Year: 2011

Island = the island/isle of + name: ‘The holiday resort island of Langkawi’, ‘The Isle of Skye’. ‘I was on holiday with my parents on the island of Capri.’ When…

Invent = create a machine, instrument, system or process, which has not existed before: ‘Who invented the telephone?’ ‘The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793.’ Discover =…

Intend = plan to do something: ‘I intend to arrive early and make sure that I get a seat.’ Tend = (i) be likely or true in most causes: ‘At…

Inhabit = (usually passive) lives in a place or area, especially for a long time or permanently: ‘The island is mainly inhabited by sheep.’ ‘The mountainous regions are still inhabited…

Inferior= of or characteristic of low rank or importance; poor in quality: ‘An inferior product’ Inferior/superior to (NOT than): ‘To suggest that women doctors are in some way inferior to…

Independent= (1) independent (not subject to control by others) of somebody/something (NOT from): ‘Now-a-days young people want to be independent of their parents.’ (2) free from external control and constraint:…

Impulse = a sudden desire to do something: ‘I walked out of the classroom on an impulse.’ ‘It’s unwise to act on impulse.’ Inspiration = (a source of) creative energy:…

The verb immigrate (= migrate to a foreign country and change residency) is seldom used. Instead people tend to use immigrant and immigration (nouns): ‘When jobs became scarce, the number of…