Monday, November 22, 2010

animalfarm 8

Meddle - to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly.
Don't meddle in my personal life.

Surmounted - to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over.
The boy surmounted the hill.

Skulking - to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason.
The thief skulked in the shadows.

Magistrates - a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.
The magistrate was inforcing the rules.

Flogged - to beat with a whip, stick, etc., esp. as punishment; whip; scourge.
The kid was flogged by his parents.

Clamoured - a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people.
The clamor of the crowd at the gates.

Privy - participating in the knowledge of something private or secret.
Many people were privy to the plot.

Primitive - being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, esp. in an early age of the world.
The mammoth was primitive.

Forsook - to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert.
She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific. ( Didn't know this meant forsaken )

Conciliatory - tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments. .
To conciliate an angry competitor.

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