SAT Vocab GHIJK

garrulous

talkative, wordy

genial

friendly, affable

gourmand

someone fond of eating and drinking

grandiloquence

lofty, pompous language

gratuitous

uncalled for

gregarious

drawn to the company of others, sociable

guile

deceitful, cunning behavior

hackneyed

unoriginal, trite

hapless

unlucky

harangue

a ranting speech

hedonist

one who lives for pleasure

hegemony

domination over others

heinous

shockingly wicked, repugnant

iconoclast

one who attacks common beliefs or institutions

idolatrous

excessively worshipping an object or person

ignominious

humiliating, disgracing

illicit

forbidden

impecunious

poor

imperious

commanding, domineering

impertinent

rude, insolent

impetuous

rash, hastily done

impinge

to impact OR to encroach, infringe

impregnable

resistant to capture or penetration

impudent

casually rude, impertinent

impute

to ascribe, blame

inane

silly and meaningless

inchoate

formless in a beginning stage

incisive

clear, sharp, direct

incontrovertible

irrefutable

incorrigible

incapable of correction, delinquent

incumbent

one who holds an office OR obligatory

indefatigable

incapable of defeat, failure

indolent

lazy

ineffable

unspeakable, indescribable

inept

not capable, unqualified

inexorable

incapable of being persuaded or placated

ingenuous

not devious, innocent and candid

inimical

hostile, enemy-like

iniquity

wickedness or sin

injunction

an authoritative warning or order

insidious

appealing but imperceptibly harmful

insipid

dull, boring

insular

isolated, tight knight, closed off

insurgent

rebel

interlocutor

someone who participates in a conversation

intimation

an indirect suggestion

intractable

hard to control or deal with

intransigent

refusing to compromise (extreme)

intrepid

brave, bold

inundate

to flood

inure

to cause someone to become accustomed to a situation

invective

angry verbal attack

inveterate

established by habit

irascible

easily angered

judicious

wise, sensible, showing good judgement

juxtaposition

placing two things side by side for the purpose of comparison

knell

solemn sound of a bell (death bell)