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Title: Animal Farm

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Total Flash Cards: 33

Created: 10/12/2009 13:04:51

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{image:113707|center}acute
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intense
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{image:113708|center}
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Arable-suitable for farming
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{image:113709|center}bon mots
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bon mots - clever remarks
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{image:113712|center}bourgeois
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bourgeois- member of the middle class
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{image:113711|center}canvassing
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canvassing- soliciting or persuading voters
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{image:113713|center}conciliatory
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conciliatory- calm and quiet
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{image:113714|center}comrades
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comrades- fellow soldiers
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{image:113715|center}cryptic
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cryptic- mysterious in meaning: puzzling
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{image:113716|center}drew
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drew- cause to move by hauling or dragging
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{image:113717|center}filial
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filial- relating to a child or offspring
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{image:113718|center}fodder
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fodder-coarse food for livestock, composed of entire plant
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{image:113719|center}frugally
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frugally- in a way this is sparing not wasteful
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{image:113720|center}gill
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gill- a measure of fluid capacity
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{image:113721|center}ignominious
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ignominious- shameful
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{image:113722|center}innovation
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innovation- something newly introduced
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{image:113740|center}irrepressible
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irrepressible-unrestrained
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{image:113723|center}lamentation
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lamentation-the act of expressing grief, sadness
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{image:113724|center}mincing
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mincing-walking with small delicate steps
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{image:113725|center}nocturnal
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nocturnal- of or pertaining to the night
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{image:113726|center}obstinate
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obstinate-stubborn.  not-flexible
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{image:113727|center}poultices
Definition
poultices-medicated materials that are spread on sores
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{image:113728|center}pre-eminent
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pre-eminent - of the highest rank or importance
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{image:113729|center}purge
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purge- removal of opponents from power, usually by violent means.
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{image:113730|center}quarry
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quarry- a pit from which stone is obtained by cutting or blasting.
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{image:113731|center}retribution
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retribution- punishment that is deserved
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{image:113732|center}saboteur
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saboteur- a person who destrys property or interrupts production.
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{image:113733|center}scullery
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scullery- room for storing room supplies
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{image:113734|center}shrewd
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shrewd- calculating; discerning; inquiring
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{image:113735|center}silage
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silage- fodder preserved in a silo
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{image:113736|center}totalitarianism
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totalitarianism- form of government in which one political group has complete power and suppresses all opposition
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{image:113737|center}trap
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trap- light one-horse carriage with springs
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{image:113738|center}tumult
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tumult- violent or noisy commotion caused by a mob
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{image:113739|center}vivacious
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vivacious- lively in actions and conduct



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