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| ILLUSTRIOUS | | adj. Distinguished, renowned. [latin illustris: related to *illustrate] | |
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| IMAGINATION | | n. - mental faculty of forming images or concepts of objects or situations not existent or not directly experienced.
- mental creativity or resourcefulness. | |
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| IMAGINATIVE | | adj. Having or showing imagination. imaginatively adv. Imaginativeness n. | |
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| IMMEDIATELY | | —adv. - without pause or delay.
- without intermediary. —conj. As soon as. | |
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| IMPASSIONED | | adj. Filled with passion; ardent. [italian impassionato: related to *passion] | |
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| IMPECUNIOUS | | adj. Having little or no money. impecuniosity n. Impecuniousness n. [related to *pecuniary] | |
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| IMPEDIMENTA | | n.pl. - encumbrances.
- baggage, esp. Of an army. | |
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| IMPERIALISM | | n. - imperial rule or system.
- usu. Derog. Policy of dominating other nations by acquiring dependencies etc. imperialist n. & adj. Imperialistic adj. | |
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| IMPERMANENT | | adj. Not permanent. impermanence n. Impermanency n. | |
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| IMPERMEABLE | | adj. Not permeable, not allowing fluids to pass through. impermeability n. | |
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