Insurgent: Chapters 10–18

by Veronica Roth
In the sequel to Divergent, Tris faces difficult choices as war rages between the factions of a dystopian Chicago.

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  1. candor
    the quality of being honest and straightforward
    A ring of white marble tiles in the center of the room form the symbol of Candor: a set of unbalanced scales, meant to symbolize the weighing of truth against lies.
  2. suspicion
    doubt about someone's honesty
    Some of them eye us with suspicion, the rest with curiosity, but far stranger than both is the light I see in some of their eyes.
  3. accomplice
    a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan
    “He is accused of crimes against humanity. You are accused of being his accomplice.”
  4. interrogate
    pose a series of questions to
    The truth will come out when you are both interrogated under the influence of truth serum.
  5. evaluate
    judge; form a critical opinion of
    Am I really evaluating how best to deceive my friend?
  6. version
    something a little different from others of the same type
    Maybe it isn’t possible to lie under the truth serum, but to select which version of the truth to tell
  7. irrefutable
    impossible to deny or disprove
    Tobias’s testimony is irrefutable this way.
  8. expose
    make known to the public information previously kept secret
    Among the Candor, before a person is accepted into our community, they have to completely expose themselves.
  9. regret
    feel sorry for; be contrite about
    What do I regret? I do not regret choosing Dauntless or leaving Abnegation. I do not even regret shooting the guards outside the control room, because it was so important that I get past them.
  10. instrumental
    serving or acting as a means or aid
    How strange that something so simple could have been instrumental in my decision to ruin one of my most important relationships, and damage another.
  11. sacrifice
    a loss entailed by giving up something
    My parents lost their lives out of love for me. Losing mine for no good reason would be a terrible way to repay them for that sacrifice, no matter what I’ve done.
  12. mourn
    feel sadness
    Part of me wishes I could burn them from my mind, so I would never have to mourn for them.
  13. consequence
    the outcome of an event
    Tears fill my eyes, and I yell, “Why don’t you try killing one of your best friends and then dealing with the consequences?”
  14. underestimate
    assign too low a value to
    I think you could have used being underestimated to your advantage.
  15. cunning
    marked by skill in deception
    “I think a mistake the Dauntless make is refusing to be cunning,” I say. “You don’t always have to smack people in the face with how strong you are.”
  16. conspicuous
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
    I put the knife away—the invading Dauntless weren’t carrying them, and I don’t want to be conspicuous.
  17. schism
    division of a group into opposing factions
    We are the only faction that could divide like this. Amity would not allow a schism; no one in Abnegation would be so selfish; Candor would argue until they found a common solution; and even Erudite would never do something so illogical.
  18. accomplish
    put in effect
    I wonder when Jeanine realized that Erudite and Dauntless would make a deadly combination. Ruthlessness and cold logic, it seems, can accomplish almost anything, including putting one and a half factions to sleep.
  19. unconscious
    lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception
    Watching each person to see if they’re awake is taking too much time. The next unconscious person I come across, I step hard on their pinkie finger.
  20. anticipation
    an expectation
    I keep it steady, my fingers shaking with anticipation. I have to wait for the right moment, when Eric is close.
  21. mechanics
    the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies
    I focus on the mechanics of my breathing, imagining air filling every part of my lungs as I inhale, then remembering as I exhale how all my blood, oxygenated and unoxygenated, travels to and from the same heart.
  22. complex
    complicated in structure
    “They don’t think you’re that complex—just an even blend of Abnegation and Dauntless—selfless to the point of idiocy. Or is that brave to the point of idiocy?”
  23. chaos
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
    I open my eyes as Eric slumps to the ground, and then—chaos.
  24. frustrated
    disappointingly unsuccessful
    I scream into gritted teeth, frustrated. I can’t help. I am worthless.
  25. inhabit
    exist or be situated within
    All night I puzzle over needles and serums and simulations, trying to inhabit the minds of my enemies.
  26. proportion
    relation with respect to comparative quantity or magnitude
    My mother told me that the Abnegation had documented the factionless Divergent populations, which means that after the attack, Jeanine must have found out that the proportion of Divergent among the factionless is higher than among the Candor.
  27. stifle
    smother or suppress
    I feel a flare of anger--how many things is he going to keep from me?--and try to stifle it.
  28. alter
    cause to change; make different
    “My guess is that the needle injected you with a transmitter,” he says, “and the gas was an aerosol version of the liquid that alters the brain.
  29. contradict
    prove negative; show to be false
    “I think you’ve already figured it out,” he says, “but you want me to contradict you. And I’m not going to.”
  30. psychopath
    a person with an antisocial personality disorder
    “Which is odd, considering you are acting like a psychopath,” he says. “It’s not brave, choosing the position you were in yesterday. It’s beyond stupid—it’s suicidal. Don’t you have any regard for your own life?”
  31. retaliate
    make a counterattack and return like for like
    But if you want to be just like them, hurling yourself into ridiculous situations for no reason and retaliating against your enemies without any regard for what’s ethical, go right ahead.
  32. cautious
    showing careful forethought
    I can feel how cautious we are with each other, now that we’re discovering a different way to relate in light of our new factions and our parents’ deaths.
  33. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
    “I have heard many reports from a variety of perspectives, and have gotten a sense for what is straightforward and what requires more investigation.”
  34. susceptible
    yielding readily to or capable of undergoing a process
    You had never heard of the Divergent a week ago, and now all that you know is that they are immune to something to which you are susceptible, and that is a frightening thing.
  35. concrete
    capable of being perceived by the senses
    My mother said people feared the Divergent because we couldn’t be controlled. That may be true, but fear of the uncontrollable is not a concrete enough reason to give Jack Kang for the Erudite wanting us dead.
  36. correlation
    a reciprocal connection between two or more things
    “Obviously we don’t know,” he says, “but there are nearly a dozen mysterious deaths recorded among the Dauntless from the past six years, and there is a correlation between those people and irregular aptitude test results or initiation simulation results.”
  37. intention
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
    “Just because they didn’t shoot you all in the head doesn’t mean their intentions were somehow honorable. Why do you think they came here? Just to run through your hallways, knock you unconscious, and leave?”
  38. compromise
    expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
    But I think your traumatic experience may have compromised your ability to be completely objective.
  39. speculation
    a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
    I can’t launch an attack based on a little girl’s speculations.
  40. paranoia
    a mental disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
    A little girl who is stressed out to the point of paranoia. That is not me, but now, it’s who the Candor think I am.
Created on Mon Jan 11 11:16:16 EST 2016 (updated Wed Sep 05 15:20:52 EDT 2018)

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