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Animal Farm Vocabulary
AF Vocab Words
53
Language - English
9th Grade
10/15/2012

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Scullery
Definition
(n) a room off the kitchen used for dish washing
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Mincing
Definition
(v) to cut into very small pieces
(a) dainty or delicate
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Tyranny
Definition
(n) oppressive power
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Dissentients
Definition
(n) people who express disagreement
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Enmity
Definition
(n) hatred
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Pre-eminent
Definition
(a) most important
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Expounded
Definition
(v) to defend with an argument
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Spinney
Definition
(n) a small wooded area with undergrowth
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Unalterable
Definition
(a) cannot be changed
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Grudging
Definition
(a) reluctant or unwilling
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Parasitical
Definition
(a) exploiting
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Obstinate
Definition
(a) stubborn
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Cryptic
Definition
(a) secretive
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Tractable
Definition
(a) capable of being easily led
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Irrepressible
Definition
(a) impossible to restrain
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Ignominious
Definition
(a) dishonorable
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Posthumously
Definition
(a) post death
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Pretext
Definition
(n) excuse
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Publican
Definition
(n) a collector of taxes
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Manifestly
Definition
(adv) evidently
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Factions
Definition
(n) political parties
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Eloquence
Definition
(n) clear speech
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Sordid
Definition
(a) filthy, dirty, or wretched
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Articulate
Definition
(v or a) express clearly or eloquent
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Disinterred
Definition
(a) unearthed or brought to attention
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Laborious
Definition
(a) difficult and requiring lots of time
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Arable
Definition
(n) land for growing crops
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Repose
Definition
(n) Rest
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Perpendicularity
Definition
(n) vertical or uniting different types of individuals
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Flagstaff
Definition
(n) the pole on which a flag is hoisted
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Malignity
Definition
(n) something bad
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Chaff
Definition
(n) something worthless
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Mangels
Definition
(n) a type of beet; usually orange in color
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Infanticide
Definition
(n) the murder of babies
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Capitulated
Definition
(v) to surrender
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Coccidiosis
Definition
(n) a parasitical disease
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Stupefied
Definition
(a) shocked into silence
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Categorically
Definition
(a) absolutely
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Countenance
Definition
(n) appearance or demeanor
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Retinue
Definition
(n) a group of attendance
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Impending
Definition
(a) about to happen
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Beatifically
Definition
(a) having a blissful appearance
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Conciliatory
Definition
(a) friendly
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Vengeance
Definition
(n) revenge
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Superannuated
Definition
(a) disqualified from active duty due to age
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Complicity
Definition
(n) association in a wrongful act
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Knacker
Definition
(n) buyer of animal carcass to be used as fertilizer
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Morose
Definition
(a) sad
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Taciturn
Definition
(a) quiet or shy
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Filial
Definition
(a) brotherly
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Imperishable
Definition
(a) cannot disappear
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Deputation
Definition
(n) a group of people appointed to represent others
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Eminent
Definition
(a) famous
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