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Animal Farm
vocab from George Orwell's Animal Farm
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dissentient | one who disagrees |
| cynical | believing all actions are attributed to selfish motives; pessimistic |
| plaited | interwoven strands or locks; braided |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill-will |
| apathy | lack of feeling, emotion, or interest; indifference |
| gambol | to skip about in play; frolic |
| pre-eminent | having a paramount rank, dignity, or importance; outstanding |
| cryptic | intended to be obscure or mysterious |
| acute | of a kind to act keenly on the senses |
| ignominious | characterized by disgrace or shame; deserving blame or infamy; dishonorable |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| procured | to get possession of or to obtain by particular care or effort |
| publican | a tax collector |
| restive | resisting control; marked by restlessness; fidgety |
| aritculate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, or effectively |
| malignity | an instance of malignant (evil in nature, influence, or effect) or malicious behavior in nature; ill-will |
| capitulate | to surrender, often after negotiation of terms |
| retribution | something given or exacted in compensation; punishment |
| skulking | moving furtively; sneaking |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed; not injured |
| censured | to find fault with and criticize as blameworthy |
| contrived | to bring about by stratagem; to make schemes |
| complicity | the state of being an accomplice; partnership |
| demeanor | conduct; way of carrying oneself; bearing; behavior |
| superannuated | to retire and pension because of age or infirmity |
| inebriate | one that is drunk; a drunkard |
| morose | having a sullen disposition; gloomy |
| taciturn | disinclined to talk; reserved; uncommunicative |
| subsist | exist; persist; to have means of maintaining life especially to nourish yourself |