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Chapter 5-7
Animal Farm Vocab
| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| Procure | obtain something; persuade or cause something to do something | V |
| Advocate | a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy; to publicly support or reccomend | N,V |
| Appeal | a serious or urgent request; to make a serious or urgent request | N,V |
| Liable | being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm | A |
| Cunning | having skill in achieving ones ends by deceit or evasion | A |
| Abolish | to formally put an end to | A |
| Solicitor | a person whose job involves taking many people and truing to persuade them; a chief law officer of a city, town, or government department | N |
| Prosper | to become very successful (financially) | V |
| Compensate | provide someone with a fair payment for a loss or injury | V |
| Cryptic | having a mysterious meaning | A |
| Malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to another person | A |
| Expulsion | depriving someone of membership; the forced removal from a homeland | A |
| Indignation | an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something | N |
| Conceal | to keep from sight | V |
| Famine | extreme scarcity of food | N |
| Thwart | to prevent someone from accomplishing a goal | V |
| Treachery | betrayal of trust; deceptive action or nature | N |
| Scapegoat | a person who is unfairly blamed for something that others have done | N |
| Purge | to remove people from an area, country, organization etc., often is a violent and sudden removal... | N,V |
| Pretext | a reason that you give to hide your real reason for doing something | N |