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Question 1

Interact with

Answer 1

to have a reciprocal action with something; to react with something. (Often refers to the negative consequences of interaction.)

Will this drug interact with coffee? This drug will not interact with your current medication.

Question 2

Intercede (for) : (with)

Answer 2

to intervene on behalf of someone with someone or a group; to plead someone’s case with someone or a group.

I will intercede for Charlotte with the council. Tom interceded with Fred for Sharon, who was too shy to speak for herself.

Question 3

Interchange with

Answer 3

to exchange one person for another.

I interchanged Sally with Roger for the honor of being first speaker. Roger has been interchanged with Sally.

Question 4

Interchange with

Answer 4

to exchange one thing for another.

Please interchange the orange one with the purple one. The orange one has been interchanged with the red one.

Question 5

Interest in

Answer 5

to arouse the interest of someone in someone or something.

Yes, I can recommend someone for you to hire. Could I interest you in Tom? He’s one of our best workers. Can I interest you in checking out a book from the library?

Question 6

Interest in

Answer 6

to cause someone to wish to purchase something.

Could I interest you in something with a little more style to it? Can I interest you in some additional insurance on your life?

Question 7

Interface with

Answer 7

to bring about a complex connection of people and things, in any combination. (Originally having to do with computers.)

Let’s interface Walter with the staff from the main office. I want to interface my data with Sam, who has some relevant statistics from prior years.

Question 8

Interface with

Answer 8

to develop a connection or interaction with someone or something.

Call Walter and set up a meeting so we can interface with him. This computer is meant to interface with as many as five others just like it.

Question 9

Interfere in

Answer 9

to meddle in something; to become involved in someone else’s business.

Don’t interfere in my business! Are you interfering in this matter again?

Question 10

Interfere with

Answer 10

to meddle with something or someone’s affairs.

Please do not interfere with us. Are you interfering with my project?

Question 11

Interject into

Answer 11

to force someone into something, usually into someone else’s business.

I am going to have to interject Fred into this matter before it gets out of hand. I hate to interject myself into your affairs, but I have something to say.

Question 12

Interject into

Answer 12

to volunteer information or a comment into a conversation.

We can always count on Liz to interject something sensible into our discussions. At last, something sensible has been interjected into our discussions.

Question 13

Interlace with

Answer 13

to weave something into something else.

I will interlace some silver thread with the white yarn. The manufacturer had interlaced a silver thread into the yarn.

Question 14

Intermarry with

Answer 14

[for members of a group] to marry into another group, race, or clan.

Our people don’t intermarry with people of that clan. They do not intermarry with other groups on purpose.

Question 15

Intermingle with

Answer 15

to mingle or merge things with things.

Don’t intermingle the U.S. mail with the interoffice mail. The office mail had been intermingled with the regular mail!

Question 16

Intermingle with

Answer 16

to mingle or merge with people.

The mugger intermingled with the people on the street and could not be recognized. Let’s intermingle with the guests.

Question 17

Intern in

Answer 17

to detain or imprison a person in something.

The government interned the enemy prisoners in the camps for a few months. He was interned in a prison camp during the war.

Question 18

Interpose between

Answer 18

people or things to put someone or something between people or things, in any combination.

I do not wish to interpose Randy between the twins. We will not interpose our own standards between these two warring factions.

Question 19

Interpose in(to)

Answer 19

to introduce something into something; to put a question into a conversation.

The chairman interposed a question into the discussion. May I interpose an observation in the proceedings?

Question 20

Interpret for

Answer 20

to translate speech in a foreign language for someone. (Interpreting is done in real time.)

Nina interpreted for Michael, since he understood very little Russian. Is there someone who can interpret for me?

Question 21

Interpret as

Answer 21

to assume that something means something.

Don’t interpret what I just said as criticism. It will be interpreted as criticism no matter what you say.

Question 22

Interpret for (0)

Answer 22

to translate a foreign language for someone. (Interpreting is done in real time.)

Could you interpret the ambassador’s address for me? Nina interpreted the director’s greetings for the visitors.

Question 23

Interpret for (1)

Answer 23

to explain something unclear to someone.

Let me interpret the instructions for you. The instructions have been interpreted for me by the manager.

Question 24

Interspersed among

Answer 24

to place something among things at random.

We interspersed a few chocolate doughnuts among all the plain ones. Some chocolate ones had been interspersed among the plain ones.

Question 25

Intersperse between

Answer 25

to place things between other things, perhaps regularly or in a pattern.

We interspersed an onion plant between each pair of plants. • Onions had been interspersed between every two marigold plants.

Question 26

Intersperse throughout

Answer 26

to put things throughout something.

He interspersed recommendations for a better life throughout the book. Good advice had been interspersed throughout the book.

Question 27

Intersperse with

Answer 27

to provide or bestow something with something.

You should intersperse some red flowers with the orange ones. The book was interspersed with good advice.

Question 28

Intertwined with

Answer 28

to mingle or twist something together with something else.

She intertwined the flowers with the sprigs of greenery, making a lovely wreath. The flowers were intertwined with sprigs of greenery.