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Fall 2015 Exam ENG
Vocabulary from Animal Farm
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dissentients | a person who disagrees |
| enmity | a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity |
| expounded | to explain; interpret |
| mincing | (Of the gait, speech, behavior, etc.) affectedly dainty, nice, or elegant |
| pre-eminent | eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing |
| scullery | a small room or section of a pantry or kitchen |
| spinney | a small wood or thicket |
| tyranny | oppressive or unjustly severe government on the part of any ruler |
| unalterable | not capable of being altered, changed, or modified |
| cryptic | secret; obscure in meaning |
| grudging | feel resentful; give unwillingly |
| ignominious | marked by shame or disgrace; humiliating |
| irrepressible | difficult to control or restrain |
| obstinate | stubborn; determined |
| parasitical | exists by taking from or depending on another |
| posthumously | arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death |
| pretext | disguise; alleged reason |
| publican | a person who owns or manages a tavern; keeper of a pub |
| tractable | manageable |
| arable | capable of producing crops; suitable for farming |
| articulate | uttered clearly in distinct syllables |
| disinterred | exhume; unearth |
| eloquence | art of using language with fluency and aptness |
| factions | a group or clique within a larger group |
| laborious | requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance |
| manifestly | readily perceived by the eye; evident; obvious; apparent; plain |
| perpendicularity | vertical; straight up and down; upright |
| repose | peace; tranquility; calm |
| sordid | morally ignoble or base; vile |
| capitulated | to give up resistance |
| categorically | without exceptions or conditions; absolute |
| chaff | the husks of grains that are separated during threshing |
| coccidiosis | any disease of animals caused by parasitic protozoa |
| countenance | composure; self-control |
| flagstaff | a pole or staff on which a flag is hoisted and displayed |
| infanticide | the practice of killing newborns |
| malignity | malevolence; intense ill will; spite |
| mangels | beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed |
| stupefied | to confuse or astound |
| beatifically | blissful; saintly |
| filial | of, pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| taciturn | inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctance to join in conversation |
| retinue | a body or retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite |
| vengeance | desire for revenge |
| morose | gloomily or sullenly ill-humored |
| complicity | partnership or involvement in wrongdoing |
| impending | about to happen; imminent |
| superannuated | too old for use, work, service, or position |
| eminent | high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished |
| knacker | person who buys up old horses for slaughter |
| deputation | the person or body of persons so appointed or authorized |
| imperishable | not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring |
| conciliatory | tending to make compatible; reconcile |
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