Enders Game Vocab 1-4

Question 0

Symbolism

Answer 0

The practice of representing by symbols or of investigating things with a symbolic meaning or character

Question 1

Irony

Answer 1

The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

Question 2

Juxtaposition

Answer 2

An act of instance of placing close together or side by side especially for comparison or contrast

Question 3

Persona

Answer 3

A person in a play or a character

Question 4

Theme

Answer 4

A subject of discourse discussion meditation for comparison or contrast

Question 5

Malleable

Answer 5

Capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure from rollers

Question 6

Glint

Answer 6

A tiny quick flash of light

Question 7

Rescind

Answer 7

To abrogate annul revoke repeal

Question 8

Forestall

Answer 8

To prevent hinder or thwart by action in advance

Question 9

Vengeance

Answer 9

Infliction by injury harm humiliation or the like on a person by another who has been harmed by that person

Question 10

Supine

Answer 10

Lying on the back face or front upward

Question 11

Peripheral

Answer 11

Pertaining to situated in or constituting the periphery

Question 12

Vivisection

Answer 12

To dissect the living body of an animal

Question 13

Commiserated

Answer 13

To feel,or express sorrow or sympathy for