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Ender's Game vocabulary 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| gloomy and ill-humored; gruff | surly |
| creating tension or dissension due to disagreement | divisive |
| good-humored, playful conversation | banter |
| to clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously | scour |
| to stray or fall behind. To proceed in a scattered or irregular group | straggled |
| one who precedes or comes before another in time, especially in a job | predecessor |
| arrogant or rude, insulting when speaking to others | insolent |
| information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. | propaganda |
| the condition or quality of not being controlled by others; self-government or independence | autonomy |
| relating to the characteristics of fatherhood; fatherly. Received or inherited from the father | paternal |
| not restrained by conscience; unscrupulous | unconscionable |
| to intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere | meddle |
| to look with a sidelong glance, indicative especially of malicious or ill intent | leer |
| blurred or dimmed as if by tears; vaguely outlined; indistinct | bleary |
| a deep wrinkle in the skin, as on the forehead | furrow |