Animal Farm Vocabulary
9th grade honors english vocabulary from Animal Farm.
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- piebald
- a breed of horse
- posthumously
- arising, continuing or occuring after ones death
- irrepressible
- incapable of being repressed or restrained
- cowering
- to crouch or shrink back in fear or shame
- trotter
- the hoof of a pig
- complicity
- the state of being an accomplice
- machinations
- cunning schemes or plots to gain power
- ignominious
- contemptable, humiliating or discreditable
- poultices
- a soft warm mass of cloth or herbs applied as a medicant
- benevolent
- characterized by expressing goodwill or kindly feelings
- categorically
- without exceptions or conditions
- retribution
- something justly deserved
- parasitical
- of, pertaining to, or characteristics of a parasite
- blithely
- joyous, merry, or gay in disposition
- dissentiants
- those who disagree from the majority opinion
- gaiters
- a heavy cloth or covering for the leg
- cryptic
- mysterious in meaning, puzzling or ambiguous
- smithies
- a blacksmith
- expounded
- to give a detailed statement of
- disinterred
- to unearth, exhume
- stone
- an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body
- manifestly
- unmistakably
- deputation
- the act of appointing someone to act for others
- conciliatory
- to make up with someone after an arguement
- maxim
- an expression of general truth, a principle rule or conduct
- subsided
- to sink to a lower level
- canvassing
- to examine carefully or discuss thoroughly
- malignity
- intense ill will, spite
- mangel-wurzel
- a variety of beet used to feed cattle
- countenance
- appearance, especially of the face
- intermediary
- a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
- taciturn
- inclined to silence, reserved in speech
- paddock
- a small enclosed field by a barn to pasture or exersize animals
- ensconce
- to place or settle snugly or securely
- lamented
- mourned for
- derision
- the act of ridicule, mockery
- pretext
- something that is put forward to conceal a true appearance
- spinney
- a small wood or thicket
- capitulated
- to surrender unconditionally
- enimity
- a feeling or condition of hostility, hatred, ill will
- cockerel
- a young rooster
- writhed
- to jerk the body about in pain or effort
- procured
- to obtain by care, effort, or use of special means
- pugnacious
- inclined to quarrel or fight readily
- meager
- lacking in quality or quantity
- publican
- a person who owns or manages a tavern
- scullery
- a small room off a kitchen used to prepare food
- brusquely
- abrupt in manner
- knacker
- a person who purchases animal carcasses
- insoluble
- unable to dissolve in water
- skeptical
- inclined to doubtfullness
- beautifically
- bestowing bliss or intelligence
- superannuated
- not wanted because of age or ability
- recumbent
- lying down, reclining, leaning
- indefatigable
- incapable of being tired out, not yielding to fatigue
- hullabaloo
- a great noise or excitement
- malignant
- inclined to cause harm or suffering
- tushes
- a canine tooth, especially of a horse