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Ender's Game Vocab #
Review Chapter 1-5
Term | Definition |
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malleable | able to manipulate or bend |
spasm | a sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
monitor | an electronic device used to watch or control |
forestall | to delay |
vengeance | revenge |
detect | to discover the presence of |
soothed | to calm or quiet someone |
mockery | treated with ridicule |
peripheral | on the edge of |
pathetic | worthy of pity |
extenuating | lessening the seriousness sod something |
requisitions | property that's needed or ordered |
deceptions | that which causes on to believe what is not true |
charade | a pretense, sham, something acted out |
noncompliance | not following the rules |
competent | will qualified, able to perform |
disorientation | loss of direction |
magnified | made larger |
despicable | deserving of contempt or scorn |
fate | a force or power that determines events |
extricated | to release from a difficulty |
pall | to become boing or wearisome |
emulate | to strive to equal |
hierarchy | an arrangement of persons or things in a series |
somber | very serious |