| Sr No. | Word | hindi | Meaning | Example |
| 1683 | ichthyology | इहतीओलोगी | study of fish | Jacques Cousteau's rpograms
about sea life have advanced the cause of ichthyology. |
| 1684 | icon | आइकन | religious image; idol | The icons on the walls of the
church were painted in the 13th century. |
| 1685 | iconoclastic | iconoclastic | attacking cherished traditions | George Bernard Shaw's
iconoclastic plays often startled more conventional people.
|
| 1686 | ideology | विचारधारा | ideas of a group of people | That ideology is dangerous to
this country because it embraces undemocratic philosophies. |
| 1687 | idiom | मुहावरा | spcial usage in language | I could not understand their
idioms because literal translation made no sense. |
| 1688 | idiosyncrasy | लत | peculiarity; eccentricity | One of his personal
idiosyncrasies was his habit of rinsing all cutlery given him in a
restaurant. |
| 1689 | idiosyncratic | विशेष स्वभाव का | private; peculiar to an
individual | Such behavior is idiosyncratic,
it is as easily identifiable as a signature. |
| 1690 | idolatry | मूर्ति पूजा | worship of idols; excessive
admiration | Such idolatry of singers of
country music is typical of the excessive enthusiasm of youth. |
| 1691 | idyllic | सुखद जीवन का | charmingly carefree; simple | Far from the city, she led an
idyllic existence in her rural retreat. |
| 1692 | igneous | आतशी | produced by fire; volcanic | Lava, pumice, and other igneous
rocks are found in great abundance around Mount Vesuvius near Naples. |
| 1693 | ignite | आग लगना | kindle; light | When Desi crooned, "Baby,
light my fire," literal-minded Lucy looked around for some paper to
ignite. |
| 1694 | ignoble | अकुलीन | of lowly origin; unworthy | This plan is inspired by ignoble
motives and I must, therefore, oppose it. |
| 1695 | ignominious | निद्य | disgraceful | The country smarted under the
ignominious defeat and dreamed of the day when it would be victorious. |
| 1696 | illicit | अवैध | illegal | The defense attorney claimed
that the police had entrapped his client; that is, they had elicited the
illicit action of which they now accuse of him. |
| 1697 | illimitable | रोशन | infinite | Human beings, having explored
the far corners of the earth, are now reaching out into illimitable space. |
| 1698 | illuminate | उजागर करना | brighten; clear up or make
understandable; enlighten | Just as a lamp can illuminate a
dark room, a perceptive comment can illuminate a knotty problem. |
| 1699 | illusion | माया | misleading vision | It is easy to create an optical
illusion in which lines of equal length appear different. |
| 1700 | illusive | जादूगर का | deceiving | This is only a mirage; let us
not be fooled by its illusive effect. |
| 1701 | illusory | मोह का | deceptive; not real | Unfortunately, the costs of
running the lemonade stand were so high that Tom's profits proved illusory. |
| 1702 | imbalance | असंतुलन | lack of balance or symmetry;
disproportion | Because of the great imbalance
between the number of men and women invited, the dance was unsuccessful. |
| 1703 | imbecility | मूर्खता | weakness of mind | I am amazed at the imbecility of
the readers of these trashy magazines. |
| 1704 | imbibe | पी लेना | drink in | The dry soil imbibed the rain
quickly. |
| 1705 | imbroglio | उलझन | complicated situation;
perplexity; entanglement | He was called in to settle the
imbroglio but failed to bring harmony into the situation. |
| 1706 | imbue | रंगना | saturate, fill | His visits to the famous Gothic
cathedrals imbued him with feelings of awe and reverence. |
| 1707 | immaculate | शुद्ध | pure; spotless | The West Point cadets were
immaculate as they lined up for inspection. |
| 1708 | imminent | आसन्न | near at hand; impending | Rosa was such a last-minute
worker that she could never start writing a paper till the deadline was
imminent. |
| 1709 | immobility | स्थिरता | state of being immovable | Modern armies cannot afford the
luxury of immobility, as they are vulnerable to attack while standing still. |
| 1710 | immolate | कुरबान का | offer as a sacrifice | The tribal kind offered to
immolate his daughter to quiet the angry gods. |
| 1711 | immure | क़ैद करना | imprison; shut up in confinement | For the two weeks before the
examination, the student immureed himself in his room and concentrated upon
his studies. |
| 1712 | immutable | अडिग | unchangeable | Scientists are constantly
seeking to discover the immutable laws of nature. |
| 1713 | impair | ख़राब करना | worsen; diminish in value | This arrest will impair her
reputation in the community. |
| 1714 | impale | कोंचना | pierce | He was impaled by the spear
hurled by his adversary. |
| 1715 | impalpable | अस्पृश्य | imperceptible; intangible | The ash is so fine that it is
impalpable to the touch but it can be seen as a fine layer covering the
