VISAMA QUIZ FILE - NOT TO BE ALTERED MANUALLY! óđń30 Give the adjective defined in the "Question" part of the screen. ćlying in the area around, encompassing, enveloping, enclosingęçambientęThe lecturer pointed out Turner's ambient light in his later paintings.ęShe showed me how the ambience in the painting contributed to the meaningę of the work.ęčňresponsive, submissive, yieldingęçamenableęThe author wasn't amenable to the slightest revision of his novel.ęHe had an amenable nature, which is the reason she stayed with him so longęIs it to be contended that the heads of departments are not amenable to theę laws of the country?ęčňwithout a sense of moral responsibility, outside the realm in which moralędistinctions are madeęçamoralęThough many people are atheists, we must not think they are amoral.ęHis amoral behavior shocked all who knew him well.ęčňwithout definite shape or structure, formless, unfashionedęçamorphousęThe amorphous nature of the design resulted in a building without appealę or utility.ęThe symphony was so amorphous that the audience grew restless.ęčňbisexual, having both male and femal characteristicsęçandrogynousęSamuel Taylor Coleridge wrote, "The truth is, a great mind must beę androgynous."ęLegislation to define the status of an androgynous person has yet to beę enacted.ęčňdeviating from the common; eccentric, irregularęçanomalousęThis kind of anomalous behavior will end in tragedy.ęCyclones are weather anomalies.ęPresident Wilson found himself in an anomalous position when Congressę rejected his proposal that the US enter the League of Nations.ęčňassuming too much, insolent, haughty, overbearingęçarrogantęArrogant behavior in the young is particularly offensive.ęI will not countenance arrogance in my associates.ęčňstupid, silly, like an assęçasinineęThe discussion was so asinine that half the audience left in disgust.ęIf you behave like an ass, you deserve to be called asinine.ęčňpersistent, devoted, attentive; constant in application; unflagging, zealousęçassiduousęHe is not the most assiduous student I have ever met.ęI wish I were as assiduous as she; I would get higher grades.ęTo acquire the power to speak French fluently requires assiduous practice.ęEven the most assiduous critic can scarcely hope to keep abreast of theę growing flood of translated books.ęčňsagacious, wily, acute, discerning, keen, shrewd, cunningęçastuteęThe more astute our suggestions, the further you will advance.ęThey both had astute minds, which made them delightful companions.ęHe is a man who can millions by an astute business deal.ęSavages are often as astute socially as trained diplomats.ęčňself-evidentęçaxiomaticęIt is axiomatic that all who are associated with the project will be awareę of its importance.ęThe camaraderie of men in military service is axiomatic.ęčňlacking in freshness and vigor, commonplace, trite, flat, tastelessęçbanalęHe uttered the most banal remarks as if they were gems of wisdom.ęThat kind of banality will get you no place in the literary world.ęčňwarlike, inclined to strife, aggressiveęçbellicoseęHis bellicose behavior resulted in many arguments.ęThese bellicose acts are denounced regularly in the United Nations.ęThat was an editorial in a bellicose vein.ęThe Zulu are a bellicose tribe.ęčňwaging war, hostile, truculentęçbelligerentęSuch belligerent attitudes make peace almost unattainable.ęBelligerent politicians are not scrupulous about the language they employę in condemning their enemies.ęI feel that was a belligerent reply to a diplomatic note.ęčňodd, eccentric, full of incongruities, sensationally strangeęçbizarreęThese bizarre incidents are symptomatic of more serious flaws in our legalę system.ęThe novel was simply orginady, striving to be bizarre.ęTemple sculpture became bizarre - rearing monsters, fiery horses, greatę pillared halls teeming with sculptures.ęčňclamorous, noisy; offensively obstrusive, coarse; loudęçblatantęShe made a blatant attempt to arouse his attention.ęA blatant noise arose behind them, distracting their attention from theę motion picture screen.ęčňhardened in feeling, insensible, indifferentęçcallousęHis callous hands were testimonials to his hard work.ęThe callous behavior of public officials was inexcusable.ęHe has grown callous to such appeals.ęčňill-natured, perverse, contentiousęçcantankerousęMy piano teacher was the most cantankerous person I ever knew.ęThe donkey is a cantankerous and obstinate animal.ęčňwhimsical, demonstrating an abrupt change in feeling or opinionęçcapriciousęThe defendant's refusal was not capricious but resulted from a seriousę concern over his rights.ęThe boat responded to the capricious nature of the water.ęTheirs is a capricious climate - rain, sunshine, hail, and storm.