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Usage

• superimpose

  If two things are superimposed, one is stacked over the other so that both become one.

• impute

  If you impute something, such as blame or a crime, to somebody, you say (usually unfairly) that that person is responsible for it.

• imbibe

  If you imbibe ideas, values, or qualities, you absorb them into your mind.

• impinge

  If something impinges on you, it affects you in some negative way.

• imbroglio

  An imbroglio is a very difficult, confusing, and complicated situation.

• impugn

  If you impugn someone's motives or integrity, you say that they do not deserve to be trusted.

• immanent

  An immanent quality is present within something and is so much a part of it that the object cannot be imagined without that quality.

• imprimatur

  If something, such as a product or book, has an official's imprimatur, that authority has given it their official approval.

• imminent

  An imminent event, especially an event that is unpleasant, is almost certain to happen within the very near future.

• impassioned

  When you are impassioned about a cause or idea, you are very passionate or highly emotionally charged about it.

• impediment

  An impediment is something that blocks or obstructs progress; it can also be a weakness or disorder, such as having difficulty with speaking.

• impending

  An impending event is approaching fast or is about to occur; this word usually has a negative force, such as something threatening coming.

• imposition

  An imposition is putting an extra burden or duty on someone that is not welcomed by that person.

• implicit

  When something is implicit, it is understood or implied without having to say it.

• impoverished

  An impoverished person or nation is very poor and stricken by poverty.

• impulsive

  If you act in an impulsive fashion, you tend to do things without thinking about them beforehand in a way that is not predictable.

• reimburse

  When you reimburse someone, you pay back the money that you borrowed from them, or you repay them for damages or losses they have suffered because of you.

• immerse

  When you become immersed in a subject, you are so interested in it that you are completely absorbed or submerged in it.

• impact

  When someone has an impact on something, they influence or affect it in some way.

• implement

  When someone implements something, such as a plan, they carry it out or perform it.

• immolate

  To immolate is to sacrifice a victim, often by burning; this verb can also refer to killing something, again by fire.

• immure

  To immure something is to confine or enclose it within walls; likewise, immuring someone is the incarceration of them.

• impress

  When you impress someone, you do such a great job at something that the other person thinks it's really good and so is filled with praise for it.

• import

  When a country imports goods or items from another country, it brings those products into it to be sold.