Ender's Game Vocabulary Chapter 6-10

Question 0

Tumult

Answer 0

violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar

Question 1

Diverge

Answer 1

to move, lie, or extend in different directions from a common point; branch off.

Question 2

Asphyxiate

Answer 2

.to cause to die or lose consciousness by impairing normal breathing, as by gas or other noxious agents; choke; suffocate; smother.

Question 3

Clambered

Answer 3

to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty.

Question 4

Perverted

Answer 4

Deviated from what is considered right, good, and true

Question 5

Salaam

Answer 5

a salutation meaning “peace to you,” used especially in Islamic countries.

Question 6

Centrifugal

Answer 6

moving or directed outward from the center (opposed to centripetal ).

Question 7

Polyglot

Answer 7

able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.

Question 8

Obscurity

Answer 8

Not well known or not famous

Question 9

Vertigo

Answer 9

A dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.

Question 10

Nullo

Answer 10

Insignificant, no consequence or value

Question 11

Turret

Answer 11

A tower

Question 12

Ostentatious

Answer 12

To be showy and flamboyous

Question 13

Contingent

Answer 13

Group

Question 14

Gullible

Answer 14

easily deceived or cheated.

Question 15

Flux

Answer 15

Constant or frequent change

Question 16

Cynical

Answer 16

To be negative or pesamistic

Question 17

Incognito

Answer 17

having one’s identity concealed, as under an assumed name, especially to avoid notice or formal attentions.

Question 18

Acquiescence

Answer 18

Passive agreement without protest

Question 19

Elite

Answer 19

The best or more skilled members of a group

Question 20

Lax

Answer 20

Lacking

Question 21

Improvised

Answer 21

to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech

Question 22

Symmetry

Answer 22

the correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane, line, or point; regularity of form or arrangement in terms of like, reciprocal, or corresponding parts.(Balance)

Question 23

IArchaic

Answer 23

marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.

Question 24

Arcane

Answer 24

adjective
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric: She knew a lot about Sanskrit grammar and other arcane matters.