Animal Farm Vocab
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- low
- make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
- infanticide
- murdering an infant
- propulsion
- the act of propelling
- emboldened
- made bold or courageous
- trotter
- foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food
- tureen
- large deep serving dish with a cover
- trod
- to walk in a certain way
- posthumously
- after death
- aloof
- apart, indifferent
- decreed
- an official order
- paraffin
- oil from keroscene of shale used as fuel
- bleated
- A cry usually associated with a goat,sheep,or calf.
- restive
- impatient especially under restriction or delay
- magistrates
- elected to look over Rome's money, retired ones were able to go to senate
- vengeance
- forgiveness, pardon
- ensconced
- settled comfortably
- tractable
- Easily led or controlled.
- capitulated
- surrender on terms or conditions
- falter
- to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline
- acreage
- Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
- parasitical
- living on others without any useful return
- cockerel
- A young male fowl
- incumbent
- the official who holds an office
- flogging
- beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- tills
- work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation
- haughty
- arrogant; vainly proud
- blithely
- in a joyous manner
- cryptic
- of an obscure nature
- insoluble
- without hope of solution
- filial
- pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter;
- expounded
- explain, interpret
- shrewed
- the shrewed buisness man was able to make a fortune selling the small company for a far more expensive price than it was worth
- artillery
- cannons and large guns
- invariably
- unchanging
- whelped
- (used of a canine) born
- scullery
- a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen
- efficiency
- skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort
- pervading
- spread throughout
- apathy
- an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
- toiled
- to work continuously or strenuously
- prosperity
- wealth, success
- aroused
- brought to a state of great tension
- smarted
- felt a sharp pain
- eminent
- standing above others in quality or position
- shirked
- to avoid
- tyrannise
- rule a country as a tyrant
- memoranda
- a written proposal or reminder
- gaiters
- ankle-high shoe w/ elastic sides
- fortnight
- two weeks
- gander
- mature male goose
- knoll
- a small natural hill
- linseed
- the seed of flax used as a source of oil
- indefatigable
- tireless; untiring; showing no sign of getting tired
- parasitical
- living on others without any useful return
- eloquence
- well-articulated, persuasive speech
- morose
- being sullen or gloomy
- demeanour
- conduct
- maltreating
- Treating Roughly
- dynamo
- a generator, something that produces electric current; an energetic person
- silage
- fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
- reconciled
- became friends again
- countenances
- faces
- disheartened
- to be discouraged; to lose enthusiasm
- mangel
- lack
- hearken
- listen
- piebald
- having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- vices
- bad habits, the building blocks of bad character
- chaff
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- castrate
- remove the organs
- arable
- (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively
- cockerel
- A young male fowl
- jointly
- in conjunction with
- taciturn
- untalkative, silent
- marshal
- make ready for action or use
- sallied
- sudden rush forward
- retinue
- the group following and attending to some important person
- vivacious
- full of life, lively
- windfalls
- type of apple
- deputation
- authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
- foretold
- known beforehand
- irrepressible
- unable to be restrained or held back; impossible to hold back
- unscathed
- completely unharmed
- implements
- tools
- pension
- a regular payment to a person that iis intended to allow them to subsist without working
- gambolled
- Frolicked
- stupefied
- in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
- preeminent
- famous; outstanding
- tyranny
- dominance through threat of punishment and violence
- taproom
- a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- hitherto
- up to this time
- faltered
- hesitated or stumbled
- machinations
- evil schemes or plot
- liable
- held legally responsible
- thieving
- stealing
- surmounted
- having something on top
- obstinate
- persist stubbornly
- clamour
- loud and persistent outcry from many people
- enmity
- the feeling of a hostile person
- hawthorn
- a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
- nimble
- Light and quick in motion or action.
- poultices
- dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
- tumult
- the act of making a noisy disturbance
- ignominious
- Shameful.
- especial
- special
- slag
- the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
- canvassing
- persuasion of voters in a political campaign
- tread
- a step in walking or running
- knacker
- someone who buys up old horses for slaughter,
- ecstasy
- a state of elated bliss
- weaned
- freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk
- toiled
- to have worked hard and long
- din
- a loud harsh or strident noise
- conferred
- given formally or officially
- sordid
- unethical or dishonest
- caper
- 40, a playful leap or hop