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Animal Farm Vocab 1
chapters 1-5
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8th Grade
02/16/2011

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tyranny
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noun, a government or rule lead by a bad leader
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dissentients
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noun, someone who expresses difference or opinion
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enmity
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noun, a very deep unfriendly feeling, hatred
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preeminent
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adj, surpassing
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expounded
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verb, set forth or stated in detail
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grudging
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adj, displaying or reflecting reluctance or unwillingness
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obstinate
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adj, firm or stubborn
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irrepressible
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adj, impossible to or control
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ignominous
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adj, marked by or attended with loss of reputation, shame or disgrace
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posthumously
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adv, describing an action after someone's death, continuing after death
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pretext
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noun, something put forward to conceal a true purpose or object
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manifestly
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adv, evidently, obviously
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factions
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noun, a group within a larger group or organization
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eloquence
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noun, the practice or art of using language with fluency
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sordid
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adj, morally ignoble or base; vile; meanly selfish
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