Tuesday, June 3, 2008

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

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