Webster Essential Vocabulary

invective(in VEK tiv) n. 1. an abusive term; insult; curse; 2. strong criticism;
violent language

• Using invectivewhen speaking of people never won anybody new friends.


• It is not considered appropriate to use invectivewhen traveling in polite
  circles.
  irascible(i RAS i bl) adj. 1. quick tempered; easily angered; 2. showing or result-
  ing from quick temperedness


• Greg is irascibleand flies off the handle quite readily.


• The broken front door is a by-product of Max’s being irascible.
  [irascibly adv.] [Syn. irritable]
  isotope(Y suh tohp) n. any one of two or more elements that share the same
  atomic number, but have different atomic weights


• Carbon, atomic number 6, has two isotopes,C-12 and C-14, with atomic
  weights shown by their numbers.


• U-235, U-238, and U-239 are three isotopesof uranium.
  [isotopic adj.]

Quick Review #109.

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

I: GRE Words 301

1. insufficient


2. insular


3. insure


4. intercede


5. interpolate


6. intractable


7. intransigent


8. intricate


9. introspective


10. invective


11. irascible


12. isotope

a. irritable

b. uncompromising

c. meditative

d. complex

e. estimate

f. elemental form

g. curse

h. inadequate

i. mediate

j. isolated

k. unruly

l. guarantee