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Ender's Game Ch14-15

TermDefinition
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
Created by: tcourville
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