Chapter 6 and eight enders game vocab Flashcards

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Chasm

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A profound difference between people; a deep fissure in the Earth

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Precise

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Exact, accurate, and careful about details

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3
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Rebound

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To fill a place with sound, or to go back/bounce back

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4
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Idly

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In an inactive or lazy way

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5
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Inaccessible

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Unable to be reached or entered

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6
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Admission

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The process, or fact of entering; a statement of acknowledgment of the truth

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7
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Reorient

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Change focus on; find one’s position again in relation to surroundings

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8
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Tumult

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Confusion or disorder

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9
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Asphyxiate

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To the deprive of air

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10
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Genius

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Exceptionally intelligent or creative

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11
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Vigor

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Effort, energy, and enthusiasm 

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12
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Vertigo

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Sensation of motion or spinning, described as dizziness

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13
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Skirmish

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Episode of irregular unpremeditated fighting

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14
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Insubordinate

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Defiant of authority; disobedient to others

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15
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Stalemate

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Situation where further action/progress by opposing parties seem impossible

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16
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Contingent

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Subject to change, group of soldiers

17
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Friction

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Conflict or animosity caused by clashing wills, opinions, or temperaments

18
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Methodically

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In an orderly or systematic manner

19
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Ostentatiously

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pretentious/Show off, trying to impress 

20
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Trivial

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A little value or importance

21
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Rendezvous

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Meeting at an Agreed time and place

22
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Writhed

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To make twisting, squirming movements/contortions