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Animal Farm ch 5-7
Vocabulary for animal farm chapters 5-7 this was my homework
Term | Definition |
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Pretext | a reason that you give to hie your real reason for doing something |
Procure | obtain something; persuade or causing something to do something |
advocate | a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy; to publicly recommend or support |
appeal | a serious or urgent request to make a serious or urgent request |
liable | being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm |
cunning | having skill in achieving ones ends by deceit or evasion |
abolished | to formally put an end to |
solicitor | a person whose job involves talking to many people and trying to persuade them; a chief law officer of a city, town, government department |
prosper | to become very successful (financially) |
compensate | to provide someone with a fair payment for loss or injury |
cryptic | having a mysterious meaning |
malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to another person |
expulsion | depriving someone of membership; the force removal from homeland |
indignation | an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something |
conceal | to keep from sight |
famine | extreme scarcity of food |
thwart | prevent someone from accomplishing a goal |
treachery | a betrayal of trust; deceptive action or nature |
scapegoat | a person who is unfair blamed for something that others have done |
purge | to remove people from an area, country organization, ext., often in a violent and sudden way; the often violent and sudden removal... |