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Animal Farm Vocab 22
22 vocabulary words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ensconced | settled comfortably, wrapped up, entrapped |
| enmity | hatred or hostility |
| acute | sharp, intense or heightened |
| cryptic | secret, mysterious, or puzzling |
| indefatigable | untiring, tireless, unfaltering |
| tractable | obedient, easy to control, easily managed |
| ignominious | dishonarable, shameful, disgraceful, reprehensible |
| blithely | merrily, casually, or light-heartedly |
| eminent | outstanding, prominent or distinguished |
| expound | to explain, to expand upon, to develop or illustrate |
| obstinate | stubborn, inflexible, pig-headed, adamant |
| posthumous | after death |
| pretext | an excuse, an alleged reason, cause or ploy |
| capitulate | surrender, give up, to submit or to yield |
| retinue | a group of attendants, servants, entourage |
| conciliatory | appeasing, agreeable, pacifying, reconcilling |
| demeanor | manner, conduct, behavior, or the way a person looks and acts |
| taciturn | speaking very little, silent, quiet, aloof |
| sordid | low, dirty, disgusting or vile |
| disinter | to exhume, to dig up, to remove from a grave |
| vice | a moral fault or failing; wickedness; a sin; a defect or shortcoming |
| shirk | to avoid; get out of; dodge; shun |