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Animal Farm Vocab
ELA 9
Term | Definition |
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Benevolent | (adjective)-well meaning and kindly...(s) kind, compassionate |
Comrades | (noun)-a companion who shares one's activities or is a fellow member of an organization...(s) friend, companion |
Falter | (verb)-start to lose strength to momentum...(s) hesitate, waver |
Enmity | (noun)-the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something...(s) hatred |
Vice | (noun)-immoral or wicked behavior...(s) sin, transgression |
Expound | (verb)-to explain or state something...(s) clarify, express |
Apathy | (noun)-lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern...(s) indifference |
Disciple | (noun)-a personal follower of Jesus during his life...(s) pupil |
Obstinate | (adjective)-stubbornly refusing to changes one's opinion or chosen cause of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so...(s) inflexible, unyielding |
Maxim | (noun)-a short compact statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct...(s) motto |
Satire | (noun)-the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues...(s) mockery |
Allegory | (noun)-a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one...(s) metaphor |
Fable | (noun)-a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral...(s) fairy tale |
Motto | ... |