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 |
What are idioms?
Idioms can be defined as a group of words having a meaning different from the individual meanings of each word in the group.