Skip to content
ARCHIEENGLISH
LearnPlayWordsRanking
  • Learn
  • Play
  • Words
  • Ranking
  • Mine

The library

Vocabulary

19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

Letter
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Level
A1A2A2+B1B1+B2B2+C1C2
Part of speech
nounverbadjectiveadverbprepositionpronounphrase

833 words · showing 721–780

clear filters
  • intriguing/ɪnˈtɹiːɡɪŋ/adjectiveC1So interesting that you want to know more.
  • intrinsic/ɪnˈtɹɪn.zɪk/adjectiveC2Valuable in itself, not for what it leads to.
  • intrinsicallyadverbC2By its own essential nature.
  • intro/ˈɪntɹoʊ/nounB1+The brief opening bit of a song, video or talk.
  • introduce/ˌɪntɹəˈdʒuːs/verbA2+3 meaningsTo tell two people each other's names so that they can meet.
  • introduction/ˌɪntɹəˈdʌkʃn̩/
← Prev
1…121314
Next →
nounB1+3 meanings
The act of presenting one person to another by name.
  • introspect/ˌɪntɹəˈspɛkt/verbC1To examine your own thoughts and feelings.
  • introspection/ɪntɹəˈspɛkʃən/nounC1Looking inward at your own thoughts and feelings.
  • introvert/ˈɪn.tɹə.vɜːt/nounB2+Someone who needs time alone to recharge.
  • introverted/ˈɪn.tɹəˌvɜːɹ.təd/adjectiveB2+Recharging alone and drained by crowds.
  • intrude/ɪnˈtɹuːd/verbB2To come in where you are not wanted.
  • intruder/ənˈtɹudɚ/nounB2Somebody who enters where they have no right to be.
  • intrusion/ɪnˈtɹuːʒən/nounB2An unwelcome entry into a place or a private matter.
  • intrusive/ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/adjectiveB2+Pushing in where you are not welcome.
  • intrusive thoughtnounC1An unwanted idea that arrives and will not leave.
  • intuition/ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/nounC12 meaningsKnowing something immediately, without reasoning it out.
  • intuitive/ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/adjectiveC1Known without reasoning, or easy to use without instruction.
  • intuitivelyadverbC1By instinct rather than by working it out.
  • inundate/ˈɪn.ənˌdeɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo overwhelm somebody with a very large quantity of something.
  • invade/ɪnˈveɪd/verbB22 meaningsTo enter a country by force with an army.
  • invalid/ɪnˈvæl.ɪd/adjectiveB24 meaningsNot acceptable, because it breaks a rule or fails a legal requirement.
  • invaluable/ɪnˈvælju(ə)bl̩/adjectiveB2+So useful that its worth cannot be priced.
  • invariably/ɪnˈvɛɹ.i.ə.bli/adverbB2+Every single time, without exception.
  • invasion/ɪnˈveɪʒən/nounB2The entering of a country by an armed force.
  • invasive/ɪnˈveɪsɪv/adjectiveB2+Spreading harmfully into places it should not be.
  • invasive speciesnounC1A living thing that spreads where it does not belong.
  • invective/ɪnˈvɛktɪv/nounC2Abusive and violently critical language.
  • invent/ɪnˈvɛnt/verbB12 meaningsTo think up and build something that never existed.
  • invention/ɪnˈvɛnʃən/nounB12 meaningsA new thing nobody had ever made before.
  • inventive/ɪnˈvɛntɪv/adjectiveB2Good at thinking up new things.
  • inventivenessnounC1Skill at thinking up new things.
  • inventor/ɪnˈvɛntɚ/nounB2Somebody who thinks up something new.
  • inventory/ˈɪn.vən.tɹi/nounB23 meaningsA complete written list of everything held in a place, and the counting that produces it.
  • invertebrate/ɪnˈvəːtɪbrət/nounB2+An animal with no backbone.
  • invest/ɪnˈvɛst/verbB1+2 meaningsTo put money into something hoping it grows.
  • investigate/ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/verbB1To look carefully into a matter to find the truth.
  • investigation/ɪnˌvɛs.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/nounB1An official effort to find out the facts.
  • investigative/ɪnˈvɛstɪɡətɪv/adjectiveB2+Devoted to finding out the facts.
  • investigator/ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ̯.təː/nounB2Somebody whose job is finding out what happened.
  • investiture/ɪnˈvɛstɪt͡ʃə/nounC2The ceremony of granting somebody an office or honour.
  • investment/ɪnˈvɛstmənt/nounB24 meaningsMoney put into something in the hope of making more.
  • investor/ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/nounB2+A person who puts money in expecting a return.
  • inveterate/ɪnˈvɛtəɹɪt/adjectiveC2Having a habit so long fixed it will never change.
  • invidious/ɪnˈvɪdi.əs/adjectiveC2Likely to cause resentment however you handle it.
  • invigilator/ɪnˈvɪd͡ʒɪleɪtəɹ/nounC1The person who watches over an examination room.
  • invisible/ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/adjectiveB12 meaningsImpossible to see.
  • invitation/ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/nounA2+3 meaningsA written or spoken request asking somebody to come to an event.
  • invite/ɪnˈvaɪt/verbA23 meaningsTo ask somebody to come to an event or a place.
  • invocation/ˌɪn.voʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/nounC1A calling upon a higher power or an authority.
  • invoice/ˈɪnˌvɔɪs/nounC12 meaningsA document listing goods or services supplied and the money owed for them.
  • invoke/ɪnˈvoʊk/verbC12 meaningsTo call formally upon a law or a right.
  • involuntary/ɪnˈvɒl.ən.tɹi/adjectiveB2+Done without conscious choice or control.
  • involve/ɪnˈvɒlv/verbB23 meaningsTo have something as a necessary part or result.
  • involvement/ɪnˈvɑlv.mənt/nounC12 meaningsTaking part in something.
  • invulnerable/ɪnˈvʌl.nə.ɹə.bəl/adjectiveB2+Unable to be hurt.
  • inward/ˈɪnwəd/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsTowards the inside.
  • ion/ˈaɪən/nounB2+An atom that has gained or lost an electron.
  • ionic/aɪˈɒnɪk/adjectiveC1Bonded by the attraction of opposite charges.
  • iota/aɪˈəʊtə/nounC1The smallest possible amount.
  • irannounB1+The Middle Eastern country once called Persia, famous for carpets and poetry.