Word: Purge
Page number: 28
Sentence: “We’ll purge that in a hurry.”
Definition: get rid of undesired element or person; cleanse
How the word applies: They are trying to get rid of Ender’s sweet side.
Word: Inexhaustible
Page number: 28
Sentence: “Just a medal. The budget isn’t inexhaustible.”
Definition: unlimited; unable to be used up or tired out
How the word applies: the money they have isn’t unlimited.
Word: Embarked
Page number: 34
Sentence: They were not unwilling to let him be the last to leave the shuttle, climbing upward in the direction that had been down when they embarked.
Definition: to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey.
How the word applies: when they were exiting the shuttle, they went out the same way they got in.
Word: Defiant
Page number: 36
Sentence: Anderson was defiant. “We’re going to make him the best military commander in history.”
Definition: showing bold resistance.
How the word applies: Anderson was listening to the officer as he talks about Ender.
Word: Opaque
Page number: 39
Sentence: Ender found the scanner, a sheet of opaque plastic.
Definition: not able to be seen through; not transparent
How the word applies: Describing the plastic that was on the scanner
Word: Pall
Page number: 46
Sentence: Within an hour or so, it began to pall.
Definition: cease to please, become dull
How the word applies: Ender trying to understand how the game worked
Word: Lure
Page number: 46
Sentence: Lay seven traps and then lure them like this.
Definition: to draw in someone or something by hinting of gain
How the word applies: Trying to draw in the enemy with traps
Word: Emulate
Page number: 46
Sentence: The boys who had been so trained by the computer that even when they played against each other they each tried to emulate the computer.
Definition: strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
How the word applies: they started to act like the computers when they played the games.
Word: Sluggishness
Page number: 55
Sentence: He noticed that along with the sluggishness, the suit had an amplifying effect on movement.
Definition: slow-moving or inactive
How the word applies: the way they were moving was very slow and weird.
Word: Tumult
Page number: 61
Sentence: There was a tumult of complaint that it wasn’t fair how Bernard and Alai had shot them all when they weren’t ready.
Definition: noisy excitement; an uproar or disturbance
How the word applies: many people were complaining which created a lot of noise
Page number: 28
Sentence: “We’ll purge that in a hurry.”
Definition: get rid of undesired element or person; cleanse
How the word applies: They are trying to get rid of Ender’s sweet side.
Word: Inexhaustible
Page number: 28
Sentence: “Just a medal. The budget isn’t inexhaustible.”
Definition: unlimited; unable to be used up or tired out
How the word applies: the money they have isn’t unlimited.
Word: Embarked
Page number: 34
Sentence: They were not unwilling to let him be the last to leave the shuttle, climbing upward in the direction that had been down when they embarked.
Definition: to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey.
How the word applies: when they were exiting the shuttle, they went out the same way they got in.
Word: Defiant
Page number: 36
Sentence: Anderson was defiant. “We’re going to make him the best military commander in history.”
Definition: showing bold resistance.
How the word applies: Anderson was listening to the officer as he talks about Ender.
Word: Opaque
Page number: 39
Sentence: Ender found the scanner, a sheet of opaque plastic.
Definition: not able to be seen through; not transparent
How the word applies: Describing the plastic that was on the scanner
Word: Pall
Page number: 46
Sentence: Within an hour or so, it began to pall.
Definition: cease to please, become dull
How the word applies: Ender trying to understand how the game worked
Word: Lure
Page number: 46
Sentence: Lay seven traps and then lure them like this.
Definition: to draw in someone or something by hinting of gain
How the word applies: Trying to draw in the enemy with traps
Word: Emulate
Page number: 46
Sentence: The boys who had been so trained by the computer that even when they played against each other they each tried to emulate the computer.
Definition: strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
How the word applies: they started to act like the computers when they played the games.
Word: Sluggishness
Page number: 55
Sentence: He noticed that along with the sluggishness, the suit had an amplifying effect on movement.
Definition: slow-moving or inactive
How the word applies: the way they were moving was very slow and weird.
Word: Tumult
Page number: 61
Sentence: There was a tumult of complaint that it wasn’t fair how Bernard and Alai had shot them all when they weren’t ready.
Definition: noisy excitement; an uproar or disturbance
How the word applies: many people were complaining which created a lot of noise