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I Vocabulary Words Quiz #1

Can you guess these vocabulary words that start with the letter I?
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First submittedAugust 11, 2012
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Defintion
Word
What elephant tusks are made of
Ivory
Inuit ice house
Igloo
Colored part of the eye
Iris
Type of rock formed of magma
Igneous
A person confined to their
home or bed
Invalid
To supply farmland with water
Irrigate
To question in an aggressive manner
Interrogate
Wading bird once sacred in Egypt
Ibis
Narrow strip of land connecting
larger landmasses
Isthmus
To violently collapse
Implode
Lightbulb that uses a heated filament
Incandescent
Type of African antelope
Impala
Related to an empire
Imperial
Newcomer to a country
Immigrant
Describes people or things that
are native to an area
Indigenous
A travel schedule
Itinerary
What unreadable handwriting is
Illegible
The polar ice covering of a planet
Icecap
Small hotel
Inn
Male version of a succubus
Incubus
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61 Comments
AUSCUBA
+12
Level 43
Sep 8, 2012
Infirm works as well as invalid
shrekcena
+1
Level 60
Feb 3, 2025
That's what I put after Indolent didn't work haha. Only one I missed
hollygallager
+2
Level 19
Sep 9, 2012
Hahaha apparently I can't spell Isthmus - great quiz!
blinky
+25
Level 57
Nov 13, 2016
Isthmus be your lucky day.
mikeb
+2
Level 65
Apr 23, 2018
I can neither spell spell it nor speak it three times quickly.
idontlikeit2
+3
Level 78
Apr 24, 2018
The th is silent, so it's much easier than sixths.
alk17
+1
Level 14
Sep 14, 2012
Seriously? I guessed "itinerant" instead of "itinerary". *Slaps forehead*
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Dec 17, 2018
I thought itinuary. Only ever have heard the word spoken (and and maybe 4 times at most) and never written.. I tried variations, but didnt get it right
idril
+1
Level 63
Jan 16, 2014
Good words!
DanielleMarie
+1
Level 29
Apr 18, 2014
Easiest of all the vocab quizzes. I only missed 4 (ibis, isthmus, incandescent, and implode). And ibex is a type of goat, i'm pretty sure. Not antelope, and it doesn't live in Africa, I don't think.
musiclistsareus
+2
Level 61
Apr 23, 2018
Some variety of Ibex are found in Africa, but most aren't.
GalileoS
+3
Level 85
Jul 9, 2022
Ibex are members of the goat family & are not antelope.
FractalDoom
+1
Level 43
Feb 26, 2015
I'd edit it to say 'ice covering a pole', since the way it's written implies some sort of iceage/nuclear winter.
payel123
+1
Level 37
Mar 19, 2018
Illegal?
Cooldrive
+1
Level 64
Apr 23, 2018
My first thought also.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Feb 26, 2015
Had to think about the small hotel for 30 seconds but still pretty easy.
amys80424
+5
Level 23
Feb 26, 2015
I couldn't figure out how to spell iridescent...duh, was incandescent. Got at the last second!
cyninoregon
+1
Level 35
Mar 1, 2015
Isn't igloo short for igluvigak....should take the full word, don't you think?
Djilas
+7
Level 86
Jan 6, 2017
In English it's just igloo.
bb11145
+8
Level 46
Apr 21, 2018
Inuit inn
ChipOtley
+2
Level 72
Jul 27, 2015
Spent ages trying to think of the verb pertaining to inquisitor, until...
musiclistsareus
+1
Level 61
Apr 23, 2018
I would say that "The Inquisition" was a form of aggressive questioning, but "inquisite" doesn't carry the same aggresive connotation necessarily.
Cooldrive
+1
Level 64
Apr 23, 2018
How about an "exquisite exquisition?"
PoetsCorner
+3
Level 87
Jan 11, 2022
No one expected that.
Djilas
+2
Level 86
Jan 6, 2017
Infidel could be added
DonTheLamplighter
+4
Level 87
Jun 9, 2017
Couldn't think of "inn". Guess I don't need to bother submitting my Mensa application.
ander217
+3
Level 73
Apr 23, 2018
Don't feel bad, I couldn't figure out why imperical wasn't accepted for the empire clue and finally gave up. (I think my brain sort of combined imperial and empirical and came up with a rotten egg that wouldn't go away.)
Cooldrive
+2
Level 64
Apr 23, 2018
Fine. No room at the inn.
payel123
+1
Level 37
Mar 19, 2018
Inn Is A house
musiclistsareus
+2
Level 61
Apr 23, 2018
"Inn"terestingly, Inn does come through old English for a dwelling place (in which case "house" would fit), but in modern English the closest thing to "house" that could be part of the definition is as an alehouse or public house--in other words a tavern or bar. In American English an Inn is usually a motel or hotel, and only occasionally an eating or drinking establishment.
