| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| inhabit | to live in or occupy |
| initial | the first letter of a word or name |
| injction | a prick, usually in the arm with a hollow needle. Through the needle a liquid medicine is pushed into your bloodstream to make you better, or to stop you from getting an illness |
| injure | to harm or hurt |
| injury | a hurt or wound |
| ink | a coloured liquid used with a pen for writing |
| inn | a small hotel where travellers can stay, and where they can buy food and drink |
| innocent | without guilt |
| inquire | to ask. The word also spelled enquire |
| inquiry | a question; a seeking of information. This word can also be spelled enquiry |
| inquisitive | eager to find out about something curious; nosey |
| insect | a very small animal with six legs, Ants, bees and beetles are insects |
| inside | within; not outside |
| insist | to demand; to say or ask over and over again |
| inspect | to look carefully at something; to examine |
| inspector | someone who examines things to make sure everything is all right. The word also means a policeman who is in charge of other policemen |
| instalment | one of the parts of a serial story or film: one part of the money owed for something you pay for bit by bit |
| instantly | at once; without delay |
| instead | in place of |
| instinct | an ability to do things without being taught. Baby ducks are able to swim by instinct |
| instruct | to teach or inform someone |
| instrument | a tool. The word also means something which makes music |
| insult | to say something rude or hurtful |
| intelligence | the capacity to know, knowledge imported or acquired |
| intelligent | brainy; clever at learning |
| intend | to mean to do something, as when you intend to pay someone back |
| intense | very great |
| interest | a wish to know more about something |
| interesting | attracting or holding your interest |
| interfere | to meddle; to hinder; to try to stop something from going on |
| interrupt | to break in on something which is happening, like starting to speak when someone is already speaking |
| interval | a period of time between two events, such as a ten-minute in a play |
| interview | a talk with someone, often broadcast or reported in a newspaper |
| introduce | to tell people each other’s names when they meet for the first time. The word also means to bring a new idea into what you are talking about or doing |
| introduction | initiative discourse of understanding |
| invade | to go into a place by force, as when an army invades the enemy’s country in wartime |
| invalid | a person who is ill, illegal, wrong |
| invent | to think up, or make something which is completely new and has never been thought of or made before |
| invisible | not able to be seen |
| invite | to ask someone to come to your home or to go somewhere with you |
| iron | a strong grey metal. The same word also means a tool that takes the wrinkles out of clothes |
| irritate | to annoy or make angry. The same word also means to itch |
| island | a piece of land with water all around it |
| isle | another word for island |
| issue | a result; a problem. The same word also means to send or give something out |
| italics | a kind or lettering that slants to the right, as these words do |
| itch | a tickling felling on your skin which makes you want to scratch |
| ivy | an evergreen climbing plant |
Examples of Clipping
1.Bike (motor-bike)
2.Specs (spectacles)
3.Fax (fascimile)