All 50 Uses
erudite
in
Insurgent, by Veronica Roth
(Edited)
- "Let's hope the Erudite didn't think to change this combination," he says as he types in a series of numbers.
Chpt 1erudite = in this novel, the group of people who most prize deep scholarly knowledge(editor's note: In this novel, you will see erudite capitalized and used many times to refer to a group of people who most prize scholarly knowledge.)
- An Amity nurse gives me a salve—developed by Erudite to speed healing—to put on my shoulder, and then escorts Peter to the hospital ward to mend his arm.
Chpt 1erudite = in this novel, the group of people who most prize deep scholarly knowledge
- On it is the simulation data that controlled the Dauntless, and the record of what the Erudite did.
Chpt 2
- Grabbing hold of facts in the midst of shock is very Erudite of him.
Chpt 2
- I should not be surprised—the Amity spend their lives accomplishing feats of agriculture like this one, with the help of Erudite technology.
Chpt 2
- I can only hear pieces of what they say: "Peace—Dauntless—Erudite—safe house—involvement—"
Chpt 2
- Our faction has had a close relationship with Erudite for as long as any of us can remember.
Chpt 2
- We will report this to Erudite, Candor, and Dauntless as soon as we can.
Chpt 2
- I have to find out what could possibly be important enough for the Abnegation to die for—and the Erudite to kill for.
Chpt 3
- Find a way to take Erudite down.
Chpt 3
- When I found out that I was Divergent ....when I found out that Erudite would attack Abnegation ....those revelations changed everything.
Chpt 3
- But Erudite scientists developed this highly effective mineral solution a while back.
Chpt 4
- Not all the Erudite are power hungry and devoid of conscience, like their leader, Jeanine Matthews.
Chpt 4
- So Erudite and Amity work together, then?
Chpt 4
- "More closely than Erudite and any other faction," he says.
Chpt 4
- Some of the Erudite texts called them the 'enriching factions.'
Chpt 4
- And one of Erudite's missions as a faction was to become both—essential and enriching.
Chpt 4
- It doesn't sit well with me, how much our society needs Erudite to function.
Chpt 4
- He's abandoned the useless spectacles he wore as a member of Erudite in favor of an Abnegation gray shirt and their trademark short haircut.
Chpt 4
- "Abnegation, Dauntless," I say, "and Erudite."
Chpt 4
- We each had to choose a research focus in Erudite initiation, and mine was the aptitude test simulation, so I know a lot about the way it's designed.
Chpt 4
- She forced it to go to that situation on the bus so that she could rule out Erudite—except Erudite wasn't ruled out.
Chpt 4
- She forced it to go to that situation on the bus so that she could rule out Erudite—except Erudite wasn't ruled out.
Chpt 4
- If she was good with computers, it was only as a hobby, and I doubt that a computer hobby would enable someone to fiddle with an Erudite simulation.
Chpt 4
- My brother and I both transferred from Erudite.
Chpt 4
- "She was Erudite," I say.
Chpt 4
- There may not be any Erudite or Dauntless traitors around, but it still feels weird, talking about it in public like this.
Chpt 4
- You think if you deliver it to the Erudite, they'll forgive your indiscretion and let you back in their good graces.
Chpt 6
- But no one gets to control me, especially not the Erudite.
Chpt 6
- —you have left us to die at the hands of the Erudite.
Chpt 6
- If it isn't the Amity, it's probably the Erudite.
Chpt 7
- Erudite.
Chpt 7
- "Erudite," is all I manage to say.
Chpt 7
- The Erudite don't know for sure that we're still here.
Chpt 7
- If the Erudite catch us—which is likely—they will search us, and I don't want to just hand over the attack simulation again.
Chpt 7
- The Erudite cars pull up to the compound.
Chpt 7
- The cars all pull to a stop, and the doors pop open, revealing at least five men and women in Erudite blue.
Chpt 7
- When the Dauntless come closer, I see strips of blue fabric wrapped around their arms that can only signify their allegiance to Erudite.
Chpt 7
- It feels real to me, suddenly, that I am unarmed and being herded into a building surrounded by Erudite and Dauntless, and if they discover me, there will be nowhere to run.
Chpt 7
- Finally Johanna walks in with an Erudite woman.
Chpt 7
- "Our Erudite and Dauntless friends are looking for some people," Johanna says.
Chpt 7
- Several members of Abnegation, three members of Dauntless, and a former Erudite initiate.
Chpt 7
- Johanna nods to the Erudite woman.
Chpt 7
- Tobias still has the Dauntless woman by the throat, but this time, he aims his gun at the Erudite woman.
Chpt 7
- The Erudite woman's mouth is open, but she doesn't speak.
Chpt 7
- The Erudite woman lifts a small gun, points it at a man in a yellow shirt in front of me.
Chpt 7
- "Put the gun down," says Tobias, pointing his revolver at the Erudite woman.
Chpt 7
- The Erudite woman drops her gun.
Chpt 7
- Tobias follows us, walking backward so he can keep his gun on the Erudite woman.
Chpt 7
- We stay away from the dirt road the Erudite and Dauntless took to get to the Amity compound, following the train tracks toward the city.
Chpt 7
Definitions:
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(1)
(erudite) having or showing deep scholarly knowledge
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)