ęčňcourteous, attentive, gallant, nobleęçchivalrousęHelen is the most chivalrous person I know.ęThe knight's chivalrous behavior was commented on by the court.ęShe had fainted from weakness and he had felt strangely chivalrous andę paternal.ęčňindirect, roundaboutęçcircuitousęWe had to use a circuitous route to avoid the bogs.ęBetty had an artificial and circuitous way of speaking that masked aę first-rate mind.ęIn speech and in action most Japanese are indirect and circuitous.ęčňconvincing, appealing strongly to the mind or reason, compelling beliefęçcogentęHer cogent remarks convinced the skeptics.ęI have two cogent reasons for not listing the subscribers.ęCogent tends to stress a power or force resident in the argument orę reasoning that makes it conclusive.ęčňhaving knowledge, understanding, or awarenessęçcognizantęThe student was made cognizant of all his errors by his teachers.ęThese writers were perfectly cognizant of all social problems but hadę little to offer by way of solutions.ęOne who is cognizant of something has had it called to his attentionę or has become aware of it through his own powers of observation.ęHe is not, as yet, fully cognizant of all the facts.ęčňpleasing to the eye, pleasant, becomingęçcomelyęShe was as comely as any woman I had ever seen.ęHe had always thought of her as one the comeliest women he had ever known,ę although he did not think her beautiful.ęComely implies an opposition to what is homely and plain and suggestsę pleasant wholesomeness with a measure of good looks or physicalę attraction.ęOnce a moorland Helen, and still comely as a blood horse and healthy asę the hill wind.ęňkindred in tastes, opinions, or temperament; compatible, suitableęçcongenialęThis soil is congenial to growing roses.ęShe is the most congenial person I know, although at times she can showę anger.ęCongenial is most often used of persons or things that are in such harmonyę with the taste of a person that they afford him pleasure or delight orę satisfaction.ęčňexisting at or dating from birth; belonging to one from birthęçcongenitalęCongenital diseases are a common cause of illness in children.ęWe must not confuse congenital conditions with imperfections resultingę from heredity.ęCongenital applies chiefly to something which dates from the birth orę inception of the individual concerned - like congenital hip disease.ęčňargumentative, quarrelsomeęçcontentiousęWe all felt that it was best if no contentious remarks were made duringę the meeting.ęI don't know I would have been so contentious if someone had been thereę to restrain me.ęContentious frequently suggests perversity of temper and wearisome per-ę sistence in dispute - like a very kind woman though saying what sheę liked about her neighbors and contentious towards all antireformers.ęčňjovial, festive, gay; relating to eating and drinking in jovial fellowshipęçconvivialęHe suggested that one of the few redeeming features of being in the armedę forces is the convivial atmosphere you encounter when you are on leave.ęShe seemed to be in such a convivial mood that I feared to shatter it byę telling her how late we were.ęConvivial is applied chiefly to persons, groups, or activities that mani-ę fest enjoyment of the company of others especially in festive jovialityę and eating and drinking.ęčňsheltered, hidden, secret, privateęçcovertęShe took me to a covert nook in the garden.ęMost of the intelligence agencies in the world regularly engage inę covert activities.ęCovert applies to something that is done as it were under cover, and isę not open or avowed - like his covert alliance against the House ofę Austria.ęčňdeserving of censure or blameęçculpableęIn this instance, he seemed to be the most culpable of those who had beenę caught by the monitor.ęEven though the student was not innocent, the dean felt that only thoseę culpable in the extreme should be expelled.ęA person is culpable who has been shown to be blameworthy and open toę severe censure or condemnation.ęčňrapidly, often superficially performed when exhaustive treatment is neededęçcursoryęShe gave the first file only a cursory examination and passed it on.ęIf she feels she can assimilate all that information in a cursory glance,ę she is mistaken.ęCursory stresses a lack of thoroughness or of care for details rather thanę a concentration on the obvious; it often also suggests haste andę casualness - like even from a cursory reading of the book.ęčňdestructive, harmful, unwholesome, perniciousęçdeleteriousęDeleterious behavior shocks society but is soon forgotten.ęIf they cannot understand the deleterious nature of their relationship,ę they will never be able to improve it.