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VOC #8 WORKSHEET: Review of Animal Farm Vocabulary
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1. ensconced: tr. v. settled comfortably

 

 

 

2. apathy: n. lack of interest, indifferent

 

 

 

3. acute: adj. sharp, intense

 

 

 

4. parasitical: adj. living on others without any useful return, like a parasite; gaining benefits from a host it injures

 

 

 

 

5. indefatigable: adj. untiring or tireless

 

 

 

6. tractable: adj. easily managed, controlled

 

 

 

 

7. ignominious: adj. disgraceful, shameful

 

 

 

 

8. malignity: n. malice, extreme hatred; an example of evil behavior

 

 

 

 

9. taciturn: adj. speaking very little

 

 

 

 

10. capitulate: v. surrender on certain terms; to surrender under specific conditions; to give up all resistance