April 05, 2005

I (21-30)

iconoclast (n)
- One is against/wants to break the traditional ideas
- One who breaks religious images and works of art

Etymology: klas- to break

Ex:
This country has seen many iconoclasts who worked hard to make people egress out of traditional values
She was an iconoclast who wanted to prove the world that women are as good as men in her profession
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idiosyncrasy
- Something that is physically or mentally peculiar with respect to a person
- An unusual reaction by a person to some food or drug

Ex:
This piece of art beautifully captures the idiosyncrasies of the tribal men and women in this area
Doctors confirmed that his condition deteriorated because of his idiosyncrasy to the drug
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idyll (n)
- A simple poem/prose on rural and pastoral
- An account of carefree, lighthearted experience
- A romantic interlude
- A narrative poem treating an epic

Ex:
My idyll on the trip to US stops here
He was happy to have this idyll after three weeks of strenuous work
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ignoble (adj)
- not noble in quality,character, purpose: mean

Ex:
ignoble person
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ignominious (adj)
- Marked with/Deserving shame and disgrace

Ex:
What an ignominious end to the game!
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imbroglio (n)
- A complicate and embaraassing state of things, serious misunderstanding
- entanglement, tight corner

Ex:
Matters have fallen into a hopeless imbroglio

I am clueless as to how to come out of this imbroglio
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immaculate (adj)
- clean, pure, spotless
- faultless

Ex:
My love for you is immaculate
It was an immaculate speech
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immutable (adj)
- not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature

Ex:
Certain people are immutable.
No matter you try to change them, they wont
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impair (v)
- to cause to diminish, as in strength, value, or quality

Ex:
News for the Hearing Impaired
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impecunious (adj)
- penniless, penurious

Ex:
Though he was impecunious, he was respected all over

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