Starship Troopers (Film) Glossary

Starship Troopers (Film) Glossary

disperse

distribute or spread over a wide area

rendezvous

a meeting at an agreed time or place

nominal

existing only in name

catastrophe

an event causing significant damage

sovereign

possessing supreme or ultimate power

mitigation

reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something

extenuate

to make guilt seem less serious or more forgiveable

docile

ready to accept control or instruction

conversely

introducing a statement or idea that reverses a previous one

disheveled

untidy or disordered

trifile

of little value or importance

lavishly

ostentatiously overabundant

arduous

laboriously overbearing

superfluous

beyonnd that which is neessary

conscripted

enrolled by compulsion for military service; DRAFTED

gallantly

chivalrous; spirited and brave

infallible

incapable or error

despot

a ruler with absolute power and authority

punctilious

meticulously attentive to detail

preposterous

unnaturally unreasonable

deter

turn aside, discourage, or prevent from acting

skirmish

a dispute or contest usually engaged with violence

procure

to take possession of or obtain

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