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Animal Farm /Chps: 5,6,7,8,9,10

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INTERMENT
(n) the act of burial
COMMUNIST SYSTEM
everyone works to his or her ability and receives according to his or her need; totally economic equality; no one gets ahead, but no one starves either
SITUATIONAL IRONY
occurs when there is a difference between what is expected or what would be appropriate and what really does happen.
CENSURED
(v) condemned as wrong; strongly disapproved
MALIGNITY
(n) example of bad behavior
INEBRIATES
(n) those who are habitually drunk
CAPITULATED
(v) gave up; surrendered; stopped resisting
IDEALISTIC
overly optimistic thinking
DYNAMO
(n) electric generator
INCUMBENT
(adj) resting on, as a duty or obligation
MANEUVER
(n) strategy to gain a particular aim
DEVOTEES
(n) ardent followers
SORDID
(adj) not noble in character or quality
DEPUTATION
(n) a group appointed to represent others
CATEGORICALLY
(adj) without qualifications or conditions; absolutely; positively
ARABLE
(adj) suitable for plowing, hence for producing crops
DEPORTED
sent away from a country into exile
EMBOLDEN
(v) to instill with courage
COCCIDIOSIS
(n) parasitic disease
CONCILIATORY
(adj) tending to soothe or make friendly
FABLE
a narrative that enforces a useful truth. It's two important characteristics are that they teach a lesson through the personification of animals
TACITURN
(adj) not inclined to talking
SOCIALIST
a person who wants to change society
CANVAS
(v) to request support
CAPITALIST SYSTEM
free enterprise; if you work hard you can get ahead; become a millionaire; or lose every penny
DEMEANOR
((n) outward manner
MACHINATIONS
(n) scheming actions
SUPERINTENDENCE
(n) the act of directing
ALLEGORY
a narrative that can be read on more than one level
DRAMATIC IRONY
occurs when what a character believes to be true, but the reader knows it is not
SATIRE
a literary device in which the author attacks a serious issue by presenting it in a ridiculous light, or othewise poking fun at it in order to make a point.
VERBAL IRONY
occurs when someone says one thing but means something else
CZARIST GOVERNMENT
a government ruled by absolute power similiar to a king
PERPENDICULARITY
(n) the state of being perpendicular, or at right angles, to a plane
TOTALITARIANISM
a one-party-rules-everything type of government
RETRIBUTION
(n) punishment for wrongdoing

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