Friday Blog: Week Seven

This week I finished Animal Liberation by Peter Singer pages 120- 368. Next week I plan on reading selective chapter from the book that was originally last in the plan. This week while reading I came across a few words I was unfamiliar with. 

Vocab

Assimilable (Page 181)-
Capable of being assimilated.

Complacency (Page 185)-

A feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.

Despotism (Page 187)-

The rule of a despot; the exercise of absolute authority.

Juxtaposition (Page 189)-

An act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

Ameliorate (Page 197)-
To make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve.

Absolve (Page 202)-
To free from guilt or blame or their consequences.

Confer (Page 228)-

To consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation.

Egalitarian (Page 238)-

Asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political,economic, or social life.

Speciesism (Page 244)-

Discrimination in favor of one species, usually the human species, over another, especially in the exploitation or mistreatment of animals by humans.

Fallacious (Page 245)-

Containing a fallacy; logically unsound.

Source: goodnature.nathab.com

All definitions are taken from dictonary.com