Vocabulary Animal Farm Terms borrowed from Advanced Placement Strategies, Inc. Mrs. Gillmore English 11 Spring 2009 Utopia vs. Dystopia Thematic Unit

Apathy A lack of concern or feeling, indifference Synonym: Stoicism Antonym: Enthusiasm devotion The man looked upon the turn of events with apathy.

Benevolence Kindness, generosity, charity Antonyms: Antagonism, malevolence His benevolence was shown when he set up soup kitchens for the poor.

Collaborate To work together Antonym: to work alone Sometimes singers who have never worked together will collaborate to make a new album.

Conciliate To reconcile, to pacify, to renew a friendship Synonyms: Appease, mollify, placate, propitiate Antonyms: To estrange My husband tried conciliate me with a gift of roses.

Cryptic Mysterious, secret Synonyms: abstruse, ambiguous, obscure Antonyms: clear, revealed I did not understand his cryptic message.

Din Loud and discordant noises Synonym: Antonyms: Euphony The din in the senate was so great that I could not hear the speaker.

Enmity En muh tee Absolute hatred Synonym: antagonism, hostility, rancor Antonyms: love, admiration I have a lot of enmity for people who provide illegal drugs to children.

Ensconce en SKONS To settle comfortably Synonym: Antonyms: to uproot Before the game started, he ensconced himself in the easy chair.

Graphic Vivid. Synonym: descriptive Antonyms: simple, unadorned I have trouble looking at graphic films of concentration camps.

Ignominy IG nuh min ee Disgraceful or dishonorable conduct Synonym: disgrace, disrepute, infamy Antonyms: honor Treason is an ignominy.

Indefatigable in deh FAT uh guh ble Tireless, incapable of being fatigued. Synonym: Antonyms: easily tired The indefatigable army moved ahead steadily over the many days without rest.

Indignation Anger as a result of something unjust. Synonym: fury, ire, rage, wrath Antonyms: serenity I have much indignation about the light sentence given to the drunk driver.

Malign To utter injuriously misleading reports about. Synonym: asperse, defame Antonyms: to extol Several old gossips in the neighborhood had maligned the woman.

Maxim A saying of proverbial nature; a general truth or principle; rule of conduct. Synonym: proverb Antonyms: The maxim “a penny saved is a penny earned” is a favorite with many people.

Preeminence Superiority to all others. Synonym: Antonyms: inferiority Receiving a Nobel prize signifies preeminence in a field.

Reproach To blame for something; a disgrace Synonyms: chasten, chide, rebuke Antonyms: to praise, accolade Her conduct was so good that it was beyond reproach.

Uproarious Making great noise (not necessarily negative) Synonym: tumultuous Antonyms: soft, quiet The Beatles usually played to uproarious crowds.