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1864. initiate : begin; originate; receive into a group

* The college is about to initiate a program for reducing math anxiety among students.

1865. injurious : harmful

* Smoking cigarettes can be injurious to your health.

1867. innate : inborn

* His innate talent for music was soon recognized by his parents.

1868. innocuous : harmless

* Let him drink it; it is innocuous and will have no ill effect.

1871. inopportune : untimely; poorly chosen

* A rock concert is an inopportune setting for a quiet conversation.

1872. inordinate : unrestrained; excessive

* She had an inordinate fondness for candy.

1873. inquisitor : questioner (specially harsh); investigator

* Fearing being grilled ruthlessly by the secret police, Marsha faced her inquisitors with trepidation.

1875. insatiable : not easily satisfied; greedy

* Welty's thirst for knowledge was insatiable; she was in the library day and night.

1877. insensate : without feeling

* She lay there as insensate as a log.

1878. insensible : unconscious; unresponsive

* Sherry and I are very different; at times when I would be covered with embarrassment, she seems insensible to shame.

1879. insidious : treacherous; stealthy; sly

* The fifth column is insidious because it works secretly within our territory for our defeat.

1880. insinuate : hint; imply* What are you trying to insinuate by that remark?