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Animal Farm Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cynical | tending to disbelieve |
| dissentient | individuals who disagree |
| enmity | mutual hatred or hostility |
| plaited | braided |
| gambol | frolic, skip and play |
| disciples | someone who accepts and spreads that teachings of a person |
| maxim | a pithy statement expressing a general truth; a motto |
| parasitical | like a parasite; taking advantage of; living off another |
| contemptible | considered low or worthless; despicable |
| ignominious | shameful, disgraceful |
| tractable | easy to deal with, docile |
| manifest | to reveal, to show itself plainly |
| publican | a tax collector |
| arable | fit for cultivating (farming) |
| malignity | a great hatred; something very harmful or dangerous |
| toil | to work hard |
| capitulate | surrender |
| countenance | facial expression |
| retribution | punishment, payback |
| cower | to crouch or huddle up in fear, cringe |
| conciliatory | peace making |
| contrive | to plan |
| machinations | a plot or plan of doing evil things |
| skulk | to sneak around |
| liberal | generous, bountiful, plenty |
| knacker | someone who kills old animals for meat, skin, or glue |
| subsist | to stay alive on the barest means, barely stay alive |
| taciturn | reserved, quiet, not liking to talk |
| poultice | a medical dressing spread on a cloth and applied to the skin |
| inebriate | a chronic drinker |
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