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Animal Farm Ch. 1-2

VOCABULARY

TermDefinition
Apathy (n)lack of feeling or emotion : IMPASSIVENESS 2 : lack of interest or concern : INDIFFERENCE
Benevolent (adj) marked by or disposed to doing good b : organized for the purpose of doing good 2 : marked by or suggestive of goodwill
Comrade (n) intimate friend or associate : COMPANION b : a fellow soldier2 [from its use as a form of address by communists] : COMMUNIST
Contrary (n) a fact or condition incompatible with another : OPPOSITE -- usually used with the2 : one of a pair of opposites a : a proposition so related to another that though both may be false they cannot both be :
Cynical (adj) CAPTIOUS, PEEVISH : having or showing the attitude or temper of a faultfinding captious critic, contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives
Degrading (v) a : to lower in grade, rank, or status : DEMOTE CORRUPT
Dissentients (n) those expressing a differing opinion withhold assent :to differ in opinion)
Elaborated (v) to set forth : STATE b : to defend with argument2 : to explain by setting forth in careful and often elaborate detailintransitive verb : to make a statement : COMMENT synonym see EXPLAIN
Enmity (n) HOSTILITY, ANTIPATHY, ANTAGONISM, ANIMOSITY, RANCOR, ANIMUS mean deep- seated dislike or ill will. This suggests positive hatred which may be open or concealed HOSTILITY suggests showing itself in attacks or aggression
Expounded (v) to produce by labor : to build up (as complex organic compounds) from simple ingredients : to work out in detail : DEVELOP intransitive verb : to become elaborate : to expand something in detail
Preliminary (n) (something that precedes or is introductory or preparatory: as a : British : FRONT MATTER c : a preliminary heat or trial (as of a race) d : a minor match preceding the main event (as of a boxing card)
Vivacious (adj)lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : Spritely see LIVELY
Created by: rkegley
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