Animal Farm vocabulary

cannibalism

(n) the practice of eating one’s own kind

ensconce

(v) conceal

laborious

(adj) difficult, arduous, or back-breaking

dissentient

(n) a person who opposes a majority or an official opinion

enmity

(n) hatred

preliminary

(n) initial or first

spinney

(n) wood or thicket

lithograph

(n) an authorized copy of an original artistic work

tractable

(adj) manageable, controllable

irrepressible

(adj) uncontrollable

flogging

(n) a whipping

din

(n) sound

skirmish

(n) a fight, battle, or a combat

impromptu

(adj) spur of the moment; done without preparation; on the spot –extemporaneous

cryptic

(adj) intended to be mysterious or obscure

gambol

(v) to skip about and play

ignominious

(adj) shameful or dishonorable

indefatigable

(adj) untiring

parasitical

(adj) like a parasite

vice

(n) bad habit; sin

vivacious

(adj) cheerful; energetic

expound

(v) explain

apathy

(n) unconcern

idle

(adj) lazy

accord

(n) agreement

caper

(v) frolic, romp,

knoll

(n) a hill

clods

(n) chunks

reproach

(v) to scold

unalterable

(adj) unchangeable

maxim

(n) a saying, proverb, or truism

posthumously

(adv) occurring after death

confer

(v) to grant or bestow upon