vocabulary animal farm ch 1-5 Flashcards by Leila Manganelli-Pisanu | Brainscape

Q

lurch

A

make a sudden mouvement

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ensconced

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settled comfortably

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nimble

A

quick and light in motion

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capered with joy

A

leap or prance about with joy

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knoll

A

small hill

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sow

A

female pig

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gambolled

A

skipped around

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rungs

A

crosspieces of a ladder

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toiled

A

worked hard and long

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drawback

A

disadvantage

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doled out

A

given in small portions

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shirked

A

avoided evaded the performnce of an obligation

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hoisted

A

lifting/raise into position

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tame

A

reduce from a state of native wildness

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whelped

A

given birth

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weaned

A

accustomed to take food otherwise than by nursing

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mingle

A

move about, come into contact

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scorn

A

express disdain

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shrewd

A

wily sly or artful ways of dealing

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contemptible

A

disgraceful

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whirling

A

moving in a circle with force and speed

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hurled

A

thrown forcefully

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gored

A

pierced or wounded with something pointed

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ignominious

A

shameful, humiliating

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post humously

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after death

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strolled blithely

A

walked in an idle manner/ without any cares

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pranced about

A

spring from the hind legs

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at their ease

A

free from restraint or discomfort

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aloof

A

away or apart

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restive

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fidgety, restless, uneasy, ready to break out of control

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baying

A

barking howling loudly and plaintively

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dismayed

A

filled with intense disappointment

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liable

A

likely

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plough

A

till, turn over the soil

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mincing

A

taking quick small steps in an affected effeminate way

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grazing

A

eating the grass

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slaughter

A

butcher/kill in a cruel way

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grumble

A

complain in a low voice

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uproar

A

commotion

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apathy

A

lack of interest