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1. [**ice**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ice.md) noun (ice); verb (ice, ices, iced, icing) Ice is water that has frozen hard because it is very cold.
2. [**id**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/id.md) noun (ID — identification, ids or IDs); noun (the id — psychology term) ID (usually written in capitals) is short for identification: a card or document that shows who you are, like a passport or student card.
3. [**idea**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/idea.md) noun (an idea, ideas) A thought or plan that comes into your mind, especially a new one: a good idea.
4. [**ideal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ideal.md) adjective; noun (an ideal, ideals) Perfect, or the best possible for something: an ideal day for a picnic.
5. [**idealism**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/idealism.md) noun The belief that ideas or spiritual things are more real or important than physical things.
6. [**idealized**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/idealized.md) adjective Made to seem perfect or better than it really is.
7. [**identical**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/identical.md) adjective (identical) 1) Identical means exactly the same in every way. 2) Identical twins are two babies born together who look almost exactly alike.
8. [**identification**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/identification.md) noun (identification, uncountable; an identification); short form ID Something that proves who you are, such as a card or passport; short form ID.
9. [**identified**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/identified.md) verb form (identify, identifies, identified, identifying); adjective (identified) Recognised or found out who or what someone or something is: «We identified the bird from its song».
10. [**identify**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/identify.md) verb (identify, identifies, identified, identifying) To recognise and say who or what someone or something is.
11. [**ideographic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ideographic.md) adjective Describing writing in which a picture or sign stands for a whole idea rather than a sound.
12. [**idiom**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/idiom.md) noun (an idiom, idioms) 1) An idiom is a group of words with a meaning you cannot guess from the separate words, like «it's raining cats and dogs» (it is raining…
13. [**idle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/idle.md) adjective (idle, idler, idlest); verb (idle, idles, idled, idling) Not working or not being used, as in «the machines stood idle».
14. [**idleness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/idleness.md) noun (idleness; uncountable) Idleness is being lazy and not working or doing anything useful.
15. [**idly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/idly.md) adverb (from idle) 1) In a lazy way, doing nothing useful. 2) In a dreamy, careless way, without real purpose, as when thoughts drift.
16. [**idol**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/idol.md) noun (an idol, idols) An idol is a person who is greatly admired and loved by many people, such as a pop star or sports star.
17. [**idolatrous**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/idolatrous.md) adjective Having to do with idols, or with worshipping idols as gods.
18. [**idolatry**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/idolatry.md) noun (idolatry; uncountable) Worshipping idols, meaning statues or objects treated as gods, which the Bible forbids.
19. [**if**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/if.md) conjunction; noun (ifs and buts) If says what would happen when something else happens: If it rains, we stay in.
20. [**ig**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ig.md) abbreviation (IG); fragment (ig) IG is short for Instagram, a social media app for photos and videos.
21. [**ignoble**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ignoble.md) adjective Not noble; low, shameful, or of no honour.
22. [**ignominy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ignominy.md) noun Public shame and disgrace.
23. [**ignorance**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ignorance.md) noun (ignorance — uncountable) Not knowing about something; lack of knowledge or information.
24. [**ignorant**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ignorant.md) adjective (ignorant, more ignorant, most ignorant) Not knowing about something; without information: «ignorant of the rules».
25. [**ii**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ii.md) Roman numeral (ii, II); abbreviation 1) The Roman numeral for 2, written ii or II. 2) Used in lists and in names to show «the second»: «Elizabeth II», «part ii», «World War II».
26. [**iii**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/iii.md) numeral (III — Roman numeral); fragment III is the Roman numeral for 3, written with three I's.
27. [**il**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/il.md) pronoun (French «il»; Italian «il» is an article) — not an English word «Il» means «he» or «it» in French: «il mange» is «he eats».
28. [**ill**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ill.md) adjective (ill, worse, worst); adverb (ill — badly); noun (ills — problems) 1) Sick, not well: "He is ill in bed." 2) Bad or harmful: "ill effects". 3) As an adverb, badly: "ill-treated". 4) As a noun (plural…
29. [**illness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/illness.md) noun (an illness, illnesses; illness — uncountable) 1) An illness is a disease or a time of being ill (sick). 2) Illness (uncountable) is the state of being unwell.
30. [**illuminate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/illuminate.md) verb (illuminate, illuminates, illuminated, illuminating) 1) To light something up; to shine light on it. 2) (formal) To make something clearer and easier to understand. 3) To decorate old books…
31. [**illumination**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/illumination.md) noun (illumination — uncountable; an illumination, illuminations) Light, or lighting up a place: The room needs better illumination.
32. [**illustrate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/illustrate.md) verb (illustrate, illustrates, illustrated, illustrating) To draw or add pictures to a book, article or story.