ęDeleterious is used chiefly of something which causes harm when taken intoę the body (as into the digestive or respiratory tract) and may suggestę obscure or ill-understood effects - like many drugs that seem to goodę in the first trials prove to have deleterious aftereffects.ęčňdisparaging, detracting, of low estimate (said of a word or a usage)ęçderogatoryęPaula was an expert in the use of derogatory phrases to hurt her debatingę opponents.ęProfessor Low found more derogatory words and phrases in my paper than heę thought appropriate.ęDerogatory may be used of one's own action that tends to detract from hisę reputation or to lower him in the estimation of others; more often theę term is applied to expressions or modes of expression and then impliesę an intent to detract or belittle.ęňfit and deserving to be despised, contemptibleęçdespicableęRape is one of the most despicable crimes committed by man.ęBecause of his despicable reputation, he made no friends at the club.ęDespicable frequently implies both keen and scornful, sometimes indignant,ę disapprobation and a sufficient cause for such a reaction.ęčňaimless, jumping from one thing to another without logical order oręconnection, off courseęçdesultoryęThe desultory negotiations inflamed the workers and prolonged the strike.ęThe debater failed to make his point because his desultory argument usedę up all his allotted time.ęWhat is desultory is not governed by method or system but jumps or skipsę erratically from one thing to another; the term may imply additionallyę such consequences as irregular and inconsistent performance or lackę of continuity orplan or persistence.ęčňtransparent (saif of a fabric)ęçdiaphanousęThe diaphanous cloud floated lazily across the sky, scarcely castingę a shadow below.ęA spider's wed is so diaphanous that most insects do not see it.ęSomething is diaphanous which is so delicate and gossamerlike in textureę that it is almost transparent or is actually translucent.ęčňinstructive, intended to teachęçdidacticęAlmost all the tales in the collection were didactic in tone, so studentsę disliked them.ęShe was by nature a didactic person, always attempting to teach byę example.ęčňtardy, slow, causing delay, tending to procrastinateęçdilatoryęThe dilatory nonchalance of both sides was annoying to us, for we hadę precious little time to spare.ęJohn's dilatory nature was troublesome to most of his friends.ęDilatory is relatively a term of restricted application referable toę persons or things for which persons are responsible as their actors,ę performers, or creators and implying slowness that is the result ofę inertness, procrastination, or indifference.ęčňindustrious, assiduousęçdiligentęHe was diligent enough in his studies to make the dean's list.ęDiligence and ambition often lead to accumulation of wealth.ęDiligent may stress care, constancy, attentivenss, and thoroughness, butę it often implies application of these to some specific object orę pursuit; thus, one may be diligent in seeking some favorite end withoutę being in general industrious.ęčňdeeply dejected, sad, hopelessęçdisconsolateęThe youths were disconsolate over the loss of the football game.ęIf one observes carefully, one can become disconsolate over the conditionsę of the nation's schools.ęDisconsolate fundamentally implies comfortlessness and carries a strongę suggestion of being inconsolable or exceptionally uncomfortable; it mayę sometimes suggest no more than a fram of mind in which depression andę disappointment are associated with discomfort or grief.ęčňdigressive, rambling, wandering away from the subject, not sticking to theępointęçdiscursiveęWheneven she stopped consulting her notes, her talk became discursive andę boring.ęA discursive speech usually results from lack of preparation.ęčňnot frank or candid, deceitful, insincereęçdisingenuousęThe intent of that letter was thoroughly disingenuous.ęThe Secretary of State was considered disingenuous by members of theę committee.ęčňcheerless, depressingęçdismalęThat was a dismal presentation to make before so young an audience.ęHe was so ashamed of his dismal performance that he threw the ball overę the fence.ęDismal may indicate extreme gloominess or somberness utterly depressingę and dejecting.ęčňunequal, dissimilar, radically differentęçdisparateęThe two sisters are so disparate in nature that they ought to stay awayę from each other.ęConsistently disparate opinions made their long marriage interesting butę fragile.ęDisparate implies absolute or essential difference, often as betweenę incongruous or incompatible elements.ęčňdiscordant, incongruousęçdissonantęThe band made such dissonant sounds that the audience departed in disgust.ęDissonant tones are unrelated, unorganized, and rarely useful inę conventional music.