Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book E Lesson 1

INTER

between

Interloper

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

Internecine

1. very destructive to both sides in a conflict; involving slaughter and carnage

2. pertaining to struggle or conflict within groups, organizations, or nations

Interpolate

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

Interregnum

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

PONO, PONERE, POSUI, POSITUM

to put; to place

Interpose

1. to insert between parts of something; to interject in a conversation

2. to apply pressureor influence; to meddle; to interfere

Juxtapose

to place side by side

PROPE, PROPINQUUS

near

Propinquity

1. nearness; proximity

2. kinship

Rapprochement

reconciliation; restoration of cordial relations, especially between two countries

QUIES, QUIETIS

quiet; rest

QUIESCO, QUIESCERE, QUIEVI, QUIETUM

to rest

Quiescent

at rest; dormant; motionless

Acquiesce

to agree or consent without any objection

Requiem

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

Unrequited

not reciprocated; not given in payment or returned in kind

TRUDO, TRUDERE, TRUSI, TRUSUM

to push

Abstruse

difficult to understand; complex

Extrude

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

Obtrude

1. to force one's ideas or oneself insistently upon others

2. to thrust out; to protrude noticeably, often in an undesirable way

Disquietude

A state of unease or anxiety; a feeling of unrest or discomfort

Detrude

To thrust or force down, out, or away

Intercede

To intervene between parties with the intention to reconcile differences

Interlocutor

1. One who takes part in dialogue or conversation

2. A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who question the end men and acts as a leader

Internuncio

1. A messenger between two parties

2. A papal legate of lower rank than a nuncio

Poseur

A person who pretends to be what they are not : an affected or insincere person

Posit

To suggest (something, such as an idea or theory) especially in order to start a discussion