appeared to intimate that he knew the secret.

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#551

intimation

Noun

Example sentences

1. We received no intimation that the meeting was canceled.
2. Her silence was an intimation of disagreement.
3. The letter gave the first intimation of trouble.

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#552

intransigent

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The intransigent leader refused every compromise.
2. Both sides remained intransigent during the talks.
3. His intransigent attitude prevented progress.

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#553

intrepid

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The intrepid explorer crossed the desert alone.
2. An intrepid reporter entered the dangerous area.
3. The intrepid child climbed the high tree.

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#554

inundate

Verb

Example sentences

1. Heavy rain may inundate the low fields.
2. Customers began to inundate the office with complaints.
3. The sudden success will inundate her with requests.

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#555

inure

Verb

Example sentences

1. Years of hard work can inure a person to discomfort.
2. The cold winters inure local people to low temperatures.
3. Soldiers may inure themselves to difficult conditions.

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#556

invective

Noun

Example sentences

1. His speech was full of angry invective.
2. The debate became an exchange of personal invective.
3. She ignored the online invective.

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#557

inveterate

Adjective

Example sentences

1. He is an inveterate traveler who rarely stays home.
2. The inveterate gambler lost all his savings.
3. She remained an inveterate reader throughout her life.

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#558

invidious

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The new rule creates an invidious difference between workers.
2. She was placed in the invidious position of choosing between friends.
3. It is invidious to compare the two children.

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#559

inviolable

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The right to a fair trial should be inviolable.
2. They treated the agreement as inviolable.
3. Her private diary was an inviolable space.

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#560

inviolate

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The ancient forest remained inviolate for centuries.
2. The family wished to keep the tradition inviolate.
3. The border must remain inviolate.

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