Vocab: Animal Farm Chaps 6-10 Flashcards

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Gale

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A very strong wind

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Capitulate

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To give up resistance; to surrender

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Repose

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To be addressed from work, activity, etc.

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Infanticide

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The practice of killing newborn infants

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Countenance

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Appearance, especially the look or expression of the face

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Retinue

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A body of the assistants or servants attending an important person

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Machination

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And intrigue, plot, or scheme

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Censure

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To criticize or reproach a harsh or vehement manner

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Conciliatory

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Tending to reconcile or bring together

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Confer

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To bestow upon as an honor, gift, or favor

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Superannuated

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Too old for work; retired

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Complicity

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The state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing

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Stratagem

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A plan or trick intend to just see you for surprise an enemy

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Oration

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A formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as at a funeral

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Interment

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Burial

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Inebriate

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An intoxicated person; A habitual drunkard

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Filial

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Befitting a son or daughter
Ex.
Filial obedience=
Obedience of a son or daughter

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Frugally

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Not wasteful, especially of money

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Gambol

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To skip or jump about in a playful manner; frolic

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Proprietor

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The owner of the business establishment (I.E. A hotel owner or store owner)