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VOCABULARY in ENDER'S GAME

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LIST THE VOCABULARY THAT ORSON SCOTT CARD USES ESPECIALLY FOR ENDER'S GAME AND DEFINE IT:

1. HEGEMONY - leadership, esp. that of one state or nation over others

2. HEGEMON -a person or nation that exercises hegemony

3. POLEMARCH - the leader of the military branch

4. STRATEGOI - The term strategos (plural strategoi; Greek: [στρατηγός, στρατηγοί], literally meaning "army leader") is used in Greek to mean "general". In the Hellenistic and Byzantine Empires the term was also used to describe a military governor. In the modern Hellenic Army, it is the highest officer rank.^[1]

5. STRATEGOS - A general

6. XENOPHOBIA - fear or hatred of strangers

7. GENOCIDE - the killing of a whole race or nation

8. GIRIA (p. 79) - the slangy talk that imitated the pidgin English of uneducated people

9. VENI, VIDI, VICI - Literally translated to "I came, I saw, I conquered."

10. LOCKE - English philosopher of the 18th century, whose work focused on enlightenment

11. DEMOSTHENES - famous Greek statesman in Athens around the 4th century B.C.

12. NEH? - Right? or Yes?

13. STANDARD - A universal language

14. Eh - Yes or says that you are in agreement

^[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategoi