Enders Game Chs 1 & 4 Vocab

Question 1

Cinched

Answer 1

Grip around the middle of something

Question 2

Lithe

Answer 2

Thin, supple, elegant. Commonly used to describe a persons body

Question 3

Null

Answer 3

A zero of something

Question 4

Contempt

Answer 4

Lacking respect, feeling as if something is beneath or worthledd

Question 5

Magnified

Answer 5

To make bigger

Question 6

Deftly

Answer 6

In a clear way, neatly and skillful

Question 7

Feeble

Answer 7

Lacking physical strength

Question 8

Scrupulously

Answer 8

In a careful and through way

Question 9

Defiant

Answer 9

Showing defiance, opposition

Question 10

Telletale

Answer 10

British word for tattle tale; obvious and clear indication

Question 11

Peripheral

Answer 11

From the side or edge, ususally vision

Question 12

Vivisection

Answer 12

To experiment or operate on living things while awake

Question 13

Suspicious

Answer 13

Showing a cautious distrust of something

Question 14

Pried

Answer 14

To inquire very closely into an affair

Question 15

Mirth 

Answer 15

Amusement, to giggle just a giggle

Question 16

Commesirated

Answer 16

To express or feel sympathy for, to pity

Question 17

Obvious

Answer 17

Easily perceived or understood

Question 18

Silhouetted

Answer 18

The cast or show something as a dark shape and an outline