window ledge. |
| 1716 | impasse | गतिरोध | predicament from which there is
no escape | In this impasse, all turned to
prayer as their last hope. |
| 1717 | impassive | आवेगहीन | without feeling; not affected by
pain | The Native American has been
incorrectly depicted as an impassive individual, undemonstrative and stoical. |
| 1718 | impeach | दोषी ठहराना | charge with crime in office;
indict | The angry congressman wanted to
impeach the President for his misdeeds. |
| 1719 | impeccable | त्रुटिहीन | faultless | He was proud of his impeccable
manners. |
| 1720 | impecunious | बेचारा | without money | Now that he was wealthy, he
gladly contributed to funds to assist impecunious and disbled persons. |
| 1721 | impede | बाधा डालना | hinder; block | The special prosecutor
determined that the Attorney General, though inept, had not intentionally set
out to impede the progress of the investigation. |
| 1722 | impediment | बाधा | hindrance; stumbling-block | She had a speech impediment that
prevented her from speaking clearly. |
| 1723 | impending | आसन्न | nearing; approaching | The entire country was saddened
by the news of his impending death. |
| 1724 | impenetrable | अभेद्य | not able to be pierced or
entered | How could the murderer have
gotten into the locked room? To Watson, the mystery, like the room, was
impenetrable. |
| 1725 | impenitent | आनेवाला | not repentant | We could see by his brazen
attitude that he was impenitent. |
| 1726 | imperial | शाही | like an emperor; related to an
empire | When hotel owner Leona Helmsley
appeared in ads as Queen Leona standing guard over the Palace Hotel, her
critics mocked her imperial fancies. |
| 1727 | imperiousness | imperiousness | lordliness; domineering manner;
arrogance | His imperiousness indicated that
he had long been accustomed to assuming command. |
| 1728 | impermeable | अभेद्य | impervious; not permitting
passage through its substance | This new material is impermeable
to liquids. |
| 1729 | impertinent | अभेद्य | insolent | I regard your remarks as
impertinent and I resent them. |
| 1730 | imperturbable | अविचलित | calm; placid | Wellington remained
imperturbable and in full command of the situation in spite of the hyteria
and panic all around him. |
| 1731 | impervious | प्रबल | not penetrable; not permitting
passage through | You cannot change their habits
for their minds are impervious to reasoning. |
| 1732 | impetuous | अविवेकी | violent; hasty; rash | We tried to curb his impetuous
behavior because we felt that in his haste he might offend some people. |
| 1733 | impetus | प्रेरणा | moving force; incentive;
stimulus | A new federal highway program
would create jobs and five added impetus to our economic recovery. |
| 1734 | impiety | अपवित्रता | irreverence; wickedness | We must regard your blasphemy as
an act of impiety. |
| 1735 | impinge | टकराना | infringe; touch; collide with | How could they be married
without impinging on one another's freedom? |
| 1736 | impious | बेईमान | irreverent | The congregation was offended by
her impious remarks. |
| 1737 | implacable | संगदिल | incapable of being pacified | Madame Defarge was the
implacable enemy of the Evremonde family. |
| 1738 | implausible | अकल्पनीय | unlikely; unbelievable | Though her alibi seened
implausible, it in fact turned out to be true. |
| 1739 | implement | लागू | put into effect; supply with
tools | The mayor was unwilling to
implement the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing. |
| 1740 | implication | निहितार्थ | that which is hinted at or
suggested | If I understand the implications
of your remark, you do not trust our captain. |
| 1741 | implicit | अंतर्निहित | understood but not stated | Jack never told Jill he adored
her; he believed his love was implicit in his deeds. |
| 1742 | implore | प्रार्थना करना | beg | He implored her to give him a
second chance. |
| 1743 | imply | मतलब | suggest a meaning not expressed | Even though your statement does
not declare that you are at war with that country, your actions imply that
that is the actual situation. |
| 1744 | impolitic | अभद्र | not wise | I think it is impolitic to raise
this issue at the present time because the public is too angry. |
| 1745 | imponderable | हलका | weightless | I can evaluate the data gathered
in this study; the imponderable items are not so easily analyzed. |
| 1746 | import | आयात | significance | I feel that you have not grasped
the full import of the message sent tous by the enemy. |
| 1747 | importunate | हठी | urging; demanding | He tried to hide from his
importunate creditors until his allowance arrived. |
| 1748 | importune | जिद करना | beg persistently | Democratic and Republican phone
solicitors importuned her for contributions so frequently that she decided to
