BARRON'S 27: inveterate-laggard

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  1. inveterate
    habitual
  2. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  3. invincible
    incapable of being overcome or subdued
  4. inviolable
    incapable of being transgressed or dishonored
  5. invocation
    the act of appealing for help
  6. invoke
    request earnestly; ask for aid or protection
  7. invulnerable
    immune to attack; impregnable
  8. iota
    a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
  9. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  10. irate
    feeling or showing extreme anger
  11. iridescent
    varying in color when seen in different lights
  12. irksome
    tedious or irritating
  13. ironic
    displaying incongruity between what is expected and what is
  14. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  15. irreconcilable
    impossible to bring into accord
  16. irrefutable
    impossible to deny or disprove
  17. irrelevant
    having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
  18. irremediable
    impossible to correct or redress
  19. irreparable
    impossible to rectify or amend
  20. irrepressible
    impossible to control
  21. irreproachable
    free of guilt; not subject to blame
  22. irresolute
    uncertain how to act or proceed
  23. irretrievable
    impossible to recover or recoup or overcome
  24. irreverence
    a mental attitude showing lack of due respect
  25. irrevocable
    incapable of being retracted
  26. isotope
    atom with same atomic number, different number of neutrons
  27. isthmus
    a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
  28. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
  29. itinerary
    an established line of travel or access
  30. jabber
    talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
  31. jaded
    exhausted
  32. jargon
    technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
  33. jaundiced
    affected by yellowing of the skin
  34. jaunt
    a journey taken for pleasure
  35. jaunty
    having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
  36. jeopardize
    pose a threat to; present a danger to
  37. jettison
    throw away, of something encumbering
  38. jibe
    shift from one side of the ship to the other
  39. jingoist
    an extreme bellicose nationalist
  40. jocose
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  41. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  42. jocund
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  43. jollity
    feeling jovial and full of good humor
  44. jostle
    make one's way by pushing or shoving
  45. jovial
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  46. jubilation
    a feeling of extreme joy
  47. judicious
    marked by the exercise of common sense in practical matters
  48. juggernaut
    a massive inexorable force
  49. juncture
    the shape or manner in which things come together
  50. junket
    dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet
  51. junta
    a group of officers who rule a country after seizing power
  52. jurisprudence
    the branch of philosophy concerned with the law
  53. justification
    the act of defending or explaining by reasoning
  54. juxtapose
    place side by side
  55. kaleidoscope
    an optical toy in a tube
  56. ken
    range of what one can know or understand
  57. kernel
    a single whole grain of a cereal
  58. killjoy
    someone who spoils the pleasure of others
  59. kindle
    catch fire
  60. kindred
    group of people related by blood or marriage
  61. kinetic
    relating to the motion of material bodies and their forces
  62. kismet
    fate or fortune
  63. kleptomaniac
    someone with an irrational urge to steal
  64. knave
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  65. knead
    use the hands to mix and work something into a uniform mass
  66. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
  67. knit
    make by needlework with interlacing yarn
  68. knoll
    a small natural mound
  69. knotty
    tangled in snarls
  70. kudos
    an expression of approval and commendation
  71. labile
    liable to change
  72. laborious
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  73. labyrinth
    complex system of paths in which it is easy to get lost
  74. laceration
    the act of tearing irregularly
  75. lachrymose
    showing sorrow
  76. lackadaisical
    idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way
  77. lackluster
    not having brilliance or vitality
  78. laconic
    brief and to the point
  79. laggard
    someone who takes more time than necessary
Created on 八月 29, 2010 (updated 八月 29, 2010)

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