Vocabulary last week of school

Megalomania (n.) 145.....a mental disorder characterized by delusions of grandeur, wealth, power, superiority

insubordination (n) 106.....disobedience; not submitting to authority

vestigial (adj.) forming a very small remnant of something that was once much larger or more noticeable : he felt a vestigial flicker of anger from last night.
• Biology (of an organ or part of the body) degenerate, rudimentary, or atrophied, having become functionless in the course of evolution : the vestigial wings of kiwis are entirely hidden.

Atrophied v ( -phies, -phied) [ intrans. ] (of body tissue or an organ) waste away, typically due to the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution : without exercise, the muscles will atrophy | [as adj. ] ( atrophied) in some beetles, the hind wings are atrophied.
• figurative gradually decline in effectiveness or vigor due to underuse or neglect : her artistic skills atrophied from lack of use.


xenophobia (n) intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries : racism and xenophobia are steadily growing in Europe.

Genocide (n) the deliberate killing of a large group of people, esp. those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

This week in vocabulary June 2- 6th

commissary (n) 96.....the store in a(n army) camp where supplies can be
obtained; a restaurant in a movie studio, military base, prison, or other institution • a store that sells food and drink to members of an organization, esp. a large grocery store on a military base.

divisive adj. creating disunity or dissension. It wasn’t to unify the group—in fact, it was divisive (119).

nuance n. a subtle distinction or variation. Ender and Alai were discussing the nuances of open-space maneuvers . . . (99).

hegemony (n) leadership or dominance, esp. by one country or social group over others : Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871.

entrench(ed) (v) to surround or fortify (with a trench); to establish securely