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Vocab 1
Here and There
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Writing
11th Grade
09/17/2010

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Term
INTER
Definition
between
Term
interloper
Definition
One who intrudes by meddling or trespassing on the rights of others.
Term
internecine
Definition

1. Very destructive to both sides in a conflict; involving slaughter and carnage.

2. Pertaining to struggle or conflict within a group, organization, or nation.

Term
interpolate
Definition

1. To insert or add something between other parts, especially in a text or written work.

2. To introduce material that severely alters a text or falsifies it.

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interregnum
Definition

1. Any period of time when a state is without a ruler or has a provisional government, especially between the reign of a sovereign and a successor.

2. An interval between controlling elements; an interruption in an otherwise continuous function or process.

Term
PONO, PONERE, POSUI, POSITUM
Definition
to put, to place
Term
interpose
Definition

1. To insert between parts of something; to interject in a conversation.

2. To apply pressure or influence; to meddle; to interfere.

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juxtapose
Definition
To place side by side.
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PROPE, PROPINQUUS
Definition
near
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propinquity
Definition

1. Nearness; proximity.

2. Kinship. 

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rapprochement
Definition
Reconciliation; restoration of cordial relations, especially between two countries.
Term

QUIES, QUIETIS

QUIESCO, QUIESCERE, QUIEVI, QUIETUM

Definition

quiet, rest

to rest

Term
quiescent
Definition
At rest; dormant; motionless.
Term
acquiesce
Definition
To agree or consent without any objection.
Term
requiem
Definition
A mass or service for the repose of departed souls; music, poetry, or other composition for the dead.
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unrequited
Definition
Not reciprocal; not given in payment or returned in kind. 
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TRUDO, TRUDERE, TRUSI, TRUSUM
Definition
to push
Term
abstruse
Definition
Difficult to understand; complex.
Term
extrude
Definition
To push or thrust out a liquid or malleable substance that retains or solidifies into a predetermined shape.
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obtrude
Definition

1. To force one's ideas or oneself insistently upon others. 

2. To thrust or push out; to protrude noticeably, often in an undesirable way.

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