Animal Farm Vocab

advocate (verb)

to publicly recommend or support

advocate (noun)

a person who supports or recommends a particular cause or policy

apathy (noun)

1. absence of emotion or excitement

2. lack of interest or concern

benevolent (adjective)

desiring to do good to or for others; charitable

benevolence (noun)

a desire to help others or to offer kindness

capitulate (verb)

to give up; to surrender unconditionally

coercion (noun)

the practice of persuading someone to do something using force or threats

coerce (verb)

to compel by force or intimidations, without regard for individual desire, to persuade others

complicity (noun)

involvement in doing the wrong, the state of being an accomplice to a crime

conciliatory (adj)

used or meant to make peace; done to appease someone who is upset

cryptic (adj)

having hidden or obscure meaning; mystifying; incomprehensible

cynical (adj)

1. distrusting or disparaging the motives of others

2. showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality

cynicism (noun)

an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest

eminent (adj)

high in station, rank, or reputation; distinguished; prominent

enmity (noun)

the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something

ensconced (verb past tense)

to be protected; hide or tuck away

euphemism (noun)

indirect, or vague expression substituted for one thought to be too harsh

faction (noun)

a group of people working for a common goal within a larger group (off to the side)

filial (adj)

befitting a son or daughter; dutiful to one’s parents

gilded (adj)

1. covered with gold

2. having pleasing appearance that conceals something of little worth

ignominious (adj)

shameful, dishonorable, disgraceful, humiliating

indefatigable (adj)

incapable of being tired out, not yielding to fatigue

inter (verb)

to bury or pace in a grave

interment (noun)

the act of ceremony of burying

disinterred (verb)

1. to dig up from a grave

2. to bring into the open anything that has been hidden

laborious (adj)

1. characterized by or exhibiting excessive effort

2. requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance

maxim (noun)

a short, statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct

morose (adj)

gloomy, ill humored, glum

obstinate (adj)

1. firmly or stubbornly adhering to one’s opinion, despite argument

2. characterized by inflexible persistence

3. not easily controlled or overcome

posthumous (adj)

after death, arising or accruing after one’s death

sordid (adj)

1. morally bankrupt, vile

2. selfish and self serving

taciturn (adj)

silent in a speech or manner (a person)

treachery (noun)

a violation of faith, betrayal of trust, lack of faith