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Animal Farm Vocabula
Sydney Huynh
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bon mot | wisecrack |
| Canvassing | campaigning |
| Capitulated | gave in |
| Comrades | loyal companion; communist/USSR citizens |
| Counteract | act against; cross or interfere |
| Cryptic | puzzling |
| Cunning | planning to outsmart |
| Cynical | fault-finding |
| Elaborated | detailed |
| Ensconced | nestled or snuggled in |
| Famine | starvation/lack of food |
| Filial | son or daughter like |
| Flanked | on either side/surrounded |
| Flourished | sprung up |
| Gale | strong storm wind |
| Gilded | covered in gold |
| Hideous | ugly; dreadful |
| Ignominious | dishonorable |
| Impromptu | unrehearsed |
| Incumbent | demanding; necessary (person in office) |
| Indefatigable | inexhaustible |
| Irrepressible | unstoppable |
| Lamentation | to cry out in distress |
| Malignant | hurtful; injurious |
| 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 |
| Stratagem | trick or scheme |
| Stupefied | paralyzed by fear or shock |
| Taciturn | quiet |
| Treachery | crime against authority |
| Tyranny | ruled by a brutal dictator (ex. Hitler, Stalin, Napoleon) |
| Unalterable | not adjustable |
| Vivacious | peppy and full of life |
| Watchword | slogan |
| Whelped | gave birth to |