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30 Cards in this Set
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Rescind |
-Take away; Revoke "If they could, he was sure they would like to rescind the waivers that had allowed him to be born at all." |
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Supine |
- Facing upward, lying down "So Ender walked to Stilson's supine body and kicked him again, viciously, in the ribs. |
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Vivisect |
- To perform operations on living animals that involve cutting into their bodies in order to gain knowledge of pathological or physiological processes “We’re gonna vivisect you, bugger.” |
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Mirth |
- Amusement "Loud, but with real mirth, tears coming to his eyes." |
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Commiserate |
-Sympathize "Mother came home and commiserated with Ender about the monitor." |
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Extenuating |
- Making things seem better than they are "We're willing to consider extenuating circumstances," the officer said. |
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Unstintingly |
- Praising very strongly "With all her heart. Completely, unstintingly, she's devoted to you, and you adore her. Itold you it wouldn't be easy." |
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Lithe |
- Graceful, smooth "And all the while, during the interview, Ender and the TVguy would slink along smoothly in front of the cameraman, taking long, lithe strides." |
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Scrupulously |
- Having manners; Very concerned to avoid doing wrong "The boy sitting next to Ender was scrupulouslycareful not to touch him." |
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Extricate |
- Free one from difficulty "Every time, though, he extricated himself and went back, perhaps to a different spot, toget a different angle on the game." |
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Emulate |
- Match or surpass one's achievement "The boys who had been so trained by the computer thateven when they played against each other they each tried to emulate the computer." |
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Sadism |
- Gaining pleasure from inflicting pain "His accentmade him exotic and interesting; his broken arm made him a martyr; his sadism madehim a natural focus for all those who loved pain in others." |
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Tumult |
- Confused noise or commotion "There was atumult of complaint that it wasn't fair how Bernard and Alai had shot them all when theyweren't ready. " |
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Asphyxiate |
- Suffocate, causing death "Probably a fish will come out of theocean one and eat me. The foamy one will probably asphyxiate me." |
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Grisly |
- Causing horror or disgust "This was supposed to be a game. Nota choice between his own grisly death and an even worse murder." |
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Apex |
- The highest point of something; The top "He could sit on the see-saw until he rose to theapex; then he fell." |
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Centrifugal Force |
- A force that goes outward on a body moving around a center "When the merry-go-round went fast, he could not hold onto any of thebars, and centrifugal force hurled him off." |
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Polyglot |
- Know how to speak many languages "No, just a brilliant and talented polyglot. Petra Arkanian. The only girl in SalamanderArmy. With more balls than anybody else in the room." |
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Galling |
- Embarrassing; Annoying "Bonzo hated him for it, for the kindness. It was as if Ender were granting him hiscommand as a favor. Galling, and yet he had no choice. No choice about anything." |
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Magnanimous |
- Very generous "He only knew that Ender had beaten him, and then rubbed his nose in it by beingmagnanimous." |
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Bureaucratic |
- Relating to the business of running an organization, or government. "Because you're such a short-sighted little bureaucratic bastard that you think you needto cover yourself in case things go wrong." |
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Contingent |
- Possible, potential "The direction I fire my gun is the direction of their maincontingent." |
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Hegemony |
- Leadership, superiority "Because as long as people are afraid ot the buggers, the IF can stay in power, and aslong as the IF is in power, certain countries can keep their hegemony." |
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Ostentatiously |
- Extravagant, displayed to attract notice "About a half hour into it, when they were practicingthrowing off collisions with frozen soldiers, several commanders in different uniformscame in. They ostentatiously took down names." |
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Jibe |
- Change course "Shen took the idea to heart, and after each jibe from the older boys, he had a group offour Launchies recite the words, loudly, five or six times." |
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Carom |
- Bounced off “The frozen Launchy struck helmet first, and the two caromed off each other.” |
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Collation |
- The act of organizing "Oh, wow, Inever knew that frogs looked like this inside, he'd say, and then at home he studied thebinding of celIs into organisms through the philotic collation of DNA." |
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Cynical |
- Thinking that people are selfish and dishonest "Itwas a cynical way of putting it, but it was true." |
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Flux |
- Continuous change "The world is alwaysa democracy in times of flux, and the man with the best voice will win." |
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Pseudonyms |
- A fake or additional name for someone; another word/name for something "He has outraged too many wise men and pleased too many fools tohide behind his too-appropriate pseudonym much longer." |
