infraction N. /打破(常规)/violation (of a rule or regulation); breach. When Dennis Rodman butted heads with that
referee, he committed a clear infraction of NBA rules.
infuriate V. /激怒，热火/enrage; anger. Her big brother's teasing always infuriated Margaret; no matter how hard she
tried to keep her temper, he always got her goat.
infusion N. /灌输;浸泡;注入/act of introducing or instilling a quality; liquid solution. The rookie quarterback brought an
infusion of new life and vigor to the tired team. infuse, V.
ingenious ADJ. /聪明的/clever; resourceful. Kit admired the ingenious way that her computer keyboard opened up to
reveal the built-in CD-ROM below. ingenuity, N.
Word List 26 ingenue-invigorate
ingenue N. /天真无邪的少女;扮演天真无邪的少女的女演员/an artless girl; an actress who plays such parts. Although she
was forty, she still insisted that she be cast as an ingenue and refused to play more mature roles.
ingenuous ADJ. /心无城府的;天真的;幼稚的;可信的/naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated. The woodsman had not
realized how ingenuous Little Red Riding Hood was until he heard that she had gone off for a walk in the woods with the Big Bad Wolf.
ingrained ADJ. /牢固的;深深扎根的;深入人心的/deeply established; firmly rooted. Try as they would, the missionaries
were unable to uproot the ingrained superstitions of the natives.
ingrate N. /忘恩负义者;不领情的人/ungrateful person. That ingrate Bob sneered at the tie I gave him.
ingratiate V. /迎合，讨好;流行开来/become popular with. H e tried to ingratiate himself into her parents' good graces. inherent ADJ. /固有的，内在的;与生俱来的/firmly established by nature or habit. Katya's inherent love of justice caused her
to champion anyone she considered treated unfairly by society.
inhibit V. /限制，防止;阻碍/restrain; retard or prevent. Only two things inhibited him from taking a punch at Mike Tyson:
Tyson's left hook, and Tyson's right jab. The protective undercoating on my car inhibits the formation of rust.
inimical ADJ. /不友好的;敌意的;有害的/unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental. I've always been friendly to Martha. Why
is she so inimical to me?
inimitable ADJ. /独一无二的，独特的;防伪的，难以模仿的/matchless; not able to be imitated. We admire Auden for his
inimitable use of language; he is one of a kind.
iniquitous ADJ. /邪恶的/wicked; immoral; unrighteous. Whether or not King Richard III was responsible for the murder
of the two young princes in the Tower, it was an iniquitous deed. iniquity, N.
initiate V. /开始，发源/begin; originate; receive into a group. The college is about to initiate a program in reducing math
anxiety among students.
injurious ADJ./有害的/ harmful. Smoking cigarettes can be injurious to your health.
inkling N. /暗示，提示/hint. This came as a complete surprise to me as I did not have the slightest inkling of your plans. innate ADJ. /先天的，天生的/inborn. Mozart's parents soon recognized young Wolfgang's innate talent for music.
innocuous ADJ. /无害的，无辜的/harmless. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively innocuous and should
have no ill effect on you.
innovation N. /发明;变革/change; introduction of something new. Although Richard liked to keep up with all the latest
technological innovations, he didn't always abandon tried and true techniques in favor of something new. innovate, V.
innovative ADJ. /新奇的;创新的/novel; introducing a change. The establishment of our SAT I computer data base has
enabled us to come up with some innovative tactics for doing well on the SAT.
innuendo N. /暗示，旁侧敲击;暗讽;讽刺，冷嘲热讽/hint; insinuation. I can defend myself against direct accusations;
innuendos and oblique attacks on my character are what trouble me.
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