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Various

"The Illustrated London Reading Book"

_ weakness of age or temper; weakness; malady
INFLA'TE, _v.a._ to swell; to make larger
INFLE'XIBLE, _a._ not to be bent; immoveable; not to be changed
INFLI'CT, _v.a._ to impose as a punishment
I'NFLUENCE, _s._ power of directing or modifying
INFLUE'NTIAL, _a._ exerting influence or power
INGE'NIOUS, _a._ witty; inventive
INGENU'ITY, _s._ wit; invention; genius; subtlety
INGLO'RIOUS, _a._ void of honour; mean; without glory
INGRA'TITUDE, _s._ unthankfulness
INHA'BITANT, _s._ dweller; one that lives in a place
INHE'RENT, _a._ existing in something else, so as to be inseparable from
it; innate
INI'MITABLE, _a._ not able to be imitated; that which is incapable of
imitation
INJU'RIOUS, _a._ hurtful; baneful; capable of injuring; that which
injures; destructive
INJU'STICE, _s._ iniquity; wrong
INNU'MEROUS, _a._ innumerable; too many to be counted
INQUI'SITIVE, _a._ curious; busy in search; active to pry into
everything
INSCRI'PTION, _s._ something written or engraved; title
I'NSECT, _s._ a small animal. Insects are so called from a separation in
the middle of their bodies, whereby they are cut into two parts,
which are joined together by a small ligature, as we see in wasps
and common flies
INSE'NSIBLY, _ad.


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