Infer (v) to conclude, to deduce ( figure out what it is without being told directly)
Inference (n): deduction or conclusion
She had not heard the score, but the silence in the locker
room led her to infer that we had lost.
Imply ( v) to hint at it, suggest it, ( indirectly)
Infinitesimal ( adj) very, very very small, infinitely small
Ingenuous (adj) frank. Without deception, simple, artless, charmingly
naïve
Young children are ingenuous. They do not know much about
the ways of the world, and certainly not enough to deceive anyone.
Inherent (adj) part of the essential nature of something,
intrinsic
There is an inherent strength in steel that cardboard lacks.
Injunction (n): command or order, especially a court order
Innate (adj) existing since birth; inborn; inherent
Joseph’s kindness was innate; it was part of his natural
character.
Innocuous (adj) harmless, banal
Innocuous is closely related, in both origin and meaning, to
innocent.
Inordinate (adj) excessive; unreasonable
The math teacher paid an inordinate amount of attention to
the grammar rather than algebra.
Insatiable (adj) hard or impossible to satisfy; greedy
avaricious
Peter had an insatiable appetite for chocolate macadamia ice
cream; he could never get enough. Not even a gallon of chocolate macadamia was
enough to sate or satiate his carving.
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