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Animal Farm
Aubrey Deas
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bon Mot | wisecrack |
| Canvassing | campaigning |
| Capitulated | gave in |
| Comrades | loyal companion; comunist |
| Conteract | act or against; cross or interfere |
| Cryptic | puzzling |
| Cunning | Planning to outsmart |
| Cynical | fault-finding |
| Elaborated | detailed |
| Ensconed | nestled or suggled against |
| Famine | lack of food/starvation |
| Filial | son or daughter like |
| Flanked | surrounded |
| Flourished | sprung up |
| Gale | strong dtorm wind |
| Gilded | covered in gold |
| Hideous | ugly;dreadful |
| Ignominuous | dishonorable |
| Impromtu | unrehearsed |
| Incumbent | demanding; nesscary |
| Indefatigable | inexhaustable |
| Irrepressible | unstoppable |
| Lamentation | to cry out in distress |
| Malignant | huryful |
| Marshal | organize |
| Nocturnal | night-dweller |
| Obstinate | stubborn |
| Oration | speech/sermon |
| Parasitical | freeloading |
| Preliminary | beginning |
| Pretext | motive |
| Procured | obtained |
| Proprietors | owners |
| Ratified | accepted |
| Repose | rest |
| Scored | slashed |
| Sentinels | guards |
| Simultaneously | at the same time |
| Solicitor | lawyer |
| Sordid | dishonorable |
| Strategem | trick or scheme |
| Stupefied | paralyzed by fear or shock |
| Taciturn | quiet |
| Treachery | crime against authority |
| Tyranny | ruled by a brutal dictator |
| Unalterable | not adjustable |
| Vivacious | preppy and full of life |
| Watchword | slogan |
| Whelped | gave birth to |
| Characterization | positions roles, changed in attitude and emotion |
| Debate | two sides arguing opposite positions |
| Force | scare tactics or threats |
| Libel | written malicious, false statement |
| Propaganda | one person or government |
| Setting | time and place |
| Slander | spoken false statements |
| Slogans | repetitions of simple ideas |
| Tactics | plans |
| theme | the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic. |
| Way of Life | the typical pattern of behavior of a person or group. |
| Symbolism | the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. |