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TermDefinition
interloperone who intrudes by meddling or trespassing on the rights of others
internecinevery destructive to both sides in a conflict; involving slaughter and carnage
internecinepertaining to struggle or conflict within a group, organization, or nation
interpolateto insert or add something between other parts, especially in a text or written work
interpolateto introduce material that severly alters a text or falsifies it
interregnumany 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
interregnuman interval between controlling elements; an interruption in an otherwise continuous function or process
interposeto insert between parts of something; to interject in a conversation
interposeto apply pressure or influence; to meddle; to interfere
juxtaposeto place side by side
propinquitynearness; proximity
propinquitykinship
rapprochementreconciliatio; restoration of cordial relations, especially between two countries
quiescentat rest; dormant; motionless
acquiesceto agree or consent without any objection
requiema mass or service for the repose of departed souls; music, poetry, or other composition for the dead
unrequitednot reciprocal; not given in payment or returned in kind
abstrusedifficult to understand; complex
extrudeto push or thrust out a liquid or malleable substance that retains or soldifies into a predetermined shape
obtrudeto force one's ideas or oneself insistently upon others
obtrudeto thrust or push out; to protrude noticeably, often in an undesirable way
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Created September 27, 2009
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  1. interpolate to introduce material that severly alters a text or falsifies it - 7 misses
  2. obtrude to force one's ideas or oneself insistently upon others - 6 misses
  3. interpose to apply pressure or influence; to meddle; to interfere - 5 misses
  4. interpolate to insert or add something between other parts, especially in a text or written work - 5 misses
  5. obtrude to thrust or push out; to protrude noticeably, often in an undesirable way - 3 misses
  6. interpose to insert between parts of something; to interject in a conversation - 3 misses
  7. abstruse difficult to understand; complex - 2 misses