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Ender' s Game Chap 7-10 Flashcards

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grace

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a sense of propriety and consideration for others

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desiccated

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thoroughly dried out

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malicious

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having the nature of threatening evil

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apex

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the highest point of something

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centrifugal

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tending to move away from the middle

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raucous

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unpleasantly loud and harsh

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dispatch

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dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently

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polyglot

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a person who speaks more than one language

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sullen

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showing a brooding ill humor

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contemptuous

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expressing extreme scorn

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initiative

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readiness to embark on bold new ventures

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gall

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irritate or vex

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magnanimous

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noble and generous in spirit

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muster

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gather or bring together

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stolid

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having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

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carnage

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the savage and excessive killing of many people

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hegemony

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the dominance or leadership of one social group over others

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forestall

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keep from happening or arising; make impossible

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vigor

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forceful exertion

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contingent

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a temporary military unit

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insubordination

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defiance of authority

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ostentatious

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intended to attract notice and impress others

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haphazardly

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in a random manner

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wither

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lose freshness, vigor, or vitality

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puerile

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displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

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collation

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assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence

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castrate

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remove the testicles of a male animal

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sift

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distinguish and separate out

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facade

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a showy misrepresentation to conceal something unpleasant

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flux

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a state of uncertainty about what should be done

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nonchalance

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the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care

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pseudonym

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a fictitious name used when performing a particular role

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invective

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abusive language used to express blame or censure

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rhetoric

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high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation

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alliteration

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use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

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interpose

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insert between other elements

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empathy

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understanding and entering into another’s feelings

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inextricable

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incapable of being disentangled or untied

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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

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a courteous expression of esteem or regard

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deference

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the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

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incognito

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with your identity concealed

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discreet

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marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint

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megalomania

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a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur

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sequester

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keep away from others

45
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acquiescence

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acceptance without protest

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pastoral

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idyllically rustic

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archaic

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so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

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arcane

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requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

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