a. traceable; possible to identify
E.g. It includes discrete identifiable trace fossils.
n. act of designating or identifying something; condition of having your identity established
E.g. The thief's identification was followed quickly by his arrest.
n. study of origin and nature of ideas
E.g. For people who had grown up believing in the communist ideology, it was hard to adjust to capitalism.
a. lacking education or knowledge; unaware
E.g. And what an ignorant little girl she'll think me for asking!
a. incapable of being read; unclear; not legible
E.g. No one likes his illegible handwriting.
a. uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write
E.g. The children are musically illiterate in that village.
v. represent; demonstrate; depict; clarify, as by use of examples or comparisons
E.g. The editor will illustrate the definition with an example sentence.
n. visual representation; representation of a person
E.g. The emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone.
a. having existence only in the imagination; fanciful; visionary
E.g. I write fantasy in imaginary worlds, but my settings are historically based.
a. stationary; incapable of moving or of being moved
E.g. It's either be immobile for the rest of her life or go for an operation and see if it'll work.
v. stabilize; fix; cause to be unable to move
E.g. The sudden storm will immobilize the traffic.
a. resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
E.g. Still, the company doesn't expect to remain immune from the effects of the downturn.
v. reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow
E.g. Well, I think one of the things I'd like this book to impart is a sense of how complex people's lives are.
n. tool or instrument used in doing work; put into practical effect
E.g. The problem devising a suitable implement is given to the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tennessee.
n. something hinted at or suggested; act of implying; condition of being implied
E.g. They might be important, they innovate, they're flexible, but the implication is they don't need to be regulated to the extent of the banking system.
a. unwise to implement or maintain in practice; theoretical
E.g. Refloating the sunken ship proved impractical because of the great expense.
a. unlikely; impossible; not likely to be true
E.g. No one wants to talk about this improbable event.
a. unreachable; not available; unattainable
E.g. There's a similar picture in Victoria, where dozens of fire-fronts continued to advance through inaccessible mountain regions.
v. release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
E.g. The cost to inactivate and dispose of a nuclear carrier is estimated at 887 million.
a. unsuitable; improper; not suitable for a particular occasion
E.g. Noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness.
v. start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony
E.g. The airline decided to inaugurate its new route to the Far East with a special reduced fare offer.
a. strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
E.g. If you leave on an incandescent light bulb, it quickly grows too hot to touch.
n. smoke or odor produced by the burning of such a substance; pleasant smell
E.g. Religiously significant Tibetan incense is believed to be capable of driving away evil.
n. something, such as the fear of punishment or the expectation of reward
E.g. Another incentive is the tax and duty-free importation of raw materials to be used for book publishing.
a. uninterrupted; unceasing; continuing without interruption
E.g. I read, discuss in incessant phone conferences and attempt to bring to the world media some of the world' s biggest humanitarian crises.
a. tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency
E.g. In the next news cycle or during the next big story, will mainstream media remain inclined to wait for confirmation from the AP or The New York Times?
a. tending to include all; taking a great deal or everything within its scope
E.g. The comedian turned down the invitation to join the Players' Club, saying any club that would let him in was too inclusive for him.
a. unintelligible; difficult to understand
E.g. The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.
a. without any clear results or proof
E.g. This is in contrast to its rival, Exxon Mobil, which maintains that scientific evidence on climate change remains inconclusive, and which continues to concentrate on oil production.
a. unbelievable; beyond belief or understanding
E.g. It was an amazing year for female performances and to be nominated amongst them was really incredible.
a. unclear; vague; lacking precise limits
E.g. The indefinite, which is born from the human and divine combination of the infinite and the finite, escapes them.
a. suggestive; implying; serving to indicate
E.g. There are numerous examples, but the most indicative is probably in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
n. unconcern; disinterest; lack of enthusiasm
E.g. The court did issue a stinging rebuke for what it calls their indifference to their constitutional duties.
n. unfair treatment; lack of discrimination or judgment
E.g. I'll nail them for indiscrimination against my religion.
a. unsuitable; disqualified by law, rule, or provision; unworthy of being chosen
E.g. Some farmers have said the system is unfair because many families are ineligible for help if a wife or son has taken up work in a nearby town.
ad. unavoidably; in a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent
E.g. He trusted that these book sales will ensure that Palin inevitably becomes America's next President.
n. state of being lower than or not as good as
E.g. The cause of this estimate of her inferiority was her lack of education.
a. unable to have children
E.g. It started a year ago, when Islamic clerics in Kano state condemned immunization campaigns as an American plot to make Muslim women infertile.
a. rigid; stiff; incapable of being changed
E.g. This brings me to the issue of organized labor in South Africa, which has been described as inflexible and a barrier to investment in some quarters.
n. resident; someone or thing who lives in a place
E.g. The local animal welfare department has been called in to care for the inhabitant of the zoo.