| Term | Definition |
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| interloper | (n.) one who moves in where he or she in not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
| internecine | Very destructive to both sides in a conflict; involving slaughter and carnage |
| internecine 2 | pertaining to struggle or conflict within a group, organization or nation |
| interpolate | (v.) to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction |
| interpolate | to introduce materials that severly alters a text or falsifies it |
| interregnum | 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 OR an interval between controlling elements |
| interpose | to insert between parts of something; to interject in a conversation |
| interpose 2 | to apply pressure or influence to meddle to interfere |
| juxtapose | to place side by side |
| propinquity | nearness, proximity or kinship |
| rapproachement | reconciliation; restoration of cordial relations, especially between two countries |
| 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 for the dead |
| unrequited | adj. not reciprocal; not given in payment or returned in kind |
| abstruse | difficult to understand, obscure |
| extrude | to push or thrust out a liquid or malleable substance that retains or solidifies into a predetermined shape |
| obtrude | (v.) to force oneself or one's ideas upon another; to thrust forward; to eject |
| obtrude 2 | to thrust or push out, to protrude noticeable often in an undesirable way |
| altercation | n. noisy quarrel; heated dispute |
| altruism | concern for the welfare of others |
| ephemeral | lasting only a brief time; short-lived |
| epitaph | an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there |
| epitome | a typical representation of something a person who embodies a quality |
| eponymous | referring to the name of a person, a mythical being, or a literary figure associated with something, or to a word incorporating the name of such a person |
| paradigm | an example serving to illustrate a process, pattern, or concept |
| paradox | a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| parameter | in mathematics, a constant that has variable values and is used to determine other variables |
| parameter 2 | a factor that determines a range of variations a boundry |
| peripatetic | Walking about. |
| peripheral | pertaining to the boundary of an area |
| peripheral 2 | of minimal importance |
| anathema | a person or thing detested and shunned |
| anathema 2 | a curse especially a formal church ban or excommunication |
| antithesis | an exact opposite, a complete contrast |
| antithesis 2 | a rhetorical form juxtaposing contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure |
| epithet | a word or phrase used postively or negatively that characterizes or describes a person or thing, added to or replacing a name |
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