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I: GRE Words
invective (in VEK tiv) n. 1. an abusive term; insult; curse; 2. strong criticism; 301
violent language
• Using invective when speaking of people never won anybody new friends.
• It is not considered appropriate to use invective when traveling in polite
circles.
irascible (i RAS i bl) adj. 1. quick tempered; easily angered; 2. showing or result-
ing from quick temperedness
• Greg is irascible and flies off the handle quite readily.
• The broken front door is a by-product of Max’s being irascible.
[irascibly adv.] [Syn. irritable]
isotope (Y suh tohp) n. any one of two or more elements that share the same
atomic number, but have different atomic weights
• Carbon, atomic number 6, has two isotopes, C-12 and C-14, with atomic
weights shown by their numbers.
• U-235, U-238, and U-239 are three isotopes of uranium.
[isotopic adj.]

QUICK REVIEW #109
Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.
1. insufficient a. irritable
2. insular b. uncompromising
3. insure c. meditative

4. intercede d. complex
5. interpolate e. estimate
6. intractable f. elemental form
7. intransigent g. curse
8. intricate h. inadequate
9. introspective i. mediate
10. invective j. isolated
11. irascible k. unruly
12. isotope l. guarantee