Animal farm vocab
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- flogging
- 56, beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- caper
- 40, a playful leap or hop
- posthumously
- 60, after death
- shrewed
- 55, the shrewed buisness man was able to make a fortune selling the small company for a far more expensive price than it was worth
- spinny
- 41
- poultices
- 114, dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
- bleated
- 34, A cry usually associated with a goat,sheep,or calf.
- taproom
- 54, a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- gander
- 103, mature male goose
- vices
- 31, bad habits, the building blocks of bad character
- liable
- 63, held legally responsible
- arable
- 75, (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively
- tills
- 29 work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation
- sentimentality
- 59, extravagant or affected feeling or emotion
- knacker
- 30, someone who buys up old horses for slaughter,
- vivacious
- 35, full of life, lively
- scullery
- 25, a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen
- fortnight
- 55, two weeks
- sordid
- 67, unethical or dishonest
- piebald
- 116, having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- linseed
- 37, the seed of flax used as a source of oil
- din
- 56, a loud harsh or strident noise
- irrepressible
- 56, unable to be restrained or held back; impossible to hold back
- capitulated
- 87, surrender on terms or conditions
- prosperity
- 30, wealth, success
- nimble
- 36, Light and quick in motion or action.
- ignominious
- 58, Shameful.
- pophole
- 25-
- cockerel
- 46, A young male fowl
- smithies
- 56
- smarted
- 110, felt a sharp pain
- shirked
- 47, to avoid
- low
- 34, make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
- mangel-wurzels
- 33
- gambolled
- 40, Frolicked
- parasitical
- 46, living on others without any useful return
- especial
- 37, special
- expounded
- 36, explain, interpret
- blithely
- 61, in a joyous manner
- mangel
- 85, lack
- tureen
- 117, large deep serving dish with a cover
- aloof
- 65, apart, indifferent
- silage
- 63, fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
- restive
- 66, impatient especially under restriction or delay
- countenances
- 92, faces
- tractable
- 56, Easily led or controlled.
- infanticide
- 85, murdering an infant
- trotter
- 31, foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food
- indefatigable
- 49, tireless; untiring; showing no sign of getting tired
- slag
- 63, the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
- knoll
- 40, a small natural hill
- unscathed
- 108, completely unharmed
- whelped
- 51, (used of a canine) born
- machinations
- 103, evil schemes or plot
- chaff
- 85, material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- windfalls
- 52, type of apple
- tyranny
- 30, , dominance through threat of punishment and violence
- conferred
- 59, given formally or officially
- marshal
- 69, make ready for action or use
- gaiters
- 62, ankle-high shoe w/ elastic sides
- preeminent
- 35, famous; outstanding
- castrate
- 39, remove the organs
- retinue
- 99, the group following and attending to some important person
- toiled
- 45, to work continuously or strenuously
- hearken
- 32, listen
- apathy
- 36, an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
- hawthorn
- 59, a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
- sallied
- 106, sudden rush forward
- obstinate
- 47, persist stubbornly
- pervading
- 89, spread throughout
- canvassing
- 63, persuasion of voters in a political campaign
- clamour
- 102, loud and persistent outcry from many people
- falter
- 30, to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline
- ensconced
- 25, settled comfortably