I words

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impunity
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exemption from punishment; immunity
indemnity
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insurance, security or protection against a loss or other financial burden
no indemnity will be given for loss of cash
ingenuity
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the quality of being clever, original, and inventive
indolent
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lazy
indefatigable
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persisting tirelessly
intransigent
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unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something; uncompromising
inundate
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overwhelm; flood
the islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise
itinerant
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travelling from place to place; peripatetic
itinerant traders
imperturbable
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calm; unable to be upset or excited
an imperturbable tranquility
intimate
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imply or hint
he had already intimated that he might not be able to continue
insular
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narrow-minded, limited, blinkered
a stubbornly insular farming people
inopportune
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occuring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time
impudent
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impertinent, insolent, not showing due respect for another person
incipient
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beginning to happen or develop
incandescent
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full of strong emotion; passionate; also furious
she felt at incandescent love for life
inquisition
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a period of prolonged and intensive questioning; interrogation
inquisitive—-> inquisition
indigent
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poor; needy
indignation
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resentment, anger or annoyance provoked by what is perveived as unfair treatment
indelible
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ineradicable, ineffaceable
unheralded
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not previously announced, expected or acclaimed
he was unwilling to make an unheralded entrance
vagaries
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quirk, idiosyncrasy, peculiarity
expediency
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convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral
either side could break the agreement if it was expedient to do so

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