English 3 Chapter 1 terms and definitions

Question 1

Interloper

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Internecine

Answer 2

adj. Very destructive to both sides in a conflict

Question 3

Interpolate

Answer 3

(v) To insert or add something between other parts, especially in a text or written work

Question 4

Interregnum

Answer 4

(n) 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

Question 5

Interpose

Answer 5

(v) To insert between parts of something

Question 6

Juxtapose

Answer 6

(v) To place side by side

Question 7

propinquity

Answer 7

(n) nearness

Question 8

rapprochement

Answer 8

(n) Reconciliation

Question 9

quiescent

Answer 9

(adj) Dormant

Question 10

acquiesce

Answer 10

(v) To agree or consent without any objection

Question 11

requiem

Answer 11

(n) Music, poetry, or other composition for the dead.

Question 12

unrequited

Answer 12

(adj) Not reciprocal

Question 13

Abstruse

Answer 13

(adj) complex

Question 14

extrude

Answer 14

(v) To push or thrust out a liquid or malleable substance that retains or solidifies into a predetermined shape.

Question 15

Obtrude

Answer 15

(v) To force one’s ideas or oneself insistently upon others.