Brainstorming Indigenous Knowledge

• Indigenous people have right to live in their own state of origin, if they want
• They have vast treasure of knowledge that could be used to combat some of the global problems such as global warming, the effect of global economic crisis in developing nations, sustainable development, pollution, disaster, diseases, etc.
• Indigenous people are found in all parts of the world. In cities the knowledge has been overshadowed and in villages such knowledges have become passive due to the lack of preservation, promotion and recognition.
• All modern knowledge and skill might have come from indigenous epistemology, it needs more rigorous researches to find the link. It will certainly promote indigenous knowledge and provides an impetus to the indigenous people further advance their knowledge and skill
• One of the best means of achieving Millennium Development Goals is promoting indigenous knowledge
• Indigenous knowledge and skills can be included in school and college curriculum. It will make learning more meaningful and productive. The world divided into two strata: developed and developing will end as both of them will be advancing in their own ways.
• One of the issues related to the promotion of indigenous knowledge is supporting indigenous knowledge with technology. It will create a kind of fusion between western and eastern epistemology, ending the long standing notion of knowledge producer and knowledge receiver. Technological promotion in indigenous knowledge will enable eastern world as a knowledge producer.
• All developing countries including Nepal should develop indigenous education as one of the subjects in school and university curricula.

some words

1. Wangle - finagle; achieve something by means of trickery or devious method
2. Wean - to stop nursing milk to baby
3. Welt - mark from the beating
4. Welter - a large and confusing amount of something "a welter of information"
5. Whiff - puff or gust of air, scent
6. Whinny - neigh like a horse
7. Whittle - to cut small bits of wood/clothes to create design
8. Whorl - ring of leaves around stem
9. Wily - cunning or artful
10. Wince - shrink back, flinch
11. Bullion - a mass of precious metal
12. Pantry - a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
13. Prosthesis - an artificial part of the body
14. Protracted - relatively long in duration
15. Hourglass - a sandglass than runs for sixty minutes
16. Francophone - someone who speaks French, especially as their first language
17. Precarious - not secure; beset with difficulties
18. Leech - carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terristrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
19. Stalk - walk
20. Traverse - travel across or pass over
21. Citadel - a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during battle "bastion"
22. Hallmark - distinctive characterstic or attitude trademark, a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origi and authenticity
23. Booty - goods or money obtained illegally
24. Syncretism - the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief, especially in religion or philosophy
25. Numismatics - the collection and study of money, especially coins
26. Foray - a sudden short attack
27. Foothold - an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
28. Intrigue - a crafty and involved plot to achieve sinister end
29. Mutiny - open rebellion against constituted authority
30. Affront - a deliberately offensive act or sth producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
31. Stupendous - so great in size, for extent as to elicit awe

Words Starting with "T - Z"

