Enders game vocab

Question 1

supine

Answer 1

a position of lying face up on one’s back; willing to be controlled by others; weak or passive

Question 2

mirth

Answer 2

gladness or happiness as shown by accompanied by laughter

Question 3

silhoutte

Answer 3

a dark shape in front of a light background; the shape or outline of something

Question 4

extenuating

Answer 4

serving to make a fault, offense, etc. appear less serious

Question 5

requisition

Answer 5

a demand for something that is required/// to require and obtain the services of somebody to do something

Question 6

renounce

Answer 6

to give up or put aside voluntarily; to give up by formal declaration; to repudate

Question 7

assimilation

Answer 7

the state of bringing into conformity with customs, attitudes, etc. of a group, nation, or the like; act of adapting; the absorption of an individual into a group

Question 8

lithe

Answer 8

thin suple graceful

Question 9

extricate

Answer 9

to release or disentangle sombody or something with difficulty from physical constraint or an unpleasant or complicated situation

Question 10

martyr

Answer 10

a person who endures great suffering or death on behalfd of any belief principle or cause

Question 11

tumult

Answer 11

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

Question 12

raucous

Answer 12

harsh; grating; rowdy; disorderly

Question 13

gall

Answer 13

impudence; something bitter or severe; audacity

Question 14

contingent

Answer 14

group of people; group of military personnel

Question 15

insubordination

Answer 15

disobedience tpward authority; defiance

Question 16

pseudonym

Answer 16

false name, especially one used by an author in publications

Question 17

invective

Answer 17

abusive or violent language used to attack, blame, or denounce somebody

Question 18

rhetoric

Answer 18

the art of speaking or writing effectively, especially to persuade people

Question 19

empathy

Answer 19

the feeling that you understand and share another person’s experiences and emotions; the ability to share someone else’s feelings

Question 20

deference

Answer 20

a way of behaving that shows respect for someone or something

Question 21

sequester

Answer 21

to set apart or to place in custody; to keep(a person or group) apart from other people

Question 22

acquiescence

Answer 22

the act of accept, agreeing, or allowing something to happen by staying silent or by not arguing

Question 23

archaic

Answer 23

old and no longer used; old and no longer useful; of or relating to ancient times