test your verbal ability

Match each word in the first column with its definition in the second column.

1. incandescent------------a. increase
2. incantation--------------b. make very angry
3. incense-----------------c. beginning
4. incessant---------------d. chant
5. incipient----------------e. not harmonious
6. incisive-----------------f. incapable of being reformed
7. incongruous------------g. not caring; mediocre
8. incorrigible-------------h. cutting right to the heart
9. increment--------------i. unceasing
10. indifferent------------j. brilliant

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  • Tejashree Katdare
    Tejashree Katdare
    incandescent: brilliant; giving off heat or light
    An incandescent person is one who gives off light or energy in a figurative sense.

    incantation: a chant; the repetition of statements or phrases in a way reminiscent of a chant
    The students quickly became deaf to the principal's incantations about the importance of school spirit.

    incense: to make very angry
    My comment about his lovely painting of a tree incensed the artist, who said it was actually a portrait of his mother.
  • Tejashree Katdare
    Tejashree Katdare
    incessant: unceasing
    The noise from the city street was incessant.

    incipient: beginning; emerging
    Support for the plan was incipient, and the planners hoped it would soon grow and spread.

    incisive: cutting right to the heart of the matter
    Lloyd's essays were always incisive; he never wasted any words, and his reasoning was always sharp and persuasive.
  • Tejashree Katdare
    Tejashree Katdare
    incongruous: not harmonious; not consistent; not appropriate; not fitting in
    The ultra-modern kitchen seemed incongruous in the restored eighteenth-century farmhouse. It was an incongruity.

    incorrigible: incapable of being reformed
    Ever-cheerful Annie is an incorrigible optimist.

    increment: an increase;one in a series of increases
    John received a small increment in his salary each year

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