Chapter 1 definition

Question 1

interloper

Answer 1

One who intrudes by meddling or trespassing on the rights of others

Question 2

internecine

Answer 2

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

Question 3

interpolate

Answer 3

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.

Question 4

interregnum

Answer 4

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

Question 5

interpose

Answer 5

1. To insert between parts of something; to interject in a conversation 2. To apply pressure or influence; to meddle; to interfere

Question 6

juxtapose

Answer 6

to place side by side

Question 7

propinquity

Answer 7

1. nearness; proximity 2. kinship

Question 8

rapprochement

Answer 8

Reconciliation; restoration of cordial relations, especially between two countries

Question 9

quiescent

Answer 9

At rest; dormant; motionless

Question 10

acquiesce

Answer 10

To agree or consent without any objection

Question 11

requiem

Answer 11

A mass or service for the repose of departed souls; music, poetry, or other composition for the dead

Question 12

unrequited

Answer 12

Not reciprocal; not given in payment or returned in kind

Question 13

abstruse

Answer 13

Difficult to understand; complex

Question 14

extrude

Answer 14

To push or thrust out a liquid or malleable substance that retains or solidifies into a predetermined shape

Question 15

obtrude

Answer 15

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