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Animal Farm Voc4-6
Animal Farm Vocabulary Words from Chapters 4-6
Term | Definition |
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Tractable | easily managed or controlled, easy to deal with |
Irrepressible | cannot be restrained |
Ignominious | aejective to describe some who is shameful; disgraceful and dishonorable |
Impromptu | without advance preparation, not done ahead of time |
Blithe | lighthearted; without concern, carefree, easy going |
Dynamo | an electrical generator; a forceful, energetic individual |
Articulate | to express an idea or feeling fluently and coherently |
Disinterred | to take from a grave or tomb; dug up and discovered |
Advocate | one who pleads another’s cause; defender |
Tactics | methods followed to achieve a goal, strategies |
Sordid | adjective meaning filthy, dirty, and foul |
Quarry | a place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted |
Arable | land which is suitable or used for growing crops and plowing |
Intermediary | a negotiator who acts as a link between parties |
Reconcile | to cause to be friendly or harmonious, settle a difference of opinion |
Malignity | noun meaning the desire to wish pain or injury on others |
Indignant | showing strong displeasure, annoyance, or anger at what is perceived as unfair treatment |
Aloof | remote in manner; not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant |
mal | word root which means bad or evil |
med | word root which means middle |
inter | word root which means between |
Compensate | to provide something good as a balance against something bad, to make up for some defect or weakness |
Contemptible | someone or something worthy of intense hatred, dislike or scorn |