1.  sTangential – going off topic; digressing; diverging; tangential writing
2. Tawdry - showy but without taste or elegance; flashy; gaudy; garish; meretricious
3. Tensile (A) – capable of extension
4. Torpor – apathy; profound lack of energy or activity; lethargy
5. Treacly (A) – overly sweet; saccharine; schmaltzy
6. Trenchant (A) - Having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; trenchant criticism
7. Tribunals (N) – an assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; courts
8. Turgid – swollen; bloated; inflated; esoteric writing
9. Unction (N) - the act of pouring oil on somebody’s head or another part of their body as part of an important religious ceremony; behavior or speech that is not sincere and that expresses too much praise or admiration of somebody
10. Unfettered – not bound by shackles and chains
11. Unperturbed (A) – not perturbed; not anxious or worried
12. Vacuous – empty, inane, lacking in ideas, stupid; vacuous lectures of Prof. Sharma made the class monotonous.
13. Vagary – whim, caprice
14. Vagrant – homeless wanderer
15. Vainglorious – boastful, excessively conceited, narcissist, bigheaded, feeling self-importance
16. Valor – bravery
17. Vanguard – forerunners, advance forces; front group; leading edge; the front part of an army
18. Vapid (A) – lacking taste or flavor or tang; insipid; bland
19. Vehement - marked by extreme intensity, inclined to react violently
20. Veil – to obscure, conceal
21. Veneer – coating consisting of a thin layer of wood; “veneer blackboard”
22. Vicissitude (N) – a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something; fluctuations; immutabilities
23. Voyeur (N) – tom peeper
24. Waffle (V) – to write or speak in a vague manner; to be unable to decide between things
25. Waggish (adj) – funny, clever and not serious; mischievous in sports; frolicsome; “waggish remarks
26. Wan (A) – having a pale or sickly color; pallid; the wan face of my mother revealed that father was sick
27. Wangle (V) - to get something that you or another person wants by persuading somebody or by a clever plan: She had wangled an invitation to the opening night. I’ll try to wangle some money out of my parents. We should be able to wangle it so that you can start tomorrow. He managed to wangle his way onto the course. He had wangled her a seat on the plane; wiggle out; fake
28. Warble (V) – sing; babble; I woke up with the bird that was warbling at my window
29. Wastrel (N) – profligate; a lazy person who spends their time and/or money in a careless and stupid way
30. Waylay (V) - to stop somebody who is going somewhere, especially in order to talk to them or attack them; I got waylaid on my way here.
31. Wean (V) – accustom a baby not to nurse; give up a cherished activity; He decided he would wean himself away from eating junk food and stick to fruits and vegetables
32. Welter (V) – wallow; “When Hector killed thousands of troops in the battle field the Greeks weltered to get help from Achilles”; - N – turmoil
33. Wheedle (V) – cajole; coax; deceive by flattery
34. Whelp (N) – a young wolf or lion
35. Whet (V) – sharpen; stimulate; “The odors from the kitchen are whetting my appetite, I will be ravenous (extremely hungry) by the time the meal is served”
36. Whiff (N) – puff or gust of air, scent, etc.
37. Whinny (V) – neigh like a horse
38. Wily (A) – cunning; artful
39. Wince (V) – shrink back; flinch; cringe
40. Wispy (A) – thin and weak; a wispy little fellow with thin hands and legs; lacking clarity; barely discernible
41. Wistful (A) – vaguely longing; sadly pensive
42. Zany – comical in foolish or slapstick way

Words Starting With "S"