ęčňdoubtful, open to suspicionęçdubiousęHis dubious statements caused many to wonder about his sanity.ę"Certainly I see the point," he said dubiously and proceeded on toę another topic.ęDubious stresses suspicion, mistrust, or hesitation: thus a man of doubt-ę ful repute is by implication more distrusted than one of dubious repute;ę one who is doubtful of the outcome of a project has by implicationę better grounds for fearing its falure than one dubious about it.ęčňshowing excitement, overflowing with high spiritsęçebullientęSally's ebullient spirits gained her many friends.ęThe team was so ebullient over their victory that they dowsed each otherę with water from the hose.ęčňcapable of more than one meaning; ambiguous, inconclusive, ambivalentęçequivocalęThe equivocal nature of the evidence left the jury with no alternative butę to declare the defendant innocent.ęHe was so equivocal in his answer that I realized he had not read theę text.ęSomething is equivocal which permits a wrong or false impression, therebyę admitting uncertainty and confusion or fostering error: equivocal isę distinguishable from ambiguous in that it may suggest intent to deceiveę or evade.ęňunusually refined and delicate; light, airy; tenuousęçetherealęHis ethereal bearing caused many to underestimate his strength.ęJoan's theories were so ethereal that they had no basis in facts.ęEthereal implies not the atmospehre surrounding the earth but the rarefiedę air once believed to fill the heavenly regions and so imputes a celes-ę tial character to the person or thing it qualifies.ęčňhaving the condition of feeling well, sense of well-beingęçeuphoricęShe was in such a euphoric state that no one could annoy her.ęThis feeling of euphoria lasted only as long as the concert - then realityę took over.ęčňdestestable, extremely bad, abominableęçexecrableęWanda had execrable taste in clothes.ęThat was the most execrable meal I have ever tasted.ęExecrable is applied chiefly th what is bad beyond description - likeę an execrable performance of Hamlet.ęčňneeding immediate aid or action; urgent, criticalęçexigentęThe letter conveyed an exigent situation, so he responded immediately.ęThe bill was passed in a mood of great exigency.ęExigent implies less a demand for immediate attention than one forę action - the term comes very close to urgent/pressing in its emphasisę on the exacting or the imperative nature of that demand - like inę an exigent cry for help.ęčňscanty, meager, slenderęçexiguousęCongress appropriated only exiguous amounts for the developing countriesę in order to determine where the money was going before granting largerę amounts.ęThe cabaret boasted nothing more than an exiguous dance floor the size ofę a postage stamp and a tired piano player.ęExiguous stresses a smallness in size, amount, extent, or capacity that isę more or less inherent in the thing under consideration and makes itę compare unfavorably with other things of its kind.ęňfalse, misleading, deceptiveęçfallaciousęNo conclusion is more fallacious than that which rests on isolated facts.ęThis kind of fallacious reasoning is all too prevalent among undergraduateęFallacious implies an error or flaw in reasoning that vitiates an entireę argument.ęčňdelicate to a fault, overly nice; difficult to pleaseęçfastidiousęHenry was fastidious in almost everything but not in dress.ęIt is perfectly all right to be fastidious but not in everything all theę time.ęFastidious implies a strong aversion to something that doesn't satisfyę one's sense of what is right, proper, or in good taste.ęčňfoolish, inane, silly; unreal, illusoryęçfatuousęWhile they seemed to reason effectively, close analysis revealed that mostę of what they said was simply fatuous.ęTheir promises of peace were good examples of diplomatic fatuousness.ęFatuous does not imply a pathological lack of intelligence but it does im-ę ply an appearance of this and regularly suggests a combination ofę foolishness, stupidity and insanity. It is a term of contempt ratherę than of impersonal description.ęčňfruitful, fertile, prolificęçfecundęThe island was a paradise, fecund in all kinds of fruit and temperateę in climate all through the year.ęShe was so fecund a wife that she produced a child a year.ęFecund (opposed to barren) applies to especially to something whichę actually yields in abundance or with rapidity fruits, offspring or,ę by extension, projects, inventions, or works of art. Thus one speaksę of fecundity of a mother if one wishes to imply that she has a largeę family - fertility indicates she is not sterile.ęňfierce, savage, rapaciousęçferociousęThe tiger is a ferocious hunter, feared throughout the jungle.ęOff the field she was sweet and gentle, on it her ferocity knew no bounds.