Shared Flashcard Set

Details

[Hon_eng9A] Enders Game AND Watership Down Vocab
N/A
16
Language - English
9th Grade
09/08/2009

Additional Language - English Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
to navigate in outer space
Definition
Astrogation
Term
connections in the universe
(Something along those lines)

*a type of physics in Ender's Game*
Definition
philotic
Term
a gaping grin or grimace
Definition
rictus
Term
possessor of influence (influential person)

*a person who serves national (a country's) interests*
Definition
Hegemon
Term
commander of an army
Definition
Polemarch
Term
need, demand, or requirement intrinsic to a circumstance
Definition
exigencies
Term
an arbitrary decree or pronouncement
Definition
fiat
Term
a coastal region or shore
Definition
littoral
Term
covered in a whitish bloom, like a plum
Definition
ubiquitous
Term
a thicket of small trees or bushes
Definition
copse
Term
a long, cliff-like ridge of land, commonly formed by faulting or fracturing Earth's crust
Definition
escarpment
Term
to produce a shrill cricket-like sound by rubbing together body parts
Definition
stridulated
Term
Take a breather......5,4,3,2,1
Definition
GO!
Term
able to undergo change of form without breaking
Definition
ductile
Term
a regional, or rural form of language
Definition
patois
Term
any of the various shorebirds of the family charadriidae (ex, Kehaar)
Definition
plover
Supporting users have an ad free experience!