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Animal Farm Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Aesthetic | concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty |
Prolific | present in large numbers or quantities; plentiful |
Dissentient | one who disagrees |
Benevolent | well-meaning and kindly |
Cynical | believing all actions are attributed to selfish motives; pessimistic |
Plaited | interwoven strands or locks |
Enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill-will |
Apathy | lack of feeling, emotion, or interest; indifference |
Gambol | to skip about in play; frisk |
Pre-eminent | having paramount rank, dignity or important; outstanding |
Cryptic | intended to be obscure or mysterious |
Ignominious | characterized by disgrace or shame; deserving blame or infamy; dishonorable |
Acute | of a kind to act keenly on the senses |
Procured | to get possession of or to obtain by particular care or effort |
Innovation | a new idea, method, or device, also the introduction of something new |
Articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, or effectively |
Restive | resisting control; marked by restlessness; fidgety |
Publican | tax collector |
Malignity | an instance of malignant (evil in nature, influence, or effect) or malicious behavior or nature; ill-will |
Capitulate | to surrender, often after negotiation of terms |
Retribution | something given or exacted in compensation; punishment |
Skulking | moving furtively; sneaking |
Unscathed | wholly unharmed; not injured |
Subsist | exist; to have means of maintaining life, esp. to nourish yourself |
Censured | to find fault with and criticize as blameworthy |
Contrived | to bring about by stratagem; to make schemes |
Taciturn | disinclined to talk; reserved; uncommunitive |
Complicity | the state of being an accomplice; partnership |
Demeanor | conduct; way of carrying oneself; bearing; behavior |
Superannuated | to retire and pension because of age or infirmity |
Inebriate | one that is drunk; a drunkard |
Morose | having sullen disposition; gloomy |