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Ender's Game Ch14-15
Term | Definition |
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with little or no preparation or forethought | impromptu |
given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink | gluttonous |
someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline | ascetic |
a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall | vertigo |
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | adept |
draw back, as with fear or pain | wince |
the theory that space and time are not absolute concepts | relativity |
of an obscure nature | inscrutable |
a large fleet | armada |
endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness | sentient |
deceive by a mock action | feint |
an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried | catacomb |
small opening between things | interstice |
treat with excessive indulgence | coddle |
incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs | irony |
a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime | reprisal |
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground | prostrate |
a secret agent who incites persons to commit illegal acts | provocateur |
an educated elite | intelligentisia |
a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions | demagogue |
raid and rove in search of booty | maraud |
the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean | littoral |
curving inward | concave |
traveling from place to place to work | itinerant |
straying from the right course or from accepted standards | errant |