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GALL
bitterness; careless nerve; (v) to exasperate and irritate
rancor; temerity, audacity, effrontery
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GARNER
to gather and store
reap, glean, harvest, amass, acquire
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GARRULOUS
very talkative
loquacious, voluble, verbose, chatty, prolix
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GLIB
fluent in an insincere manner; offhand, casual
superficial; easy
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GLOWER
to glare, stare angrily and intensely
frown, lower, scowl
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GRANDILOQUENCE
pompous talk, fancy, but meaningless speech
bombast, fustian, prolixity, verbiage
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GRIMANCE
facial expression showing pain or disgust
scowl, leer, glare
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GROTTO
small cave
cavern, recess, burrow, den, pocket
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GROVEL
to humble oneself in a demeaning way
cringe, fawn, kowtow
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GUILE
trickery, deception
cuning, artifice, wiliness, duplicity
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HACKNEYED
worn out by overuse
trite, shopworn, stale, banal
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HALLOWED
holy, treated as sacred
sanctified, consecrated, venerated, sacrosanct, blessed
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HAPLESS
unfortunate, having bad luck
ill-fated, ill-stated, luckless, unlucky, jinxed
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HARBINGER
precursor, sign of something to come
forerunner, presagem omen, herald
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HARDY
robust, vigorous, sturdy
healthy, hale, fit, strong, courgeous
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HAUGHTY
arrogant and condescending
proud, disdainful, supercilious, scornful, vainglorious
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HEDONIST
one who pursures pleasure as a goal
sensualist, voluptuary, libertine
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HEGEMONY
leadership, domination, usually by a country
influence, power, swaym rule
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HEINOUS
shocking, wicked, terrible
reprehensible, abominable, monstrous, appaling, dreadful
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HERORRHAGE
to bleed heavily (n) heavy bleeding
seep, discharge, gush
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HERETICAL
opposed to an established religious orthodoxy
heterodox, schismatic, dissident
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HERMETIC
tightyly sealed
airtight, watertight, impervious
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HIATUS
break, interruption, vacation
gap, interruption, recess, interval, pause
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HOARY
very old; whitish or gray from age
antediluvian, antique, vintage, ancient, venerable
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HOMAGE
public honor and respect
acclaim, kudos, panegyric, tribute, encomium
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HOMILY
sermonlike speech
lecture, admonition, oration
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HUSBAND (v)
to farm, manage carefully and thriftily
conserve, economize
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HYPERBOLE
purposeful exaggeration for effect
inflation, magnification, embellishment
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ICONOCLAST
one who attacks traditional beliefs
rebel, dissident, noncomformist
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IGNOMINIOUS
disgraceful and dishonorable
despicable, degrading, debasing
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ILK
type or kind
sort, nature, character, variety, class
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ILLICIT
illegal, improper
unlawful, criminal, prohibited, forbidden
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IMMUNE
exempt; protected from harm or disease, unresponsive to
impervious, shielded
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IMMUTABLE
unchangable, invariable
fixed, stationary, permanent, steady
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IMPASSIVE
showing no emotions
expressionless, stolid, cold, indifferent, placid
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IMPECUNIOUS
poor, having no money
indigent, needy, penniless, impoverished, destitute
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IMPERIOUS
arrogantly self-assured, domineering, overbearing
dictatorial, authoritarian, despotic
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IMPERTINENT
rude
improper, foward, bold, impolite, discourteous
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IMPERVIOUS
impossible to penetrate, incapable of being affected
immune, callous
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IMPIOUS
not devout in religion
irreverent, profane, immoral
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IMPLACABLE
inflexible, incapable of being pleased
obstinate, unyielding
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IMPORTUNE
to asked repeatedly, beg
crave, beseech, entreat, implore, supplicate
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IMPOVERISH
to make poor or bankrupt
beggar, ruin, pauperize, deplete, drain
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IMPRECATION
curse
eecration, anathema, malediction
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IMPREGNABLE
totally safe from attack, able to resist defeat
unassiable, invincible, secure, inviolable, invulnerable
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IMPUDENT
arrogant, audacious
shameless, insolent, impertinent, brazen
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IMPUGN
to call into question, attack verbally
challenge, dispute, gainsay
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IMPUTE
to attribute
ascribe, credit, assign, refer, charge
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INADVERTENT
unintentional
accidential, involuntary
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INCENSE
to infuriate, enrage
madden, exasperate, outrage
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INCHOATE
imperfectly formed or formulated
incipient, undeveloped, undefined
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INCIPIENT
beginning to exist or appear, in an intital stage
dawning, nascent, inchoate
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INCONTROVERTIBLE
unquestionable, beyond dispute
irrefutable, indisputable
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INCORRIGIBLE
incapable of being corrected
unrepentant, intractable, unmanageable, uncooperative, unchangeable
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INCREDULOUS
skeptical, doubtful
disbelieving, suspicious
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INCULCATE
to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
instill, instruct, educate
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INCULPATE
to incriminate
charge, impeach, indict
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INDELIBLE
permanent, not erasable
ineffaceable, inexpugnable, permanent
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INDIGENOUS
native, occurring naturally in an area
intrinsic, innate, endemic, autochthonous, aboriginal
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INDIGENT
very poor
needy, impecunious, impoverished, desitute, penniless
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INDIGNANT
angry, incensed, offend
furious, irate, mad, wrathful, ireful
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INDOLENT
habitually lazy, idle
slothful, languid, lethargic, sluggish, faineant
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INEXORABLE
inflexible, unyielding
adamant, obdurant, relentless
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INGENUOUS
strightfoward, open, naive
simple, natural, unaffected, artless, candid, unsophisticated
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INIMCAL
hostile, unfriendly
injurious, harmful, adverse, antagonistic
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INIQUITY
sin, evil act
immortailty, injustice, wickedness, vice, enormity
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INSENSATE
lacking sensation, unconscious
inanimate, unfeeling, numb
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INSINUATE
to suggest, say indirectly, imply
to hint, intimate
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INSIPID
bland, lacking flavor, lacking excitement
lackluster, dull, flat, weak
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INSOLENT
insulting and arrogant
audacious, rude, presumptuous, impertinent, audacious
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INSUPERABLE
insurmountable, unconquerable
unbeatable, undefeated, invincible
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INTER
to bury
entomb, inhume
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INTERROGATE
to question formally
examine, catechize
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INTIMATION
clue, suggestion
implication, allusion, insinuation
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INTRACTABLE
not easily managed
unruly, stubborn, refractory, recalcitrant, headstrong
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INTRANSIGENT
uncompromising, refusing to be reconiled
obdurate, obstinate, adamant, unbending, unyielding
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INUNDATE
to cover with water, overwhelm
flood, swamp, deluge, engulf
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INURE
to harden; accustom, become used to
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INVECTIVE
verbal abuse
vituperation, denunciation, revilement
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INVETERATE
confirmed, long-standing, deeply rooted
habitual, chronic
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INVIDIOUS
cuaing envy, obnoxious
causing resentment, discriminatory, insulting, jaundiced
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ITINERANT
wandering from place to place, unsettled
nomadic, roving, traveling, vagabond, vagrant
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ITINERARY
route of a travelers journey
plan, record, guidebook
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