give nothing to either party. |
| 1749 | imposture | पाखंड | assuming a false identity;
masquerade | She was imprisoned for her
imposture of a doctor. |
| 1750 | impotent | नपुंसक | weak; ineffective | Although he wished to break the
nicotine habit, he found himself impotent in resisisting the craving for a
cigarette. |
| 1751 | imprecation | शाप | curse | Roused from the bed at what he
considered an ungodly hour, Roy muttered imprecations under his breath. |
| 1752 | impregnable | अभेद्य | invulnerable | Until the development of the
airplane as a military weapon, the fort was considered impregnable. |
| 1753 | impromptu | बिना पहले सोचे हुए | without previous preparation | Her listeners were amazed that
such a thorough presentation could be made in an impromptu speech. |
| 1754 | impropriety | अनौचित्य | state of being inappropriate | Because of the impropriety of
his costume, he was denied entrance into the dining room. |
| 1755 | improvident | उड़ाऊ | thriftless | He was constantly being warned
to mend his improvident ways and begin to "save for a rainy day." |
| 1756 | improvise | सुधार | compose on the spur of the
moment | She would sit at the piano and
improvise for hours on themes from Bach and Handel. |
| 1757 | imprudent | ढीठ | lacking caution; injudicious | It is imprudent to exercise
vigorously and become overheated when you are unwell. |
| 1758 | impugn | बहस करना | doubt; challenge; gainsay | I cannot impugn your honesty
without evidence. |
| 1759 | impuissance | impuissance | powerlessness; feebleness | The lame duck President was
frustrated by his shift from enormous power to relative impuissance. |
| 1760 | impunity | दण्ड से मुक्ति | freedom from punishment | The bully mistreated everyone in
the class with impunity for he felt that no one would dare retaliate. |
| 1761 | impute | मढ़ना | attribute; ascribe | If I wished to impute blame to
the officers in charge of this program, I would state my feelings definitely
and immediately. |
| 1762 | inadvertently | अनजाने | carelessly; unintentionally; by
oversight | She inadvertently omitted two
questions on the examination and mismarked her answer sheet. |
| 1763 | inalienable | अविच्छेद्य | not to be taken away;
nontransferable | The Declaration of Independence
mentions the inalienable rights that all of us possess. |
| 1764 | inane | बेहूदा | silly; senseless | Such comments are inane because
they do not help us solve our program. |
| 1765 | inanimate | अचेतन | lifeless | she was asked to identify the
still and inanimate body. |
| 1766 | inarticulate | धीरे से बोलना | speechless; producing indistinct
speech | He became inarticulate with rage
and uttered sounds without meaning. |
| 1767 | inaugurate | का उद्घाटन | begin formally; install in
office | The candidate promised that he
would inaugurate a new nationwide health care plan as soon as he was
inaugurated as president. |
| 1768 | incandescent | गरमागरम | stikingly bright; shining with
intense heat | If you leave on an incandescent
light bulb, it quickly grows too hot to touch. |
| 1769 | incantation | जादू | singing or chanting of magical
formula | Uttering incantations to make
the brew more potent, the witch doctor stirred the liquid in the caldron. |
| 1770 | incapacitate | अशक्त करना | disable | During the winter, many people
were incapacitated by respiratory ailments. |
| 1771 | incarcerate | बांध देना | imprison | The warden will incarcerate the
felon after conviction. |
| 1772 | incarnate | अवतार लेना | endowed with flesh; personified | Your attitude is so fiendish
that you must be a devil incarnate. |
| 1773 | incarnation | अवतार | act of assuming a human body and
human nature | The incarnation of Jesus Christ
is a basic tenet of Christian theology. |
| 1774 | incendiary | आग लगानेवाला | arsonist | The fire spread in such an
unusual manner that the fire department chiefs were certain that it had been
set by an incendiary. |
| 1775 | incense | धूप | enrage; infuriate | Unkindness to children incensed
her. |
| 1776 | incentive | प्रोत्साहन | spur; motive | Students who dislike school must
be given an incentive to learn. |
| 1777 | inception | आरंभ | start; beginning | She was involved with the
project from its inception. |
| 1778 | incessant | निरंतर | uninterrupted | The crickets kept up an
incessant chirping that disturbed our attempts to fall asleep. |
| 1779 | inchoate | इब्तिदाई | recently begun; rudimentary;
elementary | Before the Creation, the world
was an inchoate mass. |
| 1780 | incidence | घटना | rate of occurrence; particular
occurrence | Health professionals expressed
great concern over the high incidence of infant mortality in major urban
areas. |
| 1781 | incidental | आकस्मिक | not essential; minor | The scholarship covered his
major expenses at college and some of his incidental expenses as well. |
