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Today's words
1 intellectual
He was an intellectual, scholarly man.
2 instal install
The shower is easy to install.
We have just instal led central heating.
3 intelligence
Of course, literacy isn't the same thing as intelligence.
4 installment
I'll discuss this in my next installment.
5 intelligent
She's formidably intelligent.
6 Installation
Installation of the new system will take several days.
7 intelligible
His lecture was readily intelligible to all the students.
8 instance
Can you quote me an instance of when this happened?
9 intend
I don't intend staying long.
10 instant
For an instant I was infected by her fear.
11 intense
It was a period of intense activity.
12 instantaneous
That is the instantaneous acceleration.
13 intensity
Increase time, distance, and intensity gradually.
14 instead
He put a plus instead of a minus.
15 intensive
Ahead of us lay ten days of intensive training.
16 instinct
He should have let his instinct guide him.
17 intention
The bank announced its intention to bid.
18 Institute
Mr. Lin is associate director of the Institute.
19 interact
You have to understand how cells interact.
20 institution
I believe in the institution of marriage.
21 intercourse
There was a reviving pleasure in this intercourse.
22 instruct
Does it corrupt or instruct our children?
23 instruction
Each candidate is given instruction in safety.
24 instrumental
He was instrumental in bringing about an end to the conflict.
25 interfere
We take the view that it would be wrong to interfere.
26 insulate
People should insulate their homes to conserve energy.
27 insult
Forgive me, I don't mean to insult you.
28 interim
The vice-president took power in the interim period before the election.
29 insurance
He works in insurance.
30 interior
The interior is starkly simple.
31 insure
Make sure you insure your camera against loss or damage.
32 intermediate
Students are categorized as novice, intermediate, or advanced.
33 intact
This vase has been preserved intact.
34 intermittent
Similarly, connectivity may be intermittent.
35 integral
As an integral part of learning, it brings about positive changes, making people develop and grow.
36 internal
The country stepped up internal security.
37 integrate
They have not made any effort to integrate with the local community.
38 inventory
This concept appears in manufacturing where they count both scrap and inventory.
39 interpret
The students were asked to interpret the poem.
40 inverse
Evil is the inverse of good.
41 invert
Please invert the word order in a sentence.
42 intersection
We crossed at a busy intersection.
43 invest
It would be hazardous to invest so much.
44 investigate
He felt impelled to investigate further.
45 intervene
The problem lies in deciding when to intervene.
46 investment
Training is an investment not a cost.
47 intimate
A face-to-face communication is the most intimate.
48 invitation
He declined their invitation.
49 intimidate
Don't you try to intimidate people by pinning labels on them.
50 invoke
You also have to invoke the stored procedure once.
51 intricate
He knows his way around the intricate maze of patent law.
52 involve
There is much uncertainty about what it will involve.
53 intrigue
He found himself snared in a web of intrigue.
54 inward
Her calm expression hid her inward panic.
55 intrinsic
It's got extrinsic and intrinsic value for me
56 irony
His tone was tinged with irony.
57 irrespective
Everyone is treated equally, irrespective of race.
58 intrude
I'm sorry to intrude on you like this.
59 irrigate
He wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
60 intuition
Her tact and intuition never failed.
61 irritate
In fact, this may irritate some people.
62 invade
Whales will invade king penguins' breeding grounds.
63 invaluable
In his job, patience is an invaluable asset.
64 invasion
There was widespread condemnation of the invasion.
65 invent
How did we ever invent "unnatural" numbers in the first place?