Vocabulary Lesson 1 Exercises A-D

Classical Roots

-Inter

<Latin between

interloper

n. One who intrudes by meddling or trespassing on the right of others

v. interlope

-looper

<Dutch “runner”

Internecine

(Adj) 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

-necare

<Latin “to slay”

interpolate

(v) 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

n. interpolation, adj. interpolative

-polire

<Latin “to polish”

interregnum

n. 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

-regnum

<Latin “reign”

-Pono, Ponere, Posui, Positum

<Latin “to put,” “to place”

interpose

tr. v. and intr. v. 1) to insert between parts of something; to interject in a conversation

2) to apply pressure or influence; to meddle; to interfere

n. interposition

-inter

<Latin “between”

Juxtapose

tr. v. To place side by side

n. juxtaposition

-juxta

<Latin “close together”

-Prope, Propinquus

<Latin “near”

propinquity

n. 1) Nearness; proximty

2) Kinship - tight relationship with family

-pro

<Latin “forth”

rapprochement

n. Reconciliation; restoration or cordial relations especially between two countries

-ap = ad

<Latin “to” “toward”

-Quies, Quietis

<Latin “quiet” “rest”

Quiesco, Quiescere, Quievi, Quietum

<Latin “to rest” “to remain quiet”

quiescent

adj. At rest; dormant; motionless

n. quiescence

acquiesce

intr. v. To agree or consent without any objection

n. acquiescence, adj. acquiescent

-ac=ad

<Latin. “to” “toward”

requiem

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

-re

<Latin. “back,” “again”

unrequited

adj. Not reciprocal; not given in payment or returned in kind

adj unrequited

un

-un

<Germanic “not”

Trudo, Trudere, Trusi, Trusum

<Latin. “to push”

abstruse

adj. difficult to understand; complex

n. abstruseness

-ab

<Latin. “away from”

extrude

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

n. extrusion

-ex

<Latin. “from” “out of”

obtrude

tr. v. and intr. v. 1) To force one’s idea or oneself insistently upon others

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

n. obtruder, adj. obtrusive, n. obtrusiveness, n. obtrusion