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Animal Farm vocab
Animal Farm
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English
10th Grade
10/28/2009

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ensconced
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sheltered, concealed
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benevolent
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organized for the purpose of doing good
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cynical
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being very critical or finding faults
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comrades
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a fellow soldier; intimate friend or associate
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knacker
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buyer of worn-out animals or their carcasses for use especially as animal food or fertilizer
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tyranny
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oppressive power exerted by a government
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dissentients
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a person that expresses a difference in opinion
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enmity
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hatred or ill-will
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vices
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moral corruption or wickedness; fault
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pre-eminent
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having paramount rank, dignity, or importance
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apathy
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lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
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ecstasy
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a state of overwhelming emotion
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gamboled
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to skip about in play; frolic
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acute
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felt, perceived, or experienced intensely
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cryptic
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having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning; mysterious
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indefatigable
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incapable of being fatigued; untiring
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maxim
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a general truth, fundamental principle, or a rule of conduct
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fortnight
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a period of two weeks
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tractable
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capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled
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contemptible
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worthy of being despised; scornful
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irrepressible
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impossible to restrain or control
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manoeuvre
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an action taken to gain a tactical end
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ignominious
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characterized by disgrace or shame
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posthumously
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following or occurring after death
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pretext
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excuse for action
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publican
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a collector of taxes
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liable
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responsible; obligated according to law
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innovations
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a new idea, method, or device
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conjured

 

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imagined; contrived
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faction
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a party or group that is often self-seeking
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restive
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stubbornly resisting control
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procure
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to get possession of
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eloquence
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the quality of forceful or persuasive expressiveness
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articulate
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expressing oneself readily, clearly, or effectively
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disinterred
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to take out of the grave or tomb
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grudged
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to be unwilling to give or admit
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solicitor
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one that approaches with a request or plea
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malignity
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an instance of being evil or showing evil behavior
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emboldened
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to instill with boldness or courage
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countenances
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face, expression
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collaborated
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to work jointly with others
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incited
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to put into motion; stirup
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retribution
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reward or punishment given
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privy
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admitted as one sharing in a secret
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censured
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a judgement involving condemnation
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beatifically
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imparting or showing beatitude; a state of utmost bliss
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unscathed
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unharmed; not injured
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superannuated
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incapacitated or disqualified for active duty by advanced age
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taciturn
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tempermentally disinclined to talk; silent
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conciliatory
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friendly
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morose
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having a sullen and gloomy disposition
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deputation
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a group of people appointed to represent others
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incumbent
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imposed as a duty; obligatory
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subsisted
Definition
persist, continue; exist
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