animal farm vocab 6-10

Arable

(of land) used or suitable for growing crops.

Grudged

be resentfully unwilling to give, grant, or allow (something)

Repose

a state of rest, sleep, or tranquility.

Indignation

anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment.

Malignity

a deep-seated, intense desire to do evil or cause harm

Intermediary

a person who acts as a link between people in order to try to bring about an agreement or reconciliation; a mediator.

Capitulate

cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender.

Countenance

a person's face or facial expression.

Infanticide

the crime of killing a child within a year of its birth (in some legal jurisdictions, specifically by the mother).

Retribution

punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.

Cower

crouch down in fear.

Incited

encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behavior).

Censure

express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement.

Conciliatory

intended or likely to placate or pacify.

Machinations

a plot or scheme.

Skulking

keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive.

Unscathed

without suffering any injury, damage, or harm

Accumulated

gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.

Complicity

the state of being involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing.

Knacker

tire (someone) out

Superannuated

obsolete through age or new technological or intellectual developments.

Spontaneous

performed or occurring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus.

Demeanor

outward behavior or bearing.

Inebriate

make (someone) drunk; intoxicate.

Morose

gloomy, bad-tempered, and uncommunicative.

Subsist

maintain or support oneself, especially at a minimal level.

Taciturn

(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

Prosperous

successful in material terms; flourishing financially.

Tyrannical

exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way.