Ender's Game Vocabulary Ch. 1-3

(of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking; easily influenced; pliable.

• malleable

• supine

• commiserated

• incredulous

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

a sudden involuntary muscular contraction or convulsive movement; a sudden and brief spell of an activity or sensation; prolonged involuntary muscle contraction.

• spasm

• forestall

• charade

• sanctions

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).

• rescind

• vivisect

• sanctions

• ambiguous

prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking action ahead of time; act in advance of (someone) in order to prevent them from doing something; buy up (goods) in order to profit by an enhanced price.

• forestall

• malleable

• spasm

• incredulous

(of a person) lying face upward; failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence.

• supine

• charade

• commiserated

• rescind

surgery conducted for experimental purposes on a living organism, typically animals with a central nervous system, to view living internal structure.

• vivisect

• incredulous

• sanctions

• charade

express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize.

• commiserated

• extenuating circumstance

• spasm

• forestall

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

the specific reasons that excuse or justify someone's actions in a particular situation

• extenuating circumstances

• incredulous

• ambiguous

• forestall

(of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something; unable to admit or accept what is offered, as true.

• incredulous

• supine

• charade

• malleable

an absurd pretense intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance

• charade

• rescind

• vivisect

• spasm