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Vocab Lesson 1 & 2 > Words > Flashcards

Words Flashcards

1
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Interloper

A

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

Ex is such an interloper in church matters

Verb interloper

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Internecine

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Very destructive to both sides in a conflict involving slaughter and carnage
Adj

Ex the internecine cost of victory

Pertaining to the struggle or conflict within a group organization or nation

Ex the internecine struggle of the civil war

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Interpolate

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Verb
To insert or add something between other parts especially in a text or written work

Ex the composer let the singer interpolate aria of her voice

To introduce material that severely alters a text or falsifies it
Ex freely interpolated new speeches

Interpolation noun interpolative adj

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Interregnum

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Any period of time when a state is without a ruler or has a provisional government especially btw the reign of a sovereign and a successor
Noun
Ex during the interregnum of
An interval between controlling elements
An interruption in an otherwise continuous function or process
Ex the old is dying and the new can not be born- this is an interregnum

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Interpose

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Verb
To insert btw parts of something- intersect in a convo

Ex interposed an extra day

To apply pressure or influence - to meddle
She interposed herself
Interposition noun

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Juxtapose

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Verb to place side by side
Juxtaposes contrasting words
Juxtaposition noun

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Propinquity

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Nearness proximity
Noun
Kinship-children

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Rapprochement

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Reconciliation
Restoration of cordial relations
The rapprochement of ….

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Quiescent

A 
A rest 
Dormant motionless
Adj 
May have appeared quiescent
Noun quiescence
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Acquiesce

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Verb to agree or consent
Without any obligation
Acquiescence noun
Acquiescent- adj

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Requiem

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A mass service for the repose departed souls
Music poetry for dead

To sing a requiem

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Unrequited

A 
Not reciprocated 
Not given in payment or returned in kind 
Adj
Unrequited love
Unrequitable
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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand
Complex
Adj their abstruse lectures
Noun abstruse news

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Extrude

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Verb
To punch or thrust out a liquid or malleable sub that retains or solidifies into predetermined shape
Noun extrusion

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Intrude

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Verb
To force ones ideas or oneself on others
Obstructed business affairs
To thrust or push out like protrude in a way
Often undesirable
Obtrude upon a surface

Obtruder
Obtrusive
Obtrusion
Obtrusiveness

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Altercation

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A noisy quarrel

Nounto alternate verb

17
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Altruism

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Concern for the welfare of others

Altruistic adj

18
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Ephemeral

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Adj lasting for a short time transitory

Ephemera noun

19
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Epitaph

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Inscription on a tomb stone

20
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Epitome

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The embodiment or representation of a quality

To empiricism

21
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Eponymous

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Referring to the name of a person incorporating the name of that person
Noun eponym
Noun eponymy

22
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Paradigm

A

An example serving to illustrate a process pattern or concept

23
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Paradox

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A statement of contradictory but contains valid deduction

Adj paradoxical

24
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Paragon

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A model for excellence of perfection

25
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Parameter

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In math a constant variable that has values and is used to determine others
Factor that determines a range of variations
Boundary
To set parameters for the work place parametric adj

26
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Peripatetic

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Walking or traveling around

Adj

27
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Peripheral

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Pertaining to the boundary of an area whose peripheral walls
Of minor importance
Periphery noun

28
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Anathema

A

A person or thing detested and shunned
A curse especially a formal church ban like exciting toon

Verb anathematize
Adj anathematic

29
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Antithesis

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An exact opposite a complete contrast
Rhetorical juxtaposed often in parallel structure about two contrasting ideas
Adj antithetical

30
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Epithet

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A word or phrase used positively or negatively that characterize a person or thing that replace the name

Vocab Lesson 1 & 2 (1 decks)

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