Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
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ice | water which has been frozen hard by the cold |
ice cream | a frozen food made with milk and sugar |
icicle | a long thin spike of ice, usually hanging from a roof |
icing | a sugar coating for cakes |
idea | a plan which you think of, or a picture in your mind |
ideal | perfect; exactly right |
idiot | a person whose mind does not work properly; a crazy person |
idle | lazy; not working; doing nothing |
idol | an image or statue of a person or animal that is worshipped as a god |
idyll | a short narrative poem of rustic life |
igloo | a hut made of blocks of hard snow. It has a domed roof |
ignorant | without knowledge; not knowing |
ignore | to take no notice; to pretend someone or something is not there |
ill | not well; not healthy |
illogical | unsound, contrary to logic |
illuminate | to light or throw light, upon |
illusion | deceptive appearance belief or statement |
illustration | a picture, usually in a book. The word also means an example that helps to explain something |
image | an exact likeness or copy of something; a statue |
imaginary | something you think of that is not real |
imagination | fancy, Mental faculty of making images of things not present |
imagine | to picture in your mind what something or someone is like |
imitate | to copy, to do something the same as someone else |
immaterial | unimportant, insignificant, Not consisting of material |
immature | not mature, premature, Not perfect |
immediately | at once |
immense | enormous; very big |
imp | a little devil: a naughty child |
important | of great interest or value. The word also means powerful |
impossible | not able to be done |
impress | to make something stick in someone’s mind |
impression | an idea or thought that is fixed firmly in your mind. The word also means a mark that is made by pressing or printing |
impressive | making a deep impression on the mind |
improve | to make better; to become better |
impudent | cheeky; not respectful |
inch | a measure of length. There are 12 inches in one foot |
incident | something that happens; an event |
include | to count something in: to contain |
increase | to get bigger or more in number |
index | a list in alphabetical order, usually at the end of a book. It shows the numbers of the pages where things are mentioned in the book |
indignant | annoyed or angry about something you think is wrong |
indoors | inside a building; the opposite of outdoors |
industry | hard work, the same word also means making things in factories |
infallible | not fallible, not liable to fall, certain (used only for God) |
infancy | early childhood, first age of anything |
infant | a baby; a young child |
inflammable | easily set on fire |
inform | to tell or give information |
information | facts told to someone or given in a book; knowledge |
infuriate | to make very angry |
Modal auxiliaries Vs Primary auxiliaries
Primary auxiliaries are be, do, have. They are used to form tenses and to frame short answers.
Modal auxiliaries are will, would, may, might, shall, should, can, could, must, dare, need, used, ought. They are used to express moods.