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Animal Farm Vocabulary
AF Vocab Words
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Language - English
9th Grade
10/15/2012
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Scullery
 Definition
(n) a room off the kitchen used for dish washing
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Mincing
 Definition
(v) to cut into very small pieces
(a) dainty or delicate
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Tyranny
 Definition
(n) oppressive power
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Dissentients
 Definition
(n) people who express disagreement
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Enmity
 Definition
(n) hatred
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Pre-eminent
 Definition
(a) most important
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Expounded
 Definition
(v) to defend with an argument
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Spinney
 Definition
(n) a small wooded area with undergrowth
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Unalterable
 Definition
(a) cannot be changed
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Grudging
 Definition
(a) reluctant or unwilling
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Parasitical
 Definition
(a) exploiting
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Obstinate
 Definition
(a) stubborn
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Cryptic
 Definition
(a) secretive
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Tractable
 Definition
(a) capable of being easily led
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Irrepressible
 Definition
(a) impossible to restrain
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Ignominious
 Definition
(a) dishonorable
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Posthumously
 Definition
(a) post death
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Pretext
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(n) excuse
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Publican
 Definition
(n) a collector of taxes
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Manifestly
 Definition
(adv) evidently
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Factions
 Definition
(n) political parties
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Eloquence
 Definition
(n) clear speech
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Sordid
 Definition
(a) filthy, dirty, or wretched
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Articulate
 Definition
(v or a) express clearly or eloquent
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Disinterred
 Definition
(a) unearthed or brought to attention
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Laborious
 Definition
(a) difficult and requiring lots of time
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Arable
 Definition
(n) land for growing crops
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Repose
 Definition
(n) Rest
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Perpendicularity
 Definition
(n) vertical or uniting different types of individuals
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Flagstaff
 Definition
(n) the pole on which a flag is hoisted
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Malignity
 Definition
(n) something bad
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Chaff
 Definition
(n) something worthless
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Mangels
 Definition
(n) a type of beet; usually orange in color
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Infanticide
 Definition
(n) the murder of babies
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Capitulated
 Definition
(v) to surrender
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Coccidiosis
 Definition
(n) a parasitical disease
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Stupefied
 Definition
(a) shocked into silence
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Categorically
 Definition
(a) absolutely
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Countenance
 Definition
(n) appearance or demeanor
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Retinue
 Definition
(n) a group of attendance
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Impending
 Definition
(a) about to happen
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Beatifically
 Definition
(a) having a blissful appearance
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Conciliatory
 Definition
(a) friendly
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Vengeance
 Definition
(n) revenge
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Superannuated
 Definition
(a) disqualified from active duty due to age
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Complicity
 Definition
(n) association in a wrongful act
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Knacker
 Definition
(n) buyer of animal carcass to be used as fertilizer
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Morose
 Definition
(a) sad
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Taciturn
 Definition
(a) quiet or shy
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Filial
 Definition
(a) brotherly
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Imperishable
 Definition
(a) cannot disappear
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Deputation
 Definition
(n) a group of people appointed to represent others
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Eminent
 Definition
(a) famous
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