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Animal Farm Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| benevolent | (adj.) marked by kindness or generosity: disposed to doing good, organized for the purpose of doing good |
| apathy | (n.) lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness, lack of interest or concern : indifference |
| preeminent | (adj.) having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding, supreme |
| acute | (adj.) characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset; of rapid onset and relatively short duration; being, providing, or requiring short |
| cryptic | (adj.) secret, occult; having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning : mysterious; marked by an often perplexing brevity |
| ignominious | (adj.) humiliating, degrading; deserving of shame or infamy, despicable; marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame : dishonorable |
| perpetual | (adj.) continuing forever, everlasting; valid for all time; holding something (such as an office) for life or for an unlimited time; occurring continually : indefinitely long |
| plaited | (n.) pleat; a braid of material (such as hair or straw) |
| cynical | (adj.) contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives; based on or reflecting a belief that human conduct is motivated primarily by self |
| vivacious | (adj.) lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| fortnight | (n.) a period of 14 days : two weeks |
| irrepressible | (adj.) impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| impromptu | (adj.) made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised; composed or uttered without previous preparation : extemporaneous |
| posthumously | (adv.) after the death of the person in question |
| articulate | (adj.) expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively; divided into syllables or words meaningfully arranged : intelligible; able to speak |
| procure | (v.) to get possession of (something) : to obtain (something) by particular care and effort; to bring about or achieve (something) by care and effort |
| pretext | (n.) a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| blithely | (adv.) in a blithe (heedless) manner |
| contemplating | (v.) to view or consider with continued attention : meditate on; to view as likely or probable or as an end or intention |
| advocating | (v.) to support or argue for (a cause, policy, etc.) : to plead in favor of; to act as advocate for someone or something |
| indifferent | (adj.) marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic; marked by no special liking for or dislike of something |
| eloquence | (n.) discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| restive | (adj.) stubbornly resisting control : balky; marked by impatience or uneasiness : fidgety |
| reinstate | (v.) to place again (as in possession or in a former position); to restore to a previous effective state |
| sordid | (adj.) marked by baseness or grossness : vile; dirty, filthy |
| dismayed | (adj.) experiencing or showing feelings of alarmed concern or dismay : upset, worried, or agitated because of some unwelcome situation or occurrence |
| indignation | (n.) anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| countenance | (n.) look, expression; mental composure; face, visage |
| retribution | (n.) something given or exacted in recompense, especially punishment |
| attribute | (n.) a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something; an object closely associated with or belonging to a specific person, thing, or office |
| censure | (n.) a judgment involving condemnation; the act of blaming or condemning sternly; an official reprimand |
| contrive | (v.) devise, plan; to form or create in an artistic or ingenious manner; to bring about by stratagem or with difficulty : manage |
| machinations | (n.) a scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish some usually evil end |
| poultice | (n.) a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| pension | (n.) a fixed sum paid regularly to a person; a gratuity granted (as by a government) as a favor or reward; one paid under given conditions to a person following retirement from service or to surviving dependents |
| tureen | (n.) a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| complicity | (n.) association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| frugal | (adj.) characterized by or reflecting thrift and efficiency in the use of resources |
| filial | (adj.) of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter; having or assuming the relation of a child or offspring |
| morose | (adj.) having a sullen and gloomy disposition; marked by or expressive of gloom |
| taciturn | (adj.) temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| insoluble | (adj.) incapable of being dissolved in a liquid and especially water; having or admitting of no solution or explanation |
| incumbent | (n.) the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice; one that occupies a particular position or place |
| subsisted | (v.) to have existence : be; persist, continue |
| misgiving | (n.) a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| suppressed | (v.) to put down by authority or force : subdue; to exclude from consciousness |
| dregs | (n.) sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated from it; the most undesirable or least remaining part |
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