impudence N. /无礼;厚颜无耻/impertinence; insolence. Kissed on the cheek by a perfect stranger, Lady Catherine exclaimed, "Of all the nerve! Young man, I should have you horse-whipped for your impudence."
impugn V. /打击;挑战/dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way); challenge; gainsay. Our treasurer was furious when the finance committee's report impugned the accuracy of his financial records and recommended that he should take bonehead math.
impunity N. /免受惩罚/freedom from punishment or harm. A 98pound weakling can't attack a beachfront bully with
impunity. the poor, puny guy is sure to get mashed.
inadvertently ADV. / 不经意的/unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly. Judy's great fear was that she might
inadvertently omit a question on the exam and mismark her whole answer sheet.
inalienable ADJ. /无可取代的;不能给与的/not to be taken away; nontransferable. The Declaration of Independence mentions the inalienable rights that all of us possess.
inane ADJ. /傻;粗心/silly; senseless. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such inane remarks?
inanimate ADJ. /了无生气的，死气沉沉的/lifeless. She was asked to identify the still and inanimate body.
inarticulate ADJ. /不善于表达的;口齿不清的/speechless; producing indistinct speech. He became inarticulate with rage and uttered sounds without meaning.
inaugurate V. /开始;开幕;开幕式/start; initiate; install in office. The airline decided to inaugurate its new route to the Far East with a special reduced fare offer. inaugural, ADJ.
incandescent ADJ. /白炽的/strikingly bright; shining with intense heat. If you leave on an incandescent light bulb, it quickly grows too hot to touch.
incantation N. /咒语/singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula. Uttering incantations to make the brew more potent, the witch doctor stirred the liquid in the caldron.
incapacitate V. /使其无能力/disable. During the winter, many people were incapacitated by respiratory ailments.
incarcerate V. /囚禁/imprison. The civil rights workers were willing to be arrested and even incarcerated if by their imprisonment they could serve the cause.
incarnation N. /化身;具人形/act of assuming a human body and human nature. The incarnation of Jesus Christ is a basic tenet of Christian theology.
incendiary N. /纵火者/arsonist. The fire spread in such an unusual manner that the fire department chiefs were certain that it had been set by an incendiary. also ADJ.
incense V. /激怒/enrage; infuriate. Cruelty to defenseless animals incensed Kit: the very idea brought tears of anger to her eyes.
incentive N. /刺激，驱动/spur; motive. Mike's strong desire to outshine his big sister was all the incentive he needed to do well in school.
inception N. /开始，开端/start; beginning. She was involved with the project from its inception.
incessant ADJ. /不停的/uninterrupted; unceasing. In a famous TV commercial, the frogs' incessant croaking goes on and on until eventually it turns into a single word: "Bud-weis -er."
inchoate ADJ. /未成型的，早期的，刚开始的，发展中的/recently begun; rudimentary; elementary. Before the Creation, the world was an inchoate mass.
incidence N. /发生;发生率;影响的范围、频度;入舐角;关联，相结合，对接/rate of occurrence; particular occurrence. Health professionals expressed great concern over the high incidence of infant mortality in major urban areas.
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