English 1 (JAV)
Ender’s Game
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Vocab List 2
word
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definition
assimilation .............................. n... 23 ... blending
charade .................................... n... 20 ... a word game; any silly game
circumvent ............................... v... 23 ... to go around (or surround); to outwit
commiserate/commiserated....... v... 14 ... to feel or show sorrow or pity for
commodore/commodores ......... n... 20 ... a navy officer ranking just above a captain
conception ............................... n... 20 ... the beginning of some process (like the joining of egg
and sperm in the womb)
conscript/conscripts.................. n... 20 ... a person required to do service; a draftee
disorientation ........................... n... 28 ... losing one’s sense of direction; confusion
domestic.................................. adj.. 21 ... of the home or family; can refer by extension to one’s
home country or (in this case) home world
extenuate/extenuating............... v... 19 ... to diminish, weaken; to lessen or seem to lessen the
seriousness of something by giving excuses or serving as
an excuse
flotilla/flotillas .......................... n... 20 ... a small fleet or a fleet of small ships
forestall.................................... v..... 7 ... to prevent by doing something beforehand
glint ......................................... n..... 2 ... a gleam
glower/glowered ...................... v... 18 ... to stare with a sullen anger; to scowl
groin ........................................ n..... 3 ... crotch; the fold where the abdomen joins the thigh
inexhaustible ........................... adj.. 28 ... not possible to use up; tireless
jackal ....................................... n... 25 ... a yellowish-gray, meat-eating wild dog of Asia and
Northern Africa, smaller than a wolf
lithe......................................... adj.. 29 ... flexible; supple; limber
malleable................................. adj.... 1 ... pliable; adaptable
noncomplying/noncompliant.... adj.. 22 ... uncooperative with a rule or law
orient ....................................... v... 28 ... to adjust to a particular situation; to find one’s bearings
(direction)
reorient/reoriented.................... v... 30 ... redirect; regain one’s bearings
requisition/requisitioned ........... v... 24 ... to demand or take by authority (but here: to request
something to which one has a right, as in supplies)
rescind ..................................... v..... 5 ... to annul; to cancel (as in an order, decision, or law)
sanction/sanctions .................... n... 22 ... a penalty for breaking a rule or a reward for honoring it
spasm....................................... n..... 3 ... a sudden, involuntary muscular contraction
strategy .................................... n... 23 ... the science of planning and directing large-scale military
operations
supine ..................................... adj.... 7 ... lying on the back, face upward (the opposite of prone,
which means lying on the stomach, face down)
tactics ...................................... n... 23 ... the science of maneuvering military or naval forces in
actions (tactics are subordinate to strategy)
unstintingly..............................adv . 23 ... without holding back; without reservation
vengeance ................................ n..... 7 ... the return of an injury for an injury; revenge
vivisect..................................... v... 12 ... to operate on a living animal in order to study it (i. e. to
dissect but using a living subject)
waiver/waivers ......................... n..... 5 ... voluntarily relinquishing (giving up) a legal claim or
right
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