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ANIMAL FARM VOCAB
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**ensconce**
settle comfortably
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**benevolent**
kind
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cynical
tending to disbelieve, suspicious of one’s motives
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plait
braid
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enmity
mutual hatred or hostility, ill will
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vivacious
lively in conduct or spirit, sprightly
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apathy
lack of emotion or interest, indifference
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accord
agreement, conformity
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gambol
frolic, skip, and play
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reproach
rebuke, express disapproval of blameworthy conduct that needs to be amended
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resolution
something decided on; something determined
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conceive
imagine or understand the meaning of something
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acute
sharp, intense
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cryptic
mysterious, hidden, having an ambiguous meaning
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maxim
general principle or rule of conduct; a proverbial saying
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perpetual
to last for a long time, never ending
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tractable
easily managed or controlled, docile
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contemptible
considered low or worthless, despicable
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irrepressible
not able to repress, constrain, or control
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impromptu
done without preparation
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pretext
a false reason for an action, misleading excuse
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manifest
reveal, to show itself plainly
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innovate
create, to make changes to
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procure
obtain through special effort
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eloquence
forceful or persuasive expressiveness
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articulate
expressing oneself clearly, easy to hear or understand
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indignation
a feeling or expression of anger because of an unjust or mean action
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thwart
oppose successfully, foil, stop
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capitulate
surrender
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attribute
by indicating a cause
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countenance
facial expression
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retribution
punishment, payback
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censure
blame, official disapproval, criticism
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conciliatory
appeasing, peace-making
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unscathed
unharmed
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contrive
bring about by stratagem, scheme
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demeanor
a way a person looks or acts
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morose
sad, gloomy
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taciturn
quiet, reserved in speech, not liking to talk