Animal Farm Vocabulary
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- esconced
- settled comfortably - situated, established
- cynical
- believing that people are motivated only by selfishness - pessimistic, misanthropic
- laborious
- involving or calling for a lot of work - burdensome
- tyranny
- very cruel and unjust use of power or authority
- preeminent
- superior to others - distinguished, dominant
- obstinate
- stubborn
- cryptic
- having hidden meaning, perplexing, evasive
- tratable
- easily managed or controlled
- irrepressible
- that which cannot be controlled
- ignominous
- shameful, dishonorable
- canvassing
- soliciting or requesting
- sordid
- not noble in character or quality
- intermediary
- one who acts as a go between
- capitulated
- gave up, surrendered
- retribution
- punishing for doing wrong
- censured
- condemned as wrong
- conciliatory
- tending to soothe anger or make friendly
- machinations
- artful or secret plots or schemes
- superannuated
- too old to work
- impending
- about to happen