English language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; English literature; Readers; Recitations
I'NFANTRTY, _s._ a body of foot soldiers; foot soldiery
INFA'TUATE, _v.a._ to strike with folly; to deprive of understanding
INFE'RIOR, _a._ lower in place, station, or value
I'NFIDEL, _s._ an unbeliever; a Pagan; one who rejects Christianity
I'NFINITE, _a._ unbounded; unlimited; immense
INFINITE'SSIMAL, _a._ infinitely divided
INFI'NITY, _s._ immensity; endless number
INFI'RMITY, _s._ weakness of age or temper; weakness; malady
INFLA'TE, _v.a._ to swell; to make larger
INFLE'XIBLE, _a._ not to be bent; immoveable; not to be changed
INFLI'CT, _v.a._ to impose as a punishment
I'NFLUENCE, _s._ power of directing or modifying
INFLUE'NTIAL, _a._ exerting influence or power
INGE'NIOUS, _a._ witty; inventive
INGENU'ITY, _s._ wit; invention; genius; subtlety
INGLO'RIOUS, _a._ void of honour; mean; without glory
INGRA'TITUDE, _s._ unthankfulness
INHA'BITANT, _s._ dweller; one that lives in a place
INHE'RENT, _a._ existing in something else, so as to be inseparable from
it; innate
INI'MITABLE, _a._ not able to be imitated; that which is incapable of
imitation
INJU'RIOUS, _a._ hurtful; baneful; capable of injuring; that which
injures; destructive
INJU'STICE, _s._ iniquity; wrong
INNU'MEROUS, _a._ innumerable; too many to be counted
INQUI'SITIVE, _a._ curious; busy in search; active to pry into
everything
INSCRI'PTION, _s._ something written or engraved; title
I'NSECT, _s._ a small animal. Insects are so called from a separation in
the middle of their bodies, whereby they are cut into two parts,
which are joined together by a small ligature, as we see in wasps
and common flies
INSE'NSIBLY, _ad._ imperceptibly; in such a manner as is not discovered
by the senses
INSE'RT, _v.a._ place in or among other things
INSI'DIOUS, _a._ sly; diligent to entrap; treacherous
INSI'GNIA, _s._ ensigns; arms
INSIGNI'FICANT, _a._ unimportant
INSI'PID, _a._ tasteless; void of taste
INSIPI'DITY, _s._ want of taste; want of life or spirit
I'NSOLENCE, _s._ petulant contempt
INSPE'CT, _v.a._ to examine; to look over
INSPE'CTION, _s._ prying examination; superintendence
INSPIRA'TION, _s._ infusion of ideas into the mind by divine power; the
act of drawing breath
INSTABI'LITY, _s._ inconstancy; fickleness
I'NSTANT, _a._ _instant_ is such a part of duration wherein we perceive
no succession; present or current month
I'NSTANTLY, _ad._ immediately
I'NSTINCT, _s._ natural desire or aversion; natural tendency
INSTITU'TION, _s._ establishment; settlement; positive law
INSTRU'CT, _v.a._ teach; form by precept; form authoritatively; educate;
model; form
INSTRU'CTION, _s._ the act of teaching; information
INSUFFI'CIENT, _a._ inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; unfit
INTE'GRITY, _s._ honesty; straightforwardness; uprightness
INTELLE'CTUAL, _a._ relating to the understanding; mental; transacted by
the understanding
INTE'LLIGENCE, _s._ commerce of information; spirit; understanding
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