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Animal Farm Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sordid | morally ignoble or base; vile |
| disinterred | to take out of the place of burial; exhume; unearth; discover |
| tyranny | arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority |
| intermediary | an intermediate agent or agency; a go-between or mediator |
| expounded | to set forth or state in detail |
| 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 | an act or instance of contriving or plotting, especially artfully or with evil purpose |
| obstinate | firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc; not yielding |
| dejectedly | depressed in spirits, disheartened; low-spirited |
| tractable | easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding |
| frugally | economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful |
| 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 | of or relating to an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species to obtain nutrients |
| 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 cooking |
| 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 | marked or intended by disgrace; discreditable; humiliating |
| manifestly | readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain |
| laborious | requiring much work, exertion, or perserverance |
| arable | capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage |
| malignity | the state or character of being harmful; malevolence; intense ill will; spite |
| 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 14 nights and days; 2 weeks |
| superannuated | retired because of age or infirmity |
| complicity | the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing |
| knacker | a person who buys animal carcasses or slaughters useless livestock for a factory |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter; relation of child to parent |
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