Essentials Vocabulary - Week 23 inedible:
[in-ED-uh-buh I] Adjective
Meaning
Unfit to be eaten. ●
Usage ●
Make sure that you’re not collecting inedible mushroom or else we’ll get poisoned. Jan put so much hot sauce in her dish that it has become inedible.
Synonyms
unpalatable, uneatable
Antonyms
eatable
inevitable:
[in-ev-i-tuh-buh I] Adjective/Noun
Meaning
Usage
Unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped from. (adJ.) That which is unavoidable. (n.) ● ●
Getting old is something inevitable that we all have to face. (adj.) Global warming becomes inevitable as we continue ignoring it. (n.)
Synonyms
certain, imminent, impending, inescapable, inexorable, unavoidable
Antonyms
avoidable, escapable, later
Inherent:
[in-HER-uh nt] Adjective
Meaning
Existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute.
Usage
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His inherent creativity allowed him to apply for art school. Despite his inherent fear of mathematics, he worked hard to get straight A's.
Synonyms
basic, built-in, deep-rooted, deep-seated, essential
Antonyms
acquired, auxiliary, extra, extrinsic
innocuous:
[ih-NOK-yoo-uh s] Adjective
Meaning
Not harmful or injurious. Not likely to irritate or offend. ●
Usage ●
Drinking lemon tea when you have a cold is an innocuous home remedy. Lea makes sure that she appears innocuous and polite.
Synonyms
harmless, banal, bland, inoffensive, insipid, painless
Antonyms
harmful, obnoxious
insulate:
[IN-suh-leyt] Verb
Meaning
To cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound. To protect from unpleasant influences or experiences. ● ●
Usage
The rubber coating insulates the wires to prevent short circuits. Sometimes, Jan insulates herself from a situation to avoid becoming emotional.
Synonyms
protect, cushion, seclude, sequester, shield, wrap
Antonyms
join, mingle, uncover
insurmountable: Meaning
(in-ser-MOUN-tuh-buh I] Adjective
Incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome. ●
Usage ●
Sometimes, problems seem insurmountable when you're stressed out. He overcame insurmountable situations to succeed in life.
Synonyms
impossible, hopeless, impassable, impregnable, invincible
Antonyms
beatable, surmountable
Integrate: Meaning
Usage
[IN-ti-greyt) Verb To bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole. To make up, combine, or complete to produce a whole or a larger unit. ● ●
It was a bit challenging to integrate into the new neighborhood. You need to integrate the result of your first and second experiment.
Synonyms
mix, merge, accommodate, blend
Antonyms
disarrange, disconnect, disjoin, disperse
Integrity:
[in-TEG-ri-tee] Noun
Meaning
Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
Usage
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Lewis tries to live with integrity every day. Integrity is sometimes hard to find in people these days.
Synonyms
honour, uprightness, honesty, principle, probity
Antonyms
deceit, dishonesty
intermittently: Meaning Usage
[in-ter-MIT-nt-lee] Adverb Stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again. ● ●
The power kept going off intermittently during the storm. They intermittently see each other during the week.
Synonyms
occasionally, periodically, irregularly
Antonyms
constantly, continuously
interval:
[IN-ter-vuh I] Noun
Meaning
An intervening period of time. A space between things, points, limits,etc.
Usage
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The interval between semesters can be used to work part-time. The rapids have short intervals of still water.
Synonyms
break, pause, interruption, lull
Antonyms
continuation
introvert:
[IN-truh-vurt] Noun/Adjective/Verb
Meaning
A shy person. (n.) A mark of introversion. (adj.) To turn inward. (v.) ●
Usage
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He's naturally an introvert, so he loves to stay at home and relax. (n.) His introvert nature makes it hard for him to socialize during parties. (adj.) Sometimes I have to introvert my thoughts before speaking out. (v.)
Synonyms
shy, brooder, loner
Antonyms
none
invigorated: Meaning
Usage
[in-VIG-uh-reyt d] Verb To give vigour to; fill with life and energy ● ●
The rain invigorated the otherwise dry soil, so the plants grew. He felt invigorated from drinking lemonade after playing under the hot sun.
Synonyms
stimulated, energized, enlivened, excited, quickened
Antonyms
bored, destroyed, discouraged, dissuaded