ęFerocious not only connotes extreme fierceness but it implies actionsę suggestive of a wild beast on a rampage or in an attack on its prey;ę it therefore usually implies unrestrained violence, extreme fury, andę wanton brutality.ęčňardent, zealous, vehementęçfervidęThe entire field was full of fervid activity.ęShe was the most fervid speaker of all the new legislators.ęFervid, like impassioned, is applied more to moods and expressions than toę persons; in contrast to impassioned, however, it sometimes suggestsę more obvious, more warmly expressed, and, often more spontaneous emo-ę tion.ęčňhaving an offensive smellęçfetidęThe bog gave off a fetid odor that kept people away.ęPaper factories are well known for their fetidness.ęStinking, the familiar term, and fetid, the literary or technical term,ę describe an odor or a thing that emits an odor which is peculiarlyę offensive; the former more obviously suggests disgusting foulness thanę the latter - like in He detected at once a fetid odor, not very strongę but highly disagreeable.ęčňtinged with red, ruddyęçfloridęHer florid complexion was matched by her red hair.ęWalsh looked too florid to be healthy, too exuberant to be happy.ęOrnate is applicable to anything heavily adorned or ornamented or conspi-ę cuously embellished.ęčňoccurring by chance, without deliberate intentionęçfortuitousęShe missed a chance for free opera tickets when she fortuitously oversleptęEvolution is not fortuitous, but methodical.ęFortuitous so strongly implies chance that it sometimes connotes theę absence of a cause.ęčňflorid, ornate, given to dashing display, showyęçflamboyantęHer flamboyant dancing drew raves from the critics.ęA flamboyant orator may keep his audience emthralled yet say little thatę will be remembered.ęFlamboyant basically applies to a late French Gothic architectural styleę characterized by curves that suggest ascending flames. In its moreę general application it can suggest ornateness but more often stressesę such elements as excess of color, conspicuous vigor and dash, or boldę and daring display that suggest the freedom and brilliancy of flames.ęňlimp, flabby, soft and weakęçflaccidęAmericans are more flaccid than Europeans, according to many studentsę of physical education.ęThe more flaccid one is, the more one needs exercise.ęFlaccid implies a loss or lack of elasticity or resilience and thereforeę an incapacity to return to an original shape or condition or to keepę a desired shape. The term applies primarily to flesh and other livingę tissues.ęčňfrenzied, franticęçfreneticęThe leader set such a frenetic pace that I could not keep up.ęSandra's frenetic bahavior seemd odd in a girl ordinarily calm.ęFrenetic suggests a loss of balance, especially a tendency to be affectedę by extreme excitement under the stress of religious or partisanę emotions.ęčňof little weight or importance, slightęçfrivolousęMatthew never did a frivolous thing in his life.ęFrivolousness should not be confused with wit.ęFrivolity makes for a good party on New Year's Eve.ęčňeconomical, thirfty, providentęçfrugalęI thought she was more frugal than necessary.ęThe Scots have a reputation for being frugal.ęFrugal suggests the absence of all luxury and lavishness especially in foodę and ways of living and dress; positively it implies simplicity.ęčňdone by stealth, secretęçfurtiveęHis movements were furtive, like a dog that has stolen a bone.ęWeasels are very furtive animals, which may account for their successę in the struggle for survival.ęFurtive agrees with stealthy in suggesting an intent to escape observationę but it carries clearer suggestions of cautiousness, watchfulness, orę slyness, and it used to describe not only movements and acts but alsoę faces, features, or expressions which reveal these or similarę characteristics.ęňserving no useful purpose, frivolousęçfutileęHe discovered that talking in this throng was futile.ęSuicides see no promise in life, only futility.ęWe made a futile effort to save her life.ęFutile may connote the completeness of failure or the unwisdom of theę undertaking.ęčňshowy, glaring, outlandishęçgarishęEveryone thought she wore the most garish jewelry.ęThe neon lights in front of the store window emphasized the garish natureę of its display.ęSomething is garish which is distressingly or offensively bright.ęčňof showy, ostentatious color, tastelessęçgaudyęI don't think I could walk the streets in such gaudy clothing.ęThey dressed gaudily in order to attract attention.ęSomething is gaudy which uses gay colors and conspicuous ornaments orę ornamentation lavishly, ostentatiously, and tastelessly.ęčňspeaking smoothly, flippant; smooth, slipperyęçglibęHis glib speech wasn't overlooked by the interviewer.