independent
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| not controlled by anyone or anything.
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index
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| an alphabetical list of subjects and page numbers, usually found at the back of a book.
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indignant
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| upset and annoyed because something is unfair.
| They were indignant about the way they were treated.
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individual
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| separate or for just one person.
| Individual teaching.
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indoors
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| inside a building.
| Let’s go indoors now.
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industry
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| a trade or business, and all the people and processes involved in it.
| The food industry. industrial adjective
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infant
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| a very young child.
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infection
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| a disease caused by germs, which can be passed from one person to another.
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infinite
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| with no end.
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inflate
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| to make something bigger by filling it with air or gas.
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influence
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| to have an effect on someone so that they change their ideas or behavior.
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information
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| useful facts about something.
| The board gave information about the birds in the area.
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infuriate
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| to make someone very angry.
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ingredient
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| one of the parts of a mixture.
| Ingredients for a salad.
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inhabitant
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| a person who lives in a place.
| The desert has very few inhabitants.
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initial
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| the first letter of a word or name.
| Robert Anderson’s initials.
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inject
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| to put a substance into your body using a hollow needle and a syringe.
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injure
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| to hurt yourself or someone else.
| He injured his leg when he fell down the stairs.
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ink
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| a black or colored liquid used for writing or drawing.
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inland
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| away from the sea, toward the middle of the country.
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inlet
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| a small opening or bay along the coast.
| An inlet.
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innocent
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| not guilty.
| He was arrested for stealing, but was found to be innocent.
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inquire
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| to ask for information.
| He inquired at the stand about the way to the museum.
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insect
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| a small animal with six legs and a body divided into three parts. Insects usually have two pairs of wings and do not have a backbone.
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insert
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| to put one thing inside another.
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inside
| preposition
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| in the interior of.
| Inside the box.
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inside
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| in or into something.
| Come inside!
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insist
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| to say something very firmly.
| She insisted that she had seen a ghost.
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inspect
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| to check something carefully.
| Cars are inspected for faults before leaving the factory
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instant
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| immediate.
| She was an instant success.
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