Animal Farm Vocabulary

Question 1

mentally alert and awake; sharp or severe in effect; intense

Answer 1

acute

Question 2

lack of feeling or interest; indifference

Answer 2

apathy

Question 3

expressing oneself clearly; easy to hear or understand

Answer 3

articulate

Question 4

deserving of or held in disregard; despicable; vile

Answer 4

contempitable

Question 5

mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous

Answer 5

cryptic

Question 6

distrusting or disparaging the motives of others; bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic

Answer 6

cynical

Question 7

to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the opinion of the majority

Answer 7

dissentient

Question 8

a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism

Answer 8

enmity

Question 9

shameful, disgraceful

Answer 9

ignominious

Question 10

incapable of being restrained; uncontrollable

Answer 10

irrepressible

Question 11

to reveal, to show itself plainly

Answer 11

manifest

Question 12

standing out above others; superior

Answer 12

preeminent

Question 13

something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object; an ostensible reason; excuse: (ostensible: apparent, evident, or conspicuous)

Answer 13

pretext

Question 14

unruly, restless; uneasy; impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons;

Answer 14

restive

Question 15

easily led, docile *

Answer 15

tractable

Question 16

gave up all resistance

Answer 16

Capitulated

Question 17

showing good will; peace-making

Answer 17

Conciliatory

Question 18

facial expression

Answer 18

Countenance

Question 19

encouraged; made brave

Answer 19

Emboldened

Question 20

about to take place

Answer 20

Impending

Question 21

exist concealed or unsuspected

Answer 21

Lurking

Question 22

obtain; acquire

Answer 22

Procured

Question 23

those accompanying a person of rank

Answer 23

Retinue

Question 24

astute; clever

Answer 24

Shrewd

Question 25

commotion

Answer 25

Tumult