Vocab: Animal Farm Chaps 1-5

Question 0

Benevolent (adj)

Answer 0

Desiring to help others; charitable

Question 1

Ensconce (v)

Answer 1

To establish or settle firmly or comfortably

Question 2

Consume (v)

Answer 2

To use up

Question 3

Scullery (n)

Answer 3

A section of the pantry or kitchen normally used for storage

Question 4

Enmity (n)

Answer 4

A feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; animosity

Question 5

Preeminent (adj)

Answer 5

Superior; supreme; distinguished

Question 6

Vice (n)

Answer 6

An immoral or evil habit or practice; sin

Question 7

Apathy (n)

Answer 7

Lack of interest; absence of emotion; indifference

Question 8

Indefatigable (adj)

Answer 8

Untiring; persevering; inexhaustible

Question 9

Maxim (n)

Answer 9

A brief expression of a principle or rule of conduct

Question 10

Windfall (n)

Answer 10

Something blown out of the wind such, as fruit

An unexpected gain, piece if good fortune

Question 11

Tractable (adj)

Answer 11

Easily managed or controlled; manageable

Question 12

Flog (v)

Answer 12

To beat with whip or stick especially for a punishment

Question 13

Impromptu (adj)

Answer 13

Done w/o previous preparation; spontaneous

Question 14

Ignominious (adj)

Answer 14

Humiliating; disgraceful; dishonorable

Question 15

Pretext (n)

Answer 15

A fictitious reason given in order to conceal the real one; an excuse

Question 16

Blithely (adv)

Answer 16

Joyous; merry; glad; cheerful

Question 17

Procure (v)

Answer 17

To obtain or acquire

Question 18

Disinter (v)

Answer 18

To remove or dig up; exhume

Question 19

Aloof (adj)

Answer 19

At a distance especially in feeling or interest; apart; distant