Animal Farm Vocab 2

countenance (pg.83 - Napoleon appeared to change countenance, and sharply ordered Boxer to let the dog go,whereat Boxer lifted his hoof, and the dog slunk away, bruised ans howling.)

a person's face or facial expression

machinations (pg.97 - In the last summer yet another of Snowball's machinations was laid bare.)

a scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish something

contrived (pg.107 - A rumour went round that Snowball had after all contrived to introduce poison into Napoleon's food.)

deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously

rash (pg.97 - But Squealer counselled them to avoid rash actions and trust in Comrade Napoleon's strategy.)

displaying or proceeding from a lack of careful consideration of the possible consequences of an action

inebriate (pg.127 - Jones too was dead-he had died in an inebriates' home in another part of the country.)

drunk; intoxicate; drunkard

malignity (pg.70 - In sheer malignity, thinking to set back our plans and avenge himself for his ignominious expulsion, this traitor has crept here under cover of night and destroyed our work of nearly a year.)

evil in nature or effect

censured (pg.97 - So far from being decorated, he had been censured for showing cowardice