33. [**illustration**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/illustration.md) noun (an illustration, illustrations) An illustration is a picture or drawing in a book, magazine or poster that helps explain the text or makes it more interesting.
34. [**image**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/image.md) noun (an image, images) A picture, photo or drawing of something, on paper or a screen.
35. [**imagery**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/imagery.md) noun (imagery — uncountable) 1) Imagery is the use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind, using descriptions of sights, sounds, smells, tastes and feelings…
36. [**imagination**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/imagination.md) noun (imagination, imaginations) The ability to make pictures, ideas and stories in your mind about things that are not real or not present.
37. [**imaginative**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/imaginative.md) adjective (imaginative, more imaginative, most imaginative) 1) Good at thinking of new, clever or creative ideas. 2) Showing creativity and new ideas: «an imaginative story».
38. [**imagine**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/imagine.md) verb (imagine, imagines, imagined, imagining) To imagine is to picture something in your mind: imagine a purple cow.
39. [**imbue**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/imbue.md) verb To fill something with a quality or feeling.
40. [**imbued**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/imbued.md) verb (past form of imbue: imbue, imbues, imbued, imbuing); also an adjective To soak or fill something with a liquid, colour or quality, such as poison or magic.
41. [**immaterial**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/immaterial.md) adjective (immaterial) Immaterial means not important or not relevant to what is being talked about.
42. [**immediate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/immediate.md) adjective (immediate); adverb immediately Immediate means happening at once, with no delay.
43. [**immediately**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/immediately.md) adverb (immediately); conjunction (immediately — British, «as soon as») Immediately means at once, right now, without waiting.
44. [**immense**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/immense.md) adjective (immense) 1) Extremely large or great in size, amount or degree.
45. [**imminence**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/imminence.md) noun The state of being about to happen, or of being very near. (The text uses it where "immanence", God's presence within the world, is meant.)
46. [**imminent**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/imminent.md) adjective (imminent) 1) About to happen very soon, often something bad or dangerous.
47. [**immutably**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/immutably.md) adverb In a way that can never change.
48. [**impair**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impair.md) verb (impair, impairs, impaired, impairing) To damage something or make it weaker or worse, as in «Loud noise can impair your hearing».
49. [**impart**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impart.md) verb (impart, imparts, imparted, imparting) — formal To give or pass on information, knowledge or wisdom to someone: impart knowledge.
50. [**impatience**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impatience.md) noun (uncountable) A feeling of being annoyed because you have to wait or because something is slow.
51. [**impatient**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impatient.md) adjective (impatient, more impatient, most impatient) Not able to wait calmly; easily annoyed when things take time.
52. [**imperative**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/imperative.md) adjective (imperative); noun (the imperative, imperatives) The imperative is the form of a verb used to give orders, instructions or advice, like «Sit down!» or «Mix the flour».
53. [**imperceptible**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/imperceptible.md) adjective 1) So small, slight or slow that it cannot be seen, heard or felt.
54. [**imperium**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/imperium.md) noun A Latin word meaning command or rule over others.
55. [**impetuous**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impetuous.md) adjective Impetuous means acting quickly and rashly, without stopping to think.
56. [**impious**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impious.md) adjective Impious means showing no respect for the gods or for holy things.
57. [**implement**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/implement.md) noun (an implement, implements); verb (implement, implements, implemented, implementing) An implement is a tool or instrument for doing a particular job, like a garden implement or a writing implement.
58. [**imply**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/imply.md) verb (imply, implies, implied, implying) To suggest something without saying it directly: Are you implying I'm lazy?
59. [**importance**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/importance.md) noun (importance; no plural) 1) Importance is how much something matters or how valuable it is. 2) How powerful or respected a person is: «a person of importance».
60. [**important**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/important.md) adjective (important, more important, most important) Important means mattering a lot; having a big effect or value.
61. [**importunate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/importunate.md) adjective (more importunate, most importunate) Importunate means asking again and again, pushing for something so hard that other people grow tired of it.
62. [**impose**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impose.md) verb (impose, imposes, imposed, imposing) To make a rule, tax or punishment that people must accept.
63. [**impossible**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impossible.md) adjective (impossible); noun (the impossible) Not able to happen or be done: «It's impossible to be in two places at once».
64. [**impost**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impost.md) noun A tax or duty charged on goods or by a ruler.
65. [**imposter**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/imposter.md) noun A person who pretends to be someone else, or a fraud.
66. [**impoverish**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impoverish.md) noun To make someone poor, or to take away what they own.
67. [**impress**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impress.md) verb (impress, impresses, impressed, impressing); noun (an impress — rare) To impress someone is to make them admire you or feel strongly that something is very good.
68. [**imprint**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/imprint.md) noun (an imprint, imprints); verb (imprint, imprints, imprinted, imprinting) An imprint is a mark or shape pressed into a surface, like a footprint in mud.
