| Term | Definition |
|---|
| interloper | one who intrudes by meddling or trespassing on the rights of others |
| internecine | very destructive to both sides in a confict; involving slaughter and carnage 2. pertaining to struggle or ocnflict within a group, organization, or nation |
| interpolate | to insert or add something between other parts, especially in a written |
| interregnum | any period ot 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 |
| interpose | to insert between parts of something; to interject in a conversation 2. to apply pressure or influence; to meedle; to interfere |
| juxtapose | to place side by side |
| propinquity | nearness; proximity 2. kinship |
| rapprochement | reconciliation; restoration of cordialrelations, 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 | not reciprocal; not given in payment or returned in kind |
| abstruse | difficult to understand; complex |
| extrude | to push or thrust out a liquid or malleable substance that retains or solidiefies into a predetermined shape |
| obtrude | to force one's ideas or oneself insistently upon others |
| altercation | a noisy quarrel |
| altruism | concern for the welfare of others; unselfishness |
| ephemeral | lasting for a very short time (literally, for one day) ; transitory; not everlasting |
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