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Animal Farm Vocab
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Term | Definition |
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Cynical | Believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity. |
Dissentient | A person who opposes a majority or official opinion or individuals who disagree. |
Enmity | Open hostility, mutual hatred. |
Ensconce | Settle comfortably. |
Benevolent | Well meaning, kind; serving as charitable instead of profit-making. |
Apathy | No emotion, lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern. |
Gambol | Frolic, skip, play. |
Preeminent | Surpassing, better than, superior. |
Acute | Having or showing perceptive understanding or insight; Present or experienced to a severe or intense degree. |
Cryptic | Mysterious, hidden. |
Principle | A law or a rule; a fundamental truth or proposition serving foundation for a belief system. |
Contemptible | Considered low or worthless, despicable. |
Ignominous | Shameful, disgraceful; deserving or causing public disgrace or shame. |
Impromptu | Done without being planned, organised, or rehearsed; without planning. |
Tractable | (Of a person) easy to control or influence; easy to deal with, docile. |
Perpetual | To last for a long time, never ending; occurring repeatedly; so frequent as to seem endless and uninterrupted. |
Articulate | (Of a person or person's words) having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently. Alternatively, to express (an idea or feeling) fluently and coherently; pronounce (something) clearly and distinctly |
Manifest | To reveal, to show itself plainly; display or show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate. |
Pretext | Misleading excuse; a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason. |
Restive | Unable to keep still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control, especially because of impatience, dissatisfaction, or boredom. Unruly, restless. |