Animal Farm Vocabulary: Essential Definitions
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Animal Farm Vocabulary List
- Scullery: room for washing dishes
- Whelped: given birth to
- Paddock: enclosed field
- Lurched: staggered
- Propulsion: motion; driving forward
- Faculty: mental ability
- Tyranny: rule by absolute power
- Windfalls: fruit blown onto the ground
- Cockerels: young roosters
- Expelled: forced out of power
- Indefatigable: tireless; persistent
- Resolutions: formal statements of decisions
- Rations: daily food allowance
- Lowing: mooing
- Mincing: walking primarily with little steps
- Knoll: a small hill
- Gambolled: skipped playfully
- Plaited: braided; interwoven
- Trotter: a pig's foot
- Weaned: stopped nursing
- Din: loud harsh noises
- Cunning: slyness; cleverness
- Ratified: approved; confirmed
- Publican: a bar or saloon owner
- Faction: contentious, quarrelsome groups
- Marshal: bring together; organize
- Tractable: docile; easily controlled
- Biding: waiting for
- Disinterred: removed from a grave
- Manifestly: recognized clearly
- Posthumously: occurring after death
- Unintelligible: not able to be understood
- Tactics: methods for achieving a goal
- Skirmishing: minor fighting in a war
- Vengeance: punishment given in return for an injury
- Flourished: thrived; prospered
- Mingle: to associate with; mix with a group
- Articulate: able to speak clearly and effectively
- Arable: fit for growing crops
- Imposing: impressive in size
- Prospect: extensive view
- Gilded: golden in appearance
- Tumult: commotion; uproar
- Cryptic: hidden; ambiguous
- Sallied: set out; departed
- Impending: occurring soon
- Bestowed: given as a gift
- Emboldened: filled with courage
- Categorically: with absolute certainty
- Hitherto: up until now
- Absented: kept oneself away
- Frequented: visiting often
- Machinations: schemes to achieve evil
- Privy: sharing secrets
- Pensioner: one who receives a retirement benefit
- Interment: burial
- Bon mot: clever saying
- Stricken: suddenly affected by
- Enquiry: close examination; questioning
- Dispelled: driven away; removed from one's mind
- Superannuated: allowed to retire because of age
- Subsisted: maintained life
- Deputation: delegation; a group representing others
- Racked: strained intensely
- Eminent: of high rank; distinguished
- Licence: undue freedom
- Incumbent: necessary because of duty or obligation
- Proprietors: legal owners of a business
- Suppressed: ended or subdued by force