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Animal Farm Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Enmity | intense hostility |
| Grudging | if you do something in a grudging manner (or grudgingly), you do it with reluctance |
| Maxim | a succinct formulation of a principle, rule, or basic truth about life |
| Val | (word part) strength, worth, or health |
| -ism | (word part) a suffix used to form words denoting a doctrine, system, practice, ideology, or condition, as in capitalism or sexism. |
| urb/urbs | (word part) of or relating to a city |
| Comrade | close friend or associate |
| Vivacious | lively and spirited |
| Expound | explain or provide details |
| Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. |
| Apathy | lack of interest in important things |
| Obstinate | stubborn |
| Cryptic | cryptic comments or messages are hard to understand because they seem to have a hidden meaning |
| Logos | appeals to reason and logic |
| Hoist | to raise or lift |
| -ile | (word part) a suffix of adjectives expressing capability, susceptibility, liability, aptitude, etc.. agile; docile; ductile; fragile; prehensile; volatile. |
| Pathos | appeals to emotions and feelings |
| Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. |
| Toil | work |
| Ethos | appeals to character/credibility/trust |
| Windfall | a crazy bit of unexpected good fortune |