Ender' s Game Chap 7-10

Question 1

grace

Answer 1

a sense of propriety and consideration for others

Question 2

desiccated

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thoroughly dried out

Question 3

malicious

Answer 3

having the nature of threatening evil

Question 4

apex

Answer 4

the highest point of something

Question 5

centrifugal

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tending to move away from the middle

Question 6

raucous

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unpleasantly loud and harsh

Question 7

dispatch

Answer 7

dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently

Question 8

polyglot

Answer 8

a person who speaks more than one language

Question 9

sullen

Answer 9

showing a brooding ill humor

Question 10

contemptuous

Answer 10

expressing extreme scorn

Question 11

initiative

Answer 11

readiness to embark on bold new ventures

Question 12

gall

Answer 12

irritate or vex

Question 13

magnanimous

Answer 13

noble and generous in spirit

Question 14

muster

Answer 14

gather or bring together

Question 15

stolid

Answer 15

having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

Question 16

carnage

Answer 16

the savage and excessive killing of many people

Question 17

hegemony

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the dominance or leadership of one social group over others

Question 18

forestall

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keep from happening or arising; make impossible

Question 19

vigor

Answer 19

forceful exertion

Question 20

contingent

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a temporary military unit

Question 21

insubordination

Answer 21

defiance of authority

Question 22

ostentatious

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intended to attract notice and impress others

Question 23

haphazardly

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in a random manner

Question 24

wither

Answer 24

lose freshness, vigor, or vitality

Question 25

puerile

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displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

Question 26

collation

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assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence

Question 27

castrate

Answer 27

remove the testicles of a male animal

Question 28

sift

Answer 28

distinguish and separate out

Question 29

facade

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a showy misrepresentation to conceal something unpleasant

Question 30

flux

Answer 30

a state of uncertainty about what should be done

Question 31

nonchalance

Answer 31

the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care

Question 32

pseudonym

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a fictitious name used when performing a particular role

Question 33

invective

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abusive language used to express blame or censure

Question 34

rhetoric

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high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation

Question 35

alliteration

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use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

Question 36

interpose

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insert between other elements

Question 37

empathy

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understanding and entering into another's feelings

Question 38

inextricable

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incapable of being disentangled or untied

Question 39

deference the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability He watched the camaraderie of old friends who had known each other in the Battle School for years, who talked and laughed about old battles and long-graduated soldiers and commanders. incognito with your identity concealed What worried her most was the comment of an Englishman: “Whether he likes it or not, Demosthenes cannot remain incognito forever. discreet marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint The soldiers followed at a discreet distance; they split up and formed a large circle, to guard them from the widest possible perimeter. megalomania a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur But they might well decide he was insane and needed treatment for his megalomania. sequester keep away from others If we can’t solve it this way, then we’ll sequester your family and do as we like from then on. acquiescence acceptance without protest His acquiescence calmed her. epithet a defamatory or abusive word or phrase The spelling of psychoanalyze, the epithet slumbitch for Peter, the joke about pronouncing knew like canoe were all things that no one could know but Val. pastoral idyllically rustic Only when he coasted on the cloud, skimming over the autumnal colors of the pastoral world, only then did he realize what he hated most about Val’s letter. archaic so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period Or are you in an archaic mood?’ arcane requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

Answer 39

a courteous expression of esteem or regard

Question 40

deference

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the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

Question 41

incognito

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with your identity concealed

Question 42

discreet

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marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint

Question 43

megalomania

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a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur

Question 44

sequester

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keep away from others

Question 45

acquiescence

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acceptance without protest

Question 46

pastoral

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idyllically rustic

Question 47

archaic

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so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

Question 48

arcane

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requiring secret or mysterious knowledge