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incessant (in SES int) adj. never ceasing; seemingly never ending
• The blaring of boom boxes at certain beaches is incessant.
• Rebecca’s mom seems to have an incessant need to remind her to watch
what she eats.
[-ly adv.] [Syn. continual, constant]
inchoate (in KOH it) adj. 1. not fully formed; disorganized; 2. in the early
stages; incipient
• Julio’s term paper is still at the inchoate stage, mostly on index cards.
• A six-week-old fetus is inchoate in its development.
[-ly adv.] [Syn. rudimentary]

QUICK REVIEW #107

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

1. iconoclast a. masterful
2. idyll b. revolutionary
3. igneous c. unintentional
4. immaculate d. collapse
5. impede e. unlikely
6. impenetrability f. volcanic
7. imperious g. unflawed

8. imperturbable h. encroach
9. impinge i. impassive
10. implacable j. hinder
11. implausible k. inflexible
12. implosion l. denseness
13. inadvertent m. rudimentary
14. incessant n. poem

15. inchoate o. constant