69. [**imprisonment**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/imprisonment.md) noun (imprisonment — usually uncountable) 1) (law) Being kept in prison as a punishment. 2) Being shut in or not free to leave a place.
70. [**improbable**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/improbable.md) adjective (improbable, more improbable); adverb «improbably»; noun «improbability» 1) Not likely to happen or to be true. 2) Strange and surprising: an improbable friendship between a cat and a duck.
71. [**improve**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/improve.md) verb (improve, improves, improved, improving); noun: improvement 1) To make something better (improve your handwriting). 2) To get better (her reading improved). 3) Improve on: to do better than before.
72. [**improvement**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/improvement.md) noun (an improvement, improvements) The act of getting better or making something better.
73. [**impudent**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impudent.md) adjective 1) Impudent means rude and cheeky, not showing proper respect.
74. [**impudently**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impudently.md) adverb In a bold, rude, shameless way.
75. [**impure**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impure.md) adjective (impure, more impure); noun «impurity» Mixed with other substances, so not pure or clean: impure water, impure gold.
76. [**impurity**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impurity.md) noun (an impurity, impurities; impurity — uncountable) An impurity is a small amount of an unwanted substance mixed into something that should be pure, like dirt in water.
77. [**impute**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/impute.md) verb (impute, imputes, imputed, imputing; formal) To say that something, usually bad, is caused by or belongs to someone: to impute blame.
78. [**in**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/in.md) preposition; adverb (come in); adjective (in fashion) In shows that something is inside something else: in the box.
79. [**inactivity**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/inactivity.md) noun The state of doing nothing, or of being still.
80. [**incense**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/incense.md) noun (incense; uncountable); verb (incense, incenses, incensed, incensing) A substance, often made from tree gum, that gives off a sweet-smelling smoke when it is burned, used in worship.
81. [**incessant**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/incessant.md) adjective 1) Incessant means never stopping, going on and on without a break.
82. [**incite**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/incite.md) verb (incite, incites, incited, inciting) To stir up or encourage people to do something bad or violent, or to feel angry.
83. [**incline**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/incline.md) verb (incline, inclines, inclined, inclining); noun (an incline, inclines) 1) (noun) A slope: a hill or ramp that goes up or down. 2) (verb) To lean, tilt or bend something, for example to incline your head to…
84. [**inclined**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/inclined.md) adjective; verb, past form of incline (incline, inclines, inclined, inclining) Inclined to do something means likely to do it or wanting to do it: «I'm inclined to agree».
85. [**inclose**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/inclose.md) verb (inclose, inclose, inclosed, inclosing); old spelling of «enclose» To inclose something is to shut it in or put it inside a container, a wall or a wrapping.
86. [**include**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/include.md) verb (include, includes, included, including) To include means to have something as one of the parts of a whole.
87. [**included**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/included.md) verb (include, includes, included, including); adjective (included) Included means put in as part of a whole or a group.
88. [**inclusive**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/inclusive.md) adjective (inclusive, more inclusive) Inclusive means including the first and last item named: "pages 5 to 10 inclusive" means 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
89. [**incomprehensible**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/incomprehensible.md) adjective (incomprehensible) 1) So hard to understand that it does not make sense to you: an incomprehensible language.
90. [**inconceivable**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/inconceivable.md) adjective Impossible to imagine or believe.
91. [**incorporated**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/incorporated.md) verb form (incorporate, incorporates, incorporated, incorporating); adjective (incorporated); abbreviation (Inc.) Incorporated means included as part of something bigger.
92. [**incorrect**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/incorrect.md) adjective (incorrect) 1) Not right or not true; wrong. 2) Not suitable or not polite for the situation, as in «incorrect behaviour».
93. [**increase**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/increase.md) verb (increase, increases, increased, increasing); noun (an increase, increases) 1) To become bigger in number, amount or size; to grow. 2) To make something bigger or more. 3) (noun) A rise in number, amount or size.
94. [**increased**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/increased.md) verb (increase, increases, increased, increasing); adjective (increased) 1) Increased means made bigger or became more. 2) An increased amount is a bigger one than before.
95. [**incredulous**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/incredulous.md) adjective (incredulous, more incredulous, most incredulous) 1) Not able or not willing to believe something; showing that you do not believe it: an incredulous look.
96. [**increment**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/increment.md) noun An increase, or something added.
97. [**incurable**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/incurable.md) adjective (incurable; incurably adv.) An incurable illness cannot be cured: doctors cannot make it go away, though they may help the person feel better.
98. [**indebtedness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/indebtedness.md) noun The state of owing thanks or money to someone.
99. [**indeed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/indeed.md) adverb (indeed) Indeed is used to make something stronger, meaning «really» or «truly», as in «very good indeed».
100. [**indefinable**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/indefinable.md) adjective Not able to be described or explained exactly.

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