catperson145
+9
Level 70
Apr 23, 2018
An invalid isn't per se confined to his/her home or bed.. A lot of invalids are mobile, through a wheelchair etc.
ander217
+6
Level 73
Apr 23, 2018
I've always hated that word. Is it the opposite of valid? Most invalids I know are very valid people.
Cooldrive
+3
Level 64
Apr 23, 2018
Is "invalid" still used? We don't say "crippled" anymore either.
dunkinggandalf2
+3
Level 72
Apr 2, 2021
Yes, I'm not sure either that the definition really fits.
seabird
+5
Level 69
Feb 8, 2022
My first thought was immobile.
CartoJuggernaut
+11
Level 73
Apr 23, 2018
Indecipherable should be accepted alongside illegible; they both relate to unreadable handwriting
vitriden
+1
Level 84
Apr 27, 2021
+1
perfectsevens
+1
Level 87
Jul 9, 2022
came here to say this. Indecipherable means not able to be read or understood which seems like a pretty solid word for what bad handwriting is.
Charliezard
+1
Level 67
Oct 18, 2022
incomprehensible?
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Feb 3, 2025
Incomprehensible would pertain more to legible words that don't make sense.
Anzi
+6
Level 68
Apr 23, 2018
My brain jumped to ‘infant’ as a newcomer to a country although I knew perfectly well and it wasn’t what QM was looking for
mikeyp
+2
Level 76
Apr 25, 2018
Would you accept "irritating" for Incubus?
GameKitty
+1
Level 46
Apr 29, 2018
How/why does it say I got 50% on some of my answers, when I got all of them right?
CliffHanger413
+2
Level 33
Mar 27, 2019
Did you get them wrong on your first try? It tells you your cumulative percentage from all your tries.
Archer1212
+6
Level 65
Jul 31, 2018
i don't think "collapse" is the right way to describe an implosion. totally threw me off.
Sifhraven
+4
Level 76
Dec 17, 2018
Same here, it made me think of a person collapsing. Not the opposite of explode. Anyway, collapse is downwards, (or more precise, the result of gravity, after whatever kept it upright, ceases to do so ( sorry for my english, havent slept in days like 2 hours a night and have a fever, cant construct the best sentences atm..) . while implode is an inward force
Geographystar
+2
Level 68
Feb 20, 2020
Do you think that irrigation could count as irrigate?
AussieAngie
+1
Level 64
Jun 27, 2020
Really enjoyed this quiz - had me thinking very hard on some of them.
Relox84
+1
Level 69
Sep 26, 2020
Given what happened this year I think you might want to change the description for 'invalid'
hellodrew
+2
Level 66
Oct 27, 2020
For the Invalid question, wouldn't Infirmed work as well?
Koopa
+1
Level 88
Mar 9, 2022
I think I'll always remember incubus and succubus as a result of watch the 'Burbs--such a great movie.
uranianlightning
+2
Level 71
Mar 28, 2022
Agree with others that definition for “implode” is inadequate. Could be improved by changing “violently collapse” to “violently collapse inward”.
QuizFace
+2
Level 61
Jul 9, 2022
Infirm? Immobile? Inambulatory?
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 74
Jul 10, 2022
adjective, adjective, not a word
DoktorApplejuce
+3
Level 76
Jul 13, 2022
Was wondering why it wasn't accepting Ibex - I thought maybe I was spelling it wrong. But yeah, I guess Impala is significantly more applicable.
UrMumsAGiraffe
+1
Level 32
Jul 22, 2022
Could maybe accept invade for relating to an empire...
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Feb 9, 2023
Hey QM. I realise this is a very old quiz, but I have to question the clue for invalid. An invalid is not necessarily confined to their bed or home. An In-patient might be (is this a UK word, and not a US word?).

A better clue might be 'without foundation' or 'logically inconsequent'.

CatFish
+1
Level 36
Feb 13, 2023
I didn't get 'The polar ice covering of a planet' as I thought it meant the ice was covering the whole planet or at least was beyond the pole regions.
tizzlizz
+2
Level 66
Dec 22, 2023
Ice cap as two words is how the National Snow and Ice Center spell it. I tried ice cap ice sheet...:=(
irishbluejay
+1
Level 51
May 24, 2024
surprised that more people know incubus than know imperial, implode or ice cap
indigograceyy
+1
Level 43
Aug 7, 2025
is invalid not a bad term to describe somone wuth?
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