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Animal Farm 1-5
Animal Farm Vocabulary Chapters 1-5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| scullery | room for storing food supplies |
| comrades | fellow soldiers; close companions |
| ensconced | settled comfortably |
| dissentients | those differing in opinion |
| enmity | active hatred or ill-will |
| pre-eminent | of the highest rank or importance |
| vivacious | lively in actions or conduct |
| knoll | small round hill; mound |
| gambolled | playfully skipped about |
| spinney | small wooded area with underbrush |
| cannibalism | practice of eating one's own kind |
| cryptic | intended to be mysterious or obscure |
| gambol | to skip about in play |
| ignominious | shameful; dishonorable |
| indefatigable | untiring |
| parasitical | like a parasite; gaining benefits from a host it injures. |
| drew | caused to move by hauling or dragging |
| trap | light one-horse carriage with springs |
| mincing | walking with small, delicate steps |
| acute | intense |
| obstinate | inflexible |
| cryptic | puzzling |
| shrewd | calculating |
| tractable | submissive |
| irrepressible | unrestraining |