ęEveryone found his glib manner distasteful but no one thought enough of hię to suggest that he change.ęGlib implies such facility in utterance as to suggest superficialityę or emptiness in what is said or slipperiness or untrustworthiness inę the speaker.ęčňgiven freely, without recompense or regardless of merit, unwarrantedęçgratuitousęThe sergeant was infuriated by the gratuitous remarks of his commandingę officer.ęShe decided that his gratuitous insults could no longer be ignored.ęGratuitous may apply to a giving voluntarily without expectation ofę recompense, reward, or compensation.ęčňassociating with or going together in groups or herds, sociableęçgregariousęAs any sociology text book will tell you, it is the exceptional person whoę is not gregarious.ęThe wolf is a gregarious animal, destipe the expression "lone wolf."ęGregarious sometimes approaches the aspect of social but in its commonerę societal applications it tends, in distinction to social, to implyę a need or desire for contiguity.ęčňcapable of being duped, fooled; easily deceivedęçgullibleęJoan was a very gullibel person but no one took advantage of her.ęGullibility is not usually found in a New York City policeman.ęčňhaving the expression of one wasted by want, suffering, or anxiety; gauntęçhaggardęHis cheeks were haggard; hollow were his eyes.ęAfter several days on a meager diet, they began to look haggard.ęHaggard may imply a wild frightening appearance but it usually also impliesę an extreme thinness or gauntness that is normally associated with ageę but that comes to younger perons who never know physical or mentalę ease.ęčňhateful, horribly bad, odious, atrociousęçheinousęMurder is considered a heinous crime in every society.ęThey were guilty of a heinous disregard of fundamental human rights.ęSomething heinous is so flagrantly bad or so conspicuous for its enormityę that it excites hatred or horror.ęčňdissimilar, having unlike qualitiesęçheterogeneousęShe presented the college with a large collection of heterogeneousę writings.ęThe bad was a heteregeneous collection of shirts, socks, shoes, and oldę newspapers.ęčňhorrible, fearful, frightful, dreadfulęçhorrendousęNot going to the most important party of the year was an horrendousę sacrifice for the young mother.ęAlthough the critics raved about the play, she thought it was horrendous.ęHorrendous is used chiefly in producing a literary effect.ęčňdishonorable, shameful, scandalous, infamousęçignominiousęThat ignominious decision against women's rights will be contested inę the courts by the leadership of several civil rights organizations.ęHow many suicides among young people can be traced to inability to faceę the ingominious nature of scholastic failure?ęčňdeceptive, fallacious, unrealęçillusoryęSuccess seemed as illusory as ever after twenty years' hard work.ęHow long can we go on nourished only by illusory things, never realizingę any tangible rewards?ęčňoccurring immediately, impendingęçimminentęDisposition of the case is imminent, if we are to believe the newspapers.ęSome scientists believe that the solution to the problem of cancer isę imminent, but the public remains skeptical.ęImminent usually implies greater immediacy than impending and may suggestę that the thing is on the point of happening.ęčňunchangeable, invariableęçimmutableęThe laws of nature are immutable and mysterious.ęSome of these adaptations are immutable, but others are variable.ęčňintangible, incapable of being perceived by the mind or by the sensesęçimpalpableęThe book contained scenes of impalpable beauty.ęAn impalpable excitement gripped the audience.ęImpalpable means incapable of being apprehended by the senses or intellectę even though known to be real or existent. Synonyms include insensible,ę imperceptible, intangible, inappreciable, imponderable.ęčňwithout money, poor, destituteęçimpecuniousęThey originally were a group of impecunious camp followers but in time theę managed to acquire sufficient means to establish themselves asę shopkeepers.ęThe man turned out to be nothing more than an impecunious lawyer, able toę find clients only among those even less fortunate than himself.ęImpecunious, though it carries practically the same basic suggestions asę penniless, is not quite an equivalent: it may imply the deprivation ofę of money - often habitually.ęňfree from fault, blemish, sin, or erroręçimpeccableęHis taste was impeccable in clothes, if not in the friends he chose toę associate with.ęAnne's virtually impeccable scholastic record won her admission to medicalę school.ęImpeccable usually applies to something with which no fault can be foundę or which is irreproachable correct.ęčňnot perceivable by the senses or by the mind; subtle; very slight,ęinsignificantęçimperciptibleęDawn was imperciptible, owing tot he dense fog over the city.ęThe change in his habits, if there was one, was imperciptible to theę naked eye.ęImperciptible means incapable of being apprehended by the senses or intel-ę lect even though known to be real or existent.ęčňirrelevant, inapplicable; lacking in respect for others, insolentęçimpertinentęThe argument appeared to him impertinent, not related to the point of hisę remarks.ęEveryone, including all her classmates, found her impertinent behaviorę insufferable.ęImpertinent implies a concerning oneself more or less offensively withę things which are another's business or, at least, not in any senseę one's own business.ęčňfurious, hastily or rashly energetic, acting with sudden energy, impulsiveęçimpetuousęThis kind of impetuous behavior should be reserved for some sporting eventęShe was one of the most impetuous persons I have ever met - no patienceę whatsoever.ęImpetuous implies violence or vehemence; as applied to persons, it oftenę also suggests impulsiveness or, at times, extreme impatience.ęčňimplied, involved in the nature or being of something though not shown;ęunreserved, unquestioningęçimplicitęThe football coach demanded implicit obedience from all his players.ęThey had an implicit understanding that if anything went wrong all wouldę accept the blame and the punishment.ęSomething is implicit (as opposed to explicit) which is implied (as byę words, acts, appearance, character, or methods of the person or thingę concerned) but is not definitely stated or expressed.ęčňstrong enough not to be taken by assault; able to resist attackęçimpregnableęThe fort was constructed so that it was impregnable from sea and land.ęThe logic of his argument made his position impregnable.ęSomething material (as a fortress) or intangible (as virtue) is impregnableę when it is strong enough or sufficiently guarded to repel all attacksę or assaults.ęčňbold, contemptuous, insolentęçimpudentęThe class was tired of Kate's impudent attitude toward the teacher.ęIt was the impudence of the person that shocked the group, not hisę fundamental stand on the problem.ęImpudent adds to shameless implications of bold or pert defiance ofę considerations of modesty or decency.ęčňempty, void, vacuous, senselessęçinaneęThe fool's inane comments embarrassed the hostess, making her wonder whyę she ever invited him.ęInanity abounds where stupidity flourishes.ęSomething inane is devoid of sense, significance, or point.ęčňrudimentary, unfinished, only begunęçinchoateęInchoate attempts to form a policy plagued the party for the next fewę months.ęBillions of years ago, life was still in inchoate form, lacking theę sophisticated structures commonplace today.ęčňnot in agreement or harmony; lacking suitability or proriety, illogicalęçincongruousęJustin uttered such incongruous statements that Jill sometimes feared forę his sanity.ęShe saw nothing but incongruity in her party's plans and knew they wereę doomed to failure at the polls.ęIncongruous means not in agreement with one another or not agreeable oneę to the other.ęčňskeptical, doubtful, not credible, too extraordinary to be believedęçincredulousęThe man's snide questions betrayed his incredulous attitude.ęWe ordinarily dislike incredulity in the young, even though we growę increasingly skeptical in old age.ęčňoccurring naturally in an area or place, native, innateęçindigenousęThe fish was originally indigenous to South American waters but now isę found throughout the world.ęEuropean business enterprises severly disturbed the lives of the indige-ę nous African population.ęA person or a thing is indigenous (opposed to naturalized, exotic) thatę is not only native but also has not been introduced from elsewhereę into the place indicated - like maize is indigenous to America.ęčňirresistible, inevitable, not to be overcomeęçineluctableęThe somber painting recreates the ineluctable process of history.ęGlaciers move onward ineluctably but imperceptibly.ęIneluctable adds to inevitable the suggestions that struggle or defianceę is futile and that not way out is possible.ęčňinflexible, relentless, incapable of persuasionęçinexorableęThe inexorable reality is that the longer the danger exists, the moreę certain is it that the danger will spread.ęHe felt himself pursued inexorably by forces he could not identify.ęInexorable, when applied to persons, stresses deafness to entreaty. Whenę applied to decisions, rules, laws, and their enforcement, it oftenę connotes relentlessness, ruthlessness, and finality beyond question.ęčňincapable of being explainedęçinexplicableęThe inexplicable noise in the engine disturbed the mechanic, who thoughtę he had performed a complete overhaul.ęThe readers of Gothic novels enjoy characters who behave inexplicably.ęčňé