Enders Game All Vocab

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Puerile

(adj) Childish and silly

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Deft

(adj) skillful; quick in one’s movements

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Pseudonym

(n) a fictitious (made up) name

pseudo = false; nym= name

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Invective

(n) insulting, abusive language

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Inextricable

(adj) impossible to disentangle or separate

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Scathing

(adj) Severely critical

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Adroit

(adj) Clever or skillful with one’s hands or mind

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Surly

(adj) bad-tempered; unfriendly

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Autonomy

(n) self -rule; independence

(n) self-government

auto=self

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Subservient

(adj) prepared to obey others without question; compliant; submissive; obedient

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Preemptive

(adj) intended to prevent or delay such as an attack by an enemy

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Disconcert

(v) to unsettle; to disturb one’s composure

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innovation

(n) new changes in something established; a new method, idea, or product

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attrition

(n) a gradual reduction of strength or effectiveness

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Petulant

(adj) childishly sulky or bad-tempered

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exigency

(n) an urgent need or demand; necessity

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Malleable

Able to be hammered or pressed into a different shape without breaking; able to be changed  or altered 

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Commiserate

v) to express or feel sympathy or pity

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Extenuate

(v) make an offense seem less serious and more forgivable; mitigate

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Incredulous

unwilling or unable to believe something

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Sanction

  1. a penalty for disobeying a law or rule

  2. official approval or permission

  3. to give official approval or permission

  4. to impose a penalty

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Circumvent

To find a way around an obstacle

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Subordinate

  1. lower rank or position

  2. a person under the authority or supervision  of another

  3. to treat or regard someone as less important

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Extricate

 To free from constraint or difficulty 

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Contempt

feeling that someone or something is worthless or deserving of scorn or extreme dislike

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Chafe

  1. rubbing against to make some part of the body sore or warm

  2. to become or make annoyed because of imposed restrictions

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Contention

  1. a disagreement or dispute

  2. an assertion of an opinion in an argument

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Raucous

making harsh, loud noise

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Magnanimous

Very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or one less powerful

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Hegemony

Leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over another

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Ostentatious

A pretentious, overly extravagant display