Webster Essential Vocabulary

indicate(IN di KAYT) vt.1. to point to or point out; direct attention to; 2. to be
or to give a sign or token of; signify

• The dashboard light indicatesthat a door is open.


• Uncle Sam’s pointing finger in the old recruitment signs served to indicate
  that the one he wanted was you.


• An engagement ring is usually a good way to indicatethat one is serious
  about another.
  [-d, indicating]
  indifference*(in DIFF oer ens) n.a lack of concern, interest, or feeling; apathy;
  the condition of being indifferent


• The parking valet’s indifferencetoward the wishes of his clients was reflect-
  ed in the paucity of his tips.


• Tania’s concerns about her sister’s well-being were met with indifferenceby
  the part-time night nurse.


• Indifferenceis the last reaction that a concerned person wishes to
  encounter.
  indignation(IN dig NAY shin) n.righteous anger; anger at injustice, unfair-
  ness, or ingratitude


• Rhonda expressed her indignationat the shabby way her father was treated
  by the car dealer.


• The attentive waiter expressed his indignationto his boss at the paltry size
  of the gratuity the last diner had left.
  [Syn. anger]

Quick Review #46.

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

134 Essential Vocabulary

1. impute


2. incinerator


3. incompatible


4. incompetent


5. incomprehensible


6. inconsequential


7. inconsistent


8. incorporate


9. indecorous


10. indicate


11. indifference


12. indignation

a. unseemly

b. unreliable

c. anger

d. include

e. apathy

f. signify

g. inharmonious

h. unintelligible

i. burner

j. unfit

k. ascribe

l. trivial