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ANIMAL FARM; ch 3+
Animal Farm vocab; events; characters
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| arable | fertile; suitable for plowing |
| benevolent | kind; charitable; generous |
| canvass | solicit; request; campaign; crusade; appeal |
| coffer | treasury; storehouse |
| cryptic | enigmatic; puzzling; mysterious |
| cynical | sarcastic |
| discontent | unhappiness; dissatisfaction; displeasure |
| ensconced | shielded; settled comfortably or securely |
| ignominious | reprehensible; shameful; dishonorable; disgraceful |
| indefatigable | tireless |
| intermediary | intercessor; arbitrator; a go between |
| irrepressible | uncontrollable; wild; unruly; unmanageable; disorderly; impossible to stop |
| malignity | ill will; evil desire |
| maxim | saying; truism; adage |
| Mr. Frederick | tough and shrewd neighboring farmer |
| Mr. Pilkington | easygoing and neglectful neighboring farmer |
| obstinate | stubborn; adamant; pigheaded |
| paddock | enclosure; pen; corral |
| posthumously | after death |
| preeminent | superior; distinguished; famous; foremost |
| pretext | ploy; ruse; false reason; deceptive motive |
| shrewd | clever; astute; discerning; insightful |
| sordid | despicable; base; repugnant; sleazy; disgusting; ignoble; obscene |
| tractable | docile; submissive; compliant; manageable |
| tyranny | oppression; domination |
| vivacious | lively |
| shirk | avoid; shun |
| symbiotic | interdependent; cooperative; mutual; synergetic |
| Boxer | has a high level of self-motivation by adopting a personal motto of “ I will work harder.” |
| Napoleon | disagrees with the animal committees |
| Napoleon | takes the young from their parents |
| Mollie | having been spoiled, makes it difficult for her to do the assigned work |
| National Anthem | Beasts of England |
| Soviet Union Flag | hammer and sickle |
| Animal Farm Flag | hoof and horn |
| Squealer | Napoleon's mouth piece |
| windfall | surplus; excess; extra |
| fear | a driving force to discourage disagreement or revolt |
| malevolent | evil |
| egregious | appalling, terrible, horrendous, atrocious, abominable, abhorrent |
| fortnight | two weeks |
| Midsummer's Day | June 20 or 21 |
| tractable | docile, manageable, controllable |
| din | commotion, noise, ruckus, racket |
| stone | 14 pounds |
| ignominious | humiliating, embarrassing, shameful |
| impromptu | spontaneous, unplanned |
| Mollie | hid her head in the hay during the Battle of the Cowshed |
| Boxer and Snowball | awarded the military decoration, “Animal Hero, First Class" |
| Boxer | “He is dead,” he said sorrowfully. “I had no intention of doing that." |
| pigeons | these animals were used to spread the story of the Animal Rebellion to neighboring farms and teach other animals the tune of ‘Beasts of England’. |
| Manor Farm | Animal Farm |
| Manor Farm | represents in history the Czar's palace |
| propaganda example used by humans | Animals there practiced cannibalism, tortured one another with red-hot horseshoes, and had their females in common. |
| Battle of the Cowshed | Humans attempt to recapture Farmer Jones' farm. |
| implements | tools |
| doled | given |
| weaned | taken off (e.g. young creatures taken off mother's milk) |
| Squealer | gave the argument that milk and the windfall apples should be reserved for the pigs alone. |
| Mollie | arrived late to work and left early |
| Snowball | Organized various animal committees |
| pigs | the most literate |
| horses | the least literate |
| literate | ability to read and write |
| sheep | the animals which are most often heard uttering the maxim: "Four Legs good, Two Legs baaad." |
| pigs | take over as leaders in the newly formed animal society |
| Napoleon and Snowball | often are in disagreement |
| Napoleon and Squealer | work together to get the animals to agree with them |
| puppies | taken by the leader to "educate" them |
| dogs | Bluebell and Jessie |
| horses | Boxer and Clover |
| goat | Muriel |
| donkey | Benjamin |
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