1. Sabotage – deliberate destruction
2. Sacrilegious (A) – desecrating; profane
3. Sacrosanct (A) – most sacred; very holy; inviolable
4. Sagacious (A) – perceptive; shrewd; having insight; clever
5. Sage (N) – person celebrated for wisdom
6. Salacious (A) – lascivious; lustful; lecherous; randy;
7. Sallow (A) – yellowish; sickly in color; “We were disturbed by her sallow complexion due to jaundice"
8. Salutary (A) – tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome; “The punishment has salutary effect on the body, as he became a model student”
9. Salvage – to save, to rescue from destruction or harm
10. Sanctimonious (A) – showing that one feels morally better than other people; displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness; “You don’t have to be so sanctimonious to prove that you are devout”
11. Sanctity (N) – holiness
12. Sanctum (N) – holy place
13. Sanguinary (A) – with much bloodshed; sanguinary battle
14. Sanguine (A) – cheerful, hopeful, optimistic; having a red complexion; “Let us not be too sanguine about the outcome, something could go wrong”
15. Sap (N) – liquid in a plant that carries food to all parts
16. Sap (V) – gradually weaken by taking away strength or vitality; diminish; undermine; “The element kryptonite had an unhealthy effect on superman; it sapped his strength”
17. Sardonic (A) – disdainful; sarcastic; cynical; mocking; scornful; a sardonic smile
18. Sate (V) – satisfy to the full; cloy; when hunger sated, the lion dozed
19. Saturnine (A) – gloomy; “Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance, he is not gloomy as he looks
20. Satyr (N) – half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus; portrayed as wanton and cunning; man with very strong sexual desire; “He was like a satyr in his lustful conduct”
21. Savant (N) – scholar; sage; “Our faculty includes many world famous savants”
22. Savory (V) – enjoy the taste or flavor of something; have a distinctive flavor of something
23. Scabbard (N) – case for a sword; sheath; “The drill master told the recruit to wipe the flood from his sword before slipping it back into the scabbard”
24. Scad (N) – plethora; a great quantity; I have a scad of clothes.
25. Scalpel (N) – surgical knife
26. Scanty (A) – meager; insufficient; “Thinking his helping of food was scanty, Oliver Twist asked for more”
27. Scapegoat (N) – someone who bears the blame for others
28. Scepter [N] - a decorated rod carried by a king or queen at ceremonies as a symbol of their power
29. Schematic (A) – relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols
30. Schism (N) – division or split; strong disagreement, especially in religious organization over doctrine, in which one group stops recognizing the authority of others
31. Scintilla (N) – ‘not a scintilla of something’ means not the slightest amount of something; shred; least bit; “You have not produced a scintilla of evidence to support your argument
32. Scintillate (V) – give off sparks; sparkle; diamonds scintillating in the candlelight
33. Scoff (V) – gibe; mock; ridicule; “He scoffed at dentist until he had his first toothache”; speak contemptuously; eat greedily
34. Score (N) - A written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
35. Scotch (V) – stop (especially a rumor etc.) being believed; thwart; stamp out; impede; hinder; “Ganesh tried to scotch the rumor that he had been lecherous towards his girl students”
36. Scourge (N) – lash; whip; severe punishment; whip for flogging people; person or thing that causes suffering; “The new boss was the scourge of the inefficient”
37. Scruple (N) – feeling that prevents one from doing or allowing something that one thinks may be wrong; “Have you no scruples about buying a stolen goods”; hesitation; also V
38. Scuffle (V) – struggle confusedly; scuffle between police and demonstrators
39. Scurrilous – very rude and damaging one’s reputation; offensive; indecent
40. Scurrilous (A) – obscene; indecent; abusive and insulting; “Your scurrilous remarks are especially offensive because they are untrue”
41. Scurry (V) – run with short quick step; move briskly
42. Scurvy (A) – contemptible; worthless; mean; despicable; “That was a scurvy trick to play on an old lady”
43. Scuttle (V) – sink; “The sailor decided to scuttle their vessel rather than surrender it to the enemy”
44. Seamy [A] – unattractive; sordid; unwholesome; the seamy side of life is crime and corruption
45. Sear [V] – char; burn; brand; “Accidentally brushing against the hot grill, she seared her hand badly”
46. Seasoned [V] – experienced
47. Secession [N] – withdrawal from a membership of an organization; “The secession of the southern states provided Lincoln with his first inauguration”
48. Sect [N] – separate religious body
49. Sedate [A] – composed; grave; calm and dignified (behavior of a person); “The parents were worried because they felt their son was too quiet and sedate”
50. Sedentary [A] – done sitting down; typing is a sedentary job
51. Sedulous – carefully organized; diligent; painstaking; laborious
52. Serendipity – the act of making fortunate discovery
53. Sermon (N) – an address of a religious nature usually delivered during a church service
54. Severance – payment that an employee receives upon leaving a job as compensation for the loss of employment
55. Sieve (N) - a tool for separating solids from liquids or larger solids from smaller solids, made of a wire or plastic net attached to a ring. The liquid or small pieces pass through the net but the larger pieces do not.
56. Skimp – to try to spend less time and money on something that is really needed
57. Spangle (N) - a small piece of shiny metal or plastic used to decorate clothes; also V; Laxmi wanted to spangle her sari.
58. Spangle (V) - to cover or to decorate something with small pieces of something shiny; a small piece of shiny metal or plastic used to decorate clothes (N); sequin
59. Specter (N) - something unpleasant that people are afraid might happen in the future; ghost
60. Squad (N) – a small unit of army
61. Steak (N) - A slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish
62. Stentorian – extremely loud and powerful
63. Stultify (adj) – to make you feel very bored and make unable to think new ideas; “His ideas stultified the students’ creativity”
64. Subaltern – inferior in rank or status
65. Sublime (A) – exalted, grand or awesome quality; worthy of adoration or reverence
66. Subprime – collapsing banks and tumbling stock market
67. Succor (V) – to help somebody who is suffering or having problem
68. Sumptuous (A) – costly; lavish; luxurious to food or perhaps a room or the furnishings therein; “The king won the affections of his court by hosting sumptuous feasts (banquets)
69. Supine (adj) – lying on the back or face upward
70. Suppliant – asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseech
71. Surpass (V) – to go beyond in anything good or bad; to excel; to exceed
72. Surreptitious – clandestine
73. Swipe – to strike with swiping blow

Words Starting With "R"

1. Rapporteur – a recorder of meeting
2. Ratcheting – move by degrees in one direction
3. Raucous – wild, crazy and boisterous
4. Ravish – to transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy; to seize or carry away by violence
5. Rebuff – rejection of friendly offer; they rebuffed her request for help
6. Rebuttal – the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
7. Recant (V) – take back; admit an error
8. Rectitude – honesty
9. Reel – walk as if unable to control one’s movement
10. Reel (V) – walk as if unable to control one’s movement
11. Refurbishing – making brighter and prettier
12. Relinquish (V) – give up
13. Reparations (N) - Compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury
14. Reprove (V) – to accuse; reprehend; express disapproval
15. Repugnant – offensive to the mind
16. Repulsion – a feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance; aversion;
17. Requiem – dirge, lament, threnody
18. Rescinded (V) – cancelled officially; annulled; countermanded; revoked
19. Resplendent – decorated elegantly and brightly; shinning with brilliance
20. Restive (A) - unable to stay still, or unwilling to be controlled, especially because you feel bored or not satisfied
21. Reticence (N) - The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary; taciturnity; reserve
22. Revelry (N) – a noisy drinking party; merrymaking
23. Ribald (A) – humorously vulgar; bawdy; base; filthy; obscene; “a ribald person”
24. Rigmarole – a set of confused or meaningless statements; rambling; episodic; disconnected
25. Rigmarole (A) – episodic; rambling; disconnected speech; a long and complicated process, especially speech
26. Ruffian – an uncultured, aggressive, rude, noise, troublemaker
27. Ruminate – to think about something repeatedly

Words Starting With "P"

1. Pallid – deficient in color; pale; become pale because of illness
2. Palpitate – beat rapidly; heart palpitated rapidly
3. Pandemic – affecting a majority of nation or the world
4. Passion – a strong feeling or emotion, cacoethes, mania, rage, warmth
5. Perdition (N) – punishment that lasts forever after death
6. Peregrination – travelling or wandering around; pilgrimage
7. Perfunctory – routinely done; done with disinterest; cursory; for formality only; ceremonial
8. Perjury (N) - Criminal offense of making false statements under oath
9. Pernicious (A) - having a very harmful effect on somebody or something, especially in a way that is gradual and not easily noticed; invidious or harmful
10. Perspicacity (N) – good judgment; acute understanding; able to understand something quickly and accurately; “a perspicacious remark”; discerning; shrewdness; astuteness
11. Pertinacious (A) – determined to achieve a particular aim despite difficulties; stubbornly unyielding
12. Perturbation (N) – an unhappy and worried mental state
13. Philistine (N) – anti-intellectual; a person deficient in liberal cultural refinement; a person indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement
14. Pilfer (A) – steal something with less value; filch
15. Piquant (A) - having a pleasantly strong or spicy taste
16. Pique (V) – hurt the pride or self-respect of somebody; offend; “he was piqued to discover that he hadn’t been invited”
17. Platitude – a thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite or weak; commonplace; banality
18. Pod (N) – outer cover of beans
19. Poignant – deeply and sometimes painfully moving; pungent; arousing effect
20. Ponder [V] – consider; ponder about/on/over something carefully for a period of time; these days I have started to ponder on new words to find whether their meaning can be inferred
21. Pontiff (N) – the head of Roman Catholic Church
22. Potpourri – a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; medley; miscellanea; pastiche; salmagundi
23. Preponderance – a great amount of something
24. Procure – to come into possession; to gain; to get; to acquire
25. Profligate – reckless; extravagant; wasteful; prodigal; dissolute; debauch
26. Promontory (N) – a natural elevation, especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea; foreland; headland
27. Propensity – bias, bent, tendency
28. Propinquity – nearness in location or time, relationship or character
29. Propinquity (N) – nearness in location or time, or relationship or character; proximity
30. Propitiate – to win the favor of; cause to become favorably inclined; appease
31. Propitious – favorable to; advantageous; auspicious
32. Protrude – to thrust forward; shoot forth; bulge outward; pop out; project; jut out
33. Prudent (A) – cautious; Capable of exercising sound judgment in practical matters; conscientious; judicious
34. Puissance [N] – a competition in showjumping to test a horse’s ability to jump high fences; great power of influence
35. Pungent – stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
36. Purdah – a state of social isolation
37. Quisling – someone who collaborates with enemy; a traitor; treasons; “Never trust a quisling”
38. Quotidian (A) – found in ordinary course of events; commonplace

Words Starting With "O"

1. Obdurate (A) – stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; obstinate; contumacious
2. Obstinate [A] – stubborn; refusing to change your opinion
3. Obstreperous – recalcitrant; boisterously aggressive
4. Obtrude (V) – to thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; to impose something unpleasant
5. Obtuse (A) – not having acute sensibility or perception; dull
6. Odious (A) – offensive; ugly; repulsive
7. Ophidian [N] – limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
8. Overhauling – making repair, renovations, adjustments
9. Overwrought – very worried and upset; excited in a nervous way; distraught

Words Starting With "M"

1. Maladroit – not adroit, bungling, awkward, clumsy, loutish, oafish, boorish, gauche, ungainly
2. Maneuver (N) – a plan for attaining a particular goal; a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity; a move to gain a tactical end; gambit – an opening maneuver
3. Matutinal [A] – pertaining to or occurring in the morning
4. Maudlin – overly sentimental and foolishly tearful
5. Maudlin – overly sentimental; foolishly tearful; bathetic; gushing; mawkish
6. Maverick – an unbranched ranch animal, nonconformist; rebel
7. Mealy-mouthed (A) - not willing or honest enough to speak in a direct or open way about what you really think
8. Meddling – unwarranted interference in somebody’s personal life or concerns; president Obama said that he didn’t want to be seen meddling in Iraq’s affairs
9. Mediocre – moderate to inferior in quality
10. Melanoma – the most dangerous type of skin cancer
11. Mendacious (A) – not telling the truth; fabricated; perjured; fraudulent; deceitful; dissembling; disingenuous
12. Minatory (A) – threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; menacing; ominous; sinister
13. Miscreant (N) – a person who has done something wrong or illegal; reprobate
14. Moat (N) - a deep wide channel that was dug around a castle, etc. and filled with water to make it more difficult for enemies to attack
15. Mortified – embarrassed, humiliated, chagrined, crucified
16. Muddled – confused
17. Mulct (N) – money extracted as penalty
18. Mundane – found in the ordinary course

Words Starting With "L"

1. Labile (A) – readily undergoing change or breakdown
2. Lampoon – written work using satire to belittle or attack
3. Languid (A) – moving slowly in an elegant manner’ lacking spirit or liveliness; sluggish; languorous; relaxed; listless; indolent; lackadaisical; energetic (opposite)
4. Largesse (N) – succor; the act or quality of being generous with money; “to dispense largesse to the poor”
5. Launder – money laundering is to hide the origin of money obtained from illegal activities by putting it into legal business.
6. Ligneous (adj) – consisting of or containing lignin or xylem; ligneous (or woody) tissue
7. Litigations (N) – a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights; judicial proceeding
8. Lustrous – shining particularly from reflected light; bright; glittering
9. Luxuriant (A) – marked by complexity and richness of detail; displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; produced or growing in extreme abundance; profuse

Words Starting With "I"

1. Ignominy (N) – infamy; scandal; disgrace
2. Ignominy [N] – shame or humiliation; disgrace; the ignominy of defeat
3. Illation (N) – illation is the act of drawing of drawing conclusion; inference; my habile habit of illation has made me devoid of desultory conclusion
4. Imbecility (N) – weakness of mind; stupidity; imbecile is an adult with abnormally low intelligence; “I am amazed at the imbecility of the readers of these trashy magazine”
5. Imbecility [N] – stupidity; weakness of mind; imbecile means with low intelligence
6. Imbibe – receive into the mind and receive; drink in
7. Imbroglio [N] – complicated situation; entanglement
8. Imminent [N] – approaching; near at hand; impending; looming
9. Immunity (N) - The state of not being susceptible
10. Immure (V) – imprison; shut up in confinement; intern; incarcerate; detain; “He immured himself in a small room to work unperturbed”.
11. Impale (V) – pierce; transfix; stab; “He was impaled by the spear hurled by his adversary”
12. Impeccable (A) – faultless; free from mistakes; lawless; unblemished; indigent; irreproachable; imperfect (opposite)
13. Impecunious [A] – without money; poor; impoverished; indigent; destitute; insolvent
14. Impel [V] – force somebody to do something; impose; insist; compel; coerce; oblige; induce
15. Impenitent (A) – not sorry for or ashamed of one’s misdoing; not penitent or repentant; un-contrite; remorseless; unabashed
16. Imperative (A) – absolutely necessary
17. Imperial (A) – like an emperor; connected with an empire
18. Imperil (V) – jeopardize
19. Imperious (A) – domineering; haughty; proud and arrogant; expecting obedience
20. Impervious (A) – incapable of being injured, influenced or affected – pervious means permeable, receptive; impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
21. Impinge (V) – have an effect on something; influence; infringe; touch; collide with; “How could they be married without impinging on one another’s freedom?”
22. Impolitic (A) – not politic; unwise; imprudent; injudicious; reckless; foolhardy; “I think it is impolitic to raise this issue now because the public is too angry”
23. Imponderable (A) – weightless; of which the effect or importance can’t be measured or estimated; “I can’t evaluate the data in this study, the imponderable items are not so easily analyzed”
24. Import (N) – important goods, services; significance
25. Importunate (A) - asking for things many times in a way that is annoying; troublesome; allow me to be importunate but I must get raise; urging; demanding; ask persistently in annoying manner; “He tried to hide from his importunate creditors until his allowance arrived”
26. Importune [V] – pester; to ask for things many times in a way that is annoying; beleaguer; badger
27. Imprecation (N) – baleful; curse; malediction; anathema; an offensive word that is used to express extreme anger
28. Improvise [V] – to make or do something using whatever is available, usually because you do not have what you really need; a vocalist improvises songs when involved in idyllic reciprocation and a leader deliver improvised claptrap to jostle with his rivals
29. Imprudent [A] – not wise or sensible
30. Impudent – bold and sassy, marked by disregard for others; rude; impertinent; brazen; insolent; presumptuous; cheeky
31. Impugn [V] – to express doubt about whether something is right, honest, etc.; challenge
32. Impuissance [N] – powerlessness; feebleness
33. Impute – to attribute something bad to someone
34. Inadvertently [Adverb] – unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly
35. Inane [A] – silly; senseless; with no meaning; an inane remark; absurd; frivolous; crass; idiotic; stupid
36. Incandescent [A] – strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; giving on light when heated; glowing; radiant; luminous; luminescent; florescent; beaming; flaring; full of strong emotion
37. Incantation [N] – singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula; invocation; spell; summons
38. Incarcerate [V] – imprison; intern; detain
39. Incendiary [A] – inflammatory; designed to cause fire; causing strong feeling or violence; combustible; flammable; arsonist (N); provocative; rabble-rousing
40. Incense [N] – a substance that produces pleasant smell when you burn it, used in religious ceremonies; V – to make somebody very angry; the decision incensed the work force; incensed (A)
41. Incessant [A] – not stopping; constant
42. Incipient [A] – beginning; in an early stage; “I will go to sleep early for I want to break an incipient cold”; embryonic; budding; inchoate
43. Incisive [A] – showing clear thought and good understanding of what is important and the ability to express this; “an incisive comments; and incisive performance; keen; perceptive; dull (opposite)
44. Inclement [A] – not pleasant weather; cold and wet weather; clement (opposite); intemperate; squally
45. Incognito – without being known; in disguise; without cognition; with your identity concealed
46. Incontinent [A] – not showing control over urination; the control of feelings, especially desires to have sex; celibate; the noun form is incontinence that means involuntary urination or defecation; our little daughters are still incontinent so my consort has no time to rest
47. Incontrovertible [A] – indisputable; that is true and cannot be disagreed with or denied; indubitable; unassailable
48. Incriminate [V] – suggest that someone is criminal; implicate; impeach; convict; exonerate (opposite); criminate; reprimand; censure
49. Incubus [N] – a male demon having belied intercourse with sleeping woman; nightmare – a situation resembling a terrifying dream; someone who depresses or worries others; succubus is the female spirit having intercourse with sleeping male
50. Incur [V] -
51. Indictment (N) – a formal document written for the prosecuting attorney charging a person with offense; an accusation of wrong doing
52. Indignant (A) - feeling or showing anger and surprise because you think that you have been treated unfairly; umbrageous
53. Ineffable (A) - too great or beautiful to describe in words
54. Ineluctable (A) – unable to avoid or evade
55. Inerrancy (N) – exemption from error; infallibility
56. Inert – very slow to act, sluggish, dull, inactive
57. Infidels (N) – persons who do not acknowledge your god; gentiles; heathens; pagans
58. Inflammatory (A) – intended to cause very strong feeling or anger; inflammatory remarks; incendiary; instigative; rabble-rousing; seditious; provocative; passion
59. Ingratiation (N) – bootlicking; truckling; cringing; fawning; toadyism
60. Inimical (A) – unfriendly; hostile; not chummy; inimical countries; inimical actions; hostile; opposed; adverse; acting against
61. Innocuous (A) – not intended to harm; harmless
62. Insinuate – imply in a subtle way
63. Insolent (A) – extremely rude and showing a lack of respect; an insolent child
64. Insouciance (N) – nonchalance; the state of not being worried about something
65. Intrepid – fearless, courageous, audacious, dauntless,
66. Inveigle – to persuade by flattery, entice, cajole, wheedle
67. Inveterate (A) – deeply seated; firmly established; inveterate liar; obsessive; ineradicable; entrenched; incorrigible