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plex, complicated, perplexed, Inf. tricky; intricate, involved, labyrinthine, Byzantine, tangled, knotty, crabbed.
5. mysterious, arcane, cryptic, perdu; oracular, sphingine, sphinxian, sphinxlike; mystic, mystical, cabalistic, transcendental, supernatural, preternatural,

insolvency, n. bankruptcy, inability to pay, indebtedness, liquidation, failure, default, nonpayment; pauperism, pauperage, beggary, pennilessness, mendicancy, mendicity; destitution, impecuniousness, poverty, impoverishment, penury, indigence, straits,

insolvent, adj. bankrupt, indebted, defaulting; beggared, ruined, wiped out, pauperized, broken, wrecked, on the shoals of despair; in arrears, in debt, behindhand, Inf. in the hole, Inf. in the red, Inf. on the rocks; straitened, pinched, Inf. strapped, stripped, reduced; destitute, impoverished, impecunious, penurious, poverty-stricken, Inf. hard up, Inf. uptight; penniless, moneyless, out of cash, Inf. short, Brit. Sl. skint, Inf. broke, Inf. flat broke, Inf. flat,

insomnia, n. sleeplessness, insomnolence, wakefulness, restlessness, Latin, pervigilium.

insouciance, n. carefreeness, nonchalance, indifference, unconcern; heedlessness, laxity, laxness, pococu-rantism, lackadaisicalness, casualness; happy-go-luckiness, easiness, easygoingness; light-mindedness, flightiness, airiness, volatility; frivolousness, flippancy, capriciousness, whimsicality; jauntiness, sunniness, breeziness, buoyancy, carelessness,

insouciant, adj. carefree, untroubled, unworried, unconcerned, heedless; happy-go-lucky, free and easy, easy, easygoing, devil-may-care, Fr. sans souci; indifferent, nonchalant, casual, lackadaisical, pococurante; light-minded, airy, volatile, flighty, bird-witted; frivolous, flippant, mercurial, capricious, whimsical; sunny, jaunty, buoyant, smiling, breezy,

inspect, v. examine, scrutinize, audit, scan; study, peruse, pore over; check out, go over, give the eye; view, survey, reconnoiter, observe, notice, Sl. eyeball, watch; assess, criticize, appraise, evaluate, Inf. give [s.o.] the once-over; look [s.o.] up and down, Sl. glom.

inspection, n. examination, scrutiny, audit, perusal, Inf. once-over; observation, survey, overview, reconnaissance, surveillance; investigation, inquiry, probe, research.

inspector, n. 1. examiner, investigator, auditor, checker; appraiser, evaluator, assessor; viewer, observer, watchman, night watchman; efficiency engineer, efficiency expert; ticket taker, Fr. contrdleur, Sl. bluecoat.
2. detective, Sl. dick, Sl. gumshoe, Maigret, Gideon, Dick Tracy, Sl. bloodhound, Inf. sherlock; policeman, police officer, Sl. flatfoot, Sl. the man, Sl. bull, Sl. fuzz, Sl. cop, Sl. copper; private investigator, Sl. private eye, shadow, tail, Inf. bird dog, Inf. sleuth; FBI agent, G-man.

inspiration, n. 1. stimulus, fillip, stimulation, arousal, incentive, provocation; revelation. Muse, afflatus; influence, encouragement, exhortation, prompting, goad, spur; whet, kindling, inflaming, igniting, Inf. sparking; incitement, instigation, rousing, stirring; awakening, rejuvenation, revitalization, revitalizing, revival, rally.
2. energy, spirit, dlan, dash, ardor; passion, zeal, gusto, vigor; eagerness, animation, Inf ginger, invig-oration, exhilaration; enthusiasm, sparkle, ebullience, excitement; ecstasy, thrill, Inf. rush, tingling, quickening.
3. brightness, warmth, encouragement, shot in the arm, perking up; assurance, reassurance, confirmation; comfort, comforting, solace, quieting, calming; unburdening, relief, alleviation, assuagement; salve, soothing, palliation, mitigation; aid, assistance, support, sustenance, nourishment; strength, strengthening, buttressing, bracing, reinforcement; fortification, building up, restoration.