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Ender's Game Ch 9-10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity | puerile |
| assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence | collation |
| remove the testicles of a male animal | castrate |
| distinguish and separate out | sift |
| a showy misrepresentation to conceal something unpleasant | facade |
| a state of uncertainty about what should be done | flux |
| the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care | nonchalance |
| a fictitious name used when performing a particular role | pseudonym |
| abusive language used to express blame or censure | invective |
| high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | rhetoric |
| use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word | alliteration |
| to insert between other elements | interpose |
| understanding and entering into another's feelings | empathy |
| incapable of being disentangled or untied | inextricable |
| a courteous expression of esteem or regard | deference |
| the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | camaraderie |
| with your identity concealed | incognito |
| marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint | discreet |
| a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur | megalomania |
| keep away from others | sequester |
| acceptance without protest | acquienscence |
| a defamatory or abusive word or phrase | epithet |
| idyllically rustic | pastoral |
| so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | archaic |
| requiring secret or mysterious knowledge | arcane |