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Animal Farm Vocab
James e taylor high school vocab preap
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sordid | morally ignoble or base; vile |
| Disinterred | to bring from obscurity into view |
| Tyranny | arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority. |
| Intermediary | being between; intermediate |
| Expound | to explain; interpret |
| Infanticide | the act of killing an infant |
| Unalterable | not capable of being altered, changed, or modified |
| Skulking | to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason |
| Machinations | crafty schemes; plots; intrigues. |
| Obstinate | firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty. |
| Dejectedly | depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited |
| Tractable | easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding |
| Frugally | entailing little expense; requiring few resources; meager; scanty |
| Factions | a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like |
| Eloquence | the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness |
| Parasitical | a person who receives support, advantage, or the like, from another or others without giving any useful or proper return, as one who lives on the hospitality of others. |
| Spinney | a small wood or thicket. |
| Scullery | a small room or section of a pantry in which food is cleaned, trimmed, and cut into cooking portions before being sent to the kitchen. |
| Enmity | a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism. |
| Grudging | displaying or reflecting reluctance or unwillingness |
| Cryptic | mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous |
| Irrepressible | incapable of being repressed or restrained; uncontrollable |
| Ignominious | shameful or dishonorable quality or conduct or an instance of this |
| Manifestly | to make clear or evident to the eye or the understanding; show plainly |
| Laborious | requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance |
| Arable | capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage |
| Malignity | to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame |
| Stupefied | to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor |
| Categorically | without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional |
| Fortnight | the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks |
| Superannuated | too old for use, work, service, or a position |
| Complicity | the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing |
| Knacker | an old, sick, or useless farm animal, especially a horse. |
| Filial | noting or having the relation of a child to a parent |
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H.Raja
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