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Vocab 1
Damon English
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Inter | "between" |
| Interloper (interlope) | (n) Intruder; meddler |
| Internecine | (adj) 1. Mutually destructive (destructive to both sides); involving slaughter and carnage 2. Pertaining to conflict within a group |
| Interpolate (interpolation, interpolative) | (v) 1. To insert/add between 2. To alter/falsify by introducing new material |
| Interregnum | (n) 1. Time without (permanent) ruler/government [usually between reign of a sovereign and a successor] 2. Interval; interruption |
| Pono, Ponere, Posui, Positum | "to put" to place" |
| Interpose (interposition) | (v) 1. Insert between; Interject in a conversation 2. To influence, meddle, or interfere; to apply pressure |
| Juxtapose (juxtaposition) | (v) 1. Place side by side |
| Prope, Propinquus | "near" |
| Propinquity | (n) 1. nearness; proximity 2. kinship |
| Rapprochement | (n) 1. reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations |
| Quiescent (quiescence) | (adj) Dormant; motionless; at rest |
| Quies, Quietis | "quiet"; rest" |
| Quiesco, Quiescere, Quievi, Quietum | "to rest" |
| requiem | (n) Mass/service/music/poetry for dead |
| unrequited | (adj) Not returned/reciprocated Note: "not avenged, without retaliation" Antonym: requited |
| acquiesce (acquiescence, acquiescent) | v To agree/consent |
| abstruse (abstruseness) | adj Difficult to understand; complex |
| extrude (extrusion) | v to push out (squeeze out) |
| Obtrude (obtruder, obtrusive, obtrusiveness, obtrusion) | v 1. Impose upon 2. Push out; protrude |
| Trudo, trudere, trusi, trusum | "to push" |