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Animal Farm Vocabulary
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10th Grade
10/23/2014

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Allegory
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N: a narrative that can be interpreted to reveal a moral or political message.
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Articulate
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Adj: the ability to speak fluently and coherently.
V: to speak fluently and coherently
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Articulate
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Adj:the ability to speak fluently and coherently.
V: to speak fluently and coherently
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Beatifically
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Adv: in the manner of acting with joy, bliss or blessedness
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Capitulated
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V: to surrender after negotiating terms
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Coccidiosis
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N: Infestation of intestinal parasite (worms)
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Communism
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N: political theory that eliminates private property and shares all goods making the goods available as needed
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Complicity
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N: helping or association with an illegal or wrongful act
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Conciliatory
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Adj: to act in a pleasing or agreeable way
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Eloquence
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N: The ability to speak or write persuasively
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Enmity
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N: Hatred; connotes mutual hatred
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Ethos
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N: Credibility, the aspects of the text that portray the author as reliable or trustworthy
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Expounded
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V: to defend or explain with careful arguement
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Fable
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N: A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral
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Factions
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N: a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics
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Filial
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Adj: of or due from a son or daughter
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Ignominious
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Adj: Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame
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Kairos
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N: a right moment for decision or action
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Logos
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N: logical claims, facts, statistics, data, numbers
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Malignity
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The condition or quality of being highly dangerous or injurious; deadliness.
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Mangels
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A beef of variety with a large root, cultivated as feed or live-stock
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Mincing
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Dainty, nice, or elegant
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Obstinate
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stubbornly refusing to change ones opinion or chosen course of action
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Parasitical
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of, pertaining to, or characteristics of parasites
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Pathos
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emotional appeal to audience
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Posthumously
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arising, occurring or continuing after one's death
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Publican
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a collector of taxes or tribute
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Rhetoric
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the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
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Satire
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the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize
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Scullery
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A small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for washing dishes
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Socialism
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a political and economic theory of social organization
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Sordid
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meanly selfish, self-seeking. Dirty or filthy.
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Tractable
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easy to control or influence
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Tyranny
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cruel and oppressive government or rule
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