Enders Game VOcab Chapters 1-4

Meaning: 1. Soft but firm, capable of being shaped by outside pressure or influence, as a malleable metal or malleable mind. 2. Adaptable, capable of adjusting to changing circumstances

• malleable

• forestall

• vivisect

• incredulous

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

verb (used with object)

1. to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance:to forestall a riot by deploying police.

2. to act beforehand with or get ahead of; anticipate.

• malleable

• ambiguous

• forestall

• vivisect

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

verb (used with object)

1. to dissect the living body of (an animal).

• incredulous

• forestall

• vivisect

• malleable

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

adjective

1. not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical

2. indicating or showing unbelief:an incredulous smile.

• malleable

• deftly

• deliberately

• incredulous

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes intentionally:

• deliberately

• malleable

• ambiguous

• deftly

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

intentionally:

• incredulous

• ambiguous

• deliberately

• vivisect

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

in a skillful, smart, or quick way:

• deftly

• ambiguous

• incredulous

• forestall

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4