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VCR: E Lesson 1
Vocabulary From Classical Roots: E Lesson 1
| Word | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Interloper | One who intrudes by meddling or trespassing on the rights of others | Paparazzi, Robbers |
| Internecine | Very destructive to both sides in a conflict; involving slaughter and carnage | Civil War |
| Interpolate | To insert or add something between other parts, especially in a text or written work. | The Crucible |
| Interregnum | Any period of time when a state is without a ruler or has a provisional government, especially between the reign of a soveriegn and a successor | When the Pope Died |
| Interpose | To insert between parts of something; to interject in a conversation | Wild Children |
| Juxtapose | To place side by side | Classroom Seating |
| Propinquity | Nearness; proximity. | Pets and Owners |
| Rapprochement | Reconciliation; restoration of cordial relations, especially between two countries | China and US |
| Quiescent | At rest; dormant; motionless | Bear in Hibernation |
| Acquiesce | To agree or consent without any objection | Pushover Women |
| Requiem | A mass or service for the repose of departed souls; music, poetry, or other composition for the dead. | Mozart wrote his own. |
| Unrequited | Non reciprocal; not given in payment or returned in kind. | Unrequited love, generosity, money |
| Abstruse | Difficult to understand; complex. | Rocket Science |
| Extrude | Tu push or thrust out a liquid or malleable substance that retains or solidifies into a predetermined shape. | Pasta Maker |
| Obtrude | To thurst or push out; to protrude noticeably, often in an undesirable way | Pimple |