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Animal Farm 7-10 Voc
Words from Chapters 7-10
Term | Definition |
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Embolden | give (someone) the courage or confidence to do something or to behave in a certain way |
Capitulate | to surrender or yield; cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand |
Stupefy | as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise |
Countenance | expression of the face |
Cower | to shrink back in fear |
Pervade | spreading throughout the entire area of something |
Retribution | vengeance or compensation for offenses |
Impending | likely to happen soon |
Contemptible | deserving hate or scorn, mean and low |
Dejectedly | sadly, in low spirits, discouraged |
Simultaneously | existing, done or happening at the same time |
Falter | hesitate in action due to lack of courage |
Knackers | person who buys and slaughters useless horses |
Demeanor | the way a person looks and acts, their behavior and manner |
Inebriate | a drunken person , a sot |
Taciturn | speaking very little, quiet |
Tyrannical | using power cruelly or unjustly |
Suppressed | put and end to or stopped by force |
Subversive | tending to overthrow the government |
Scapegoat | a person or group of people forced to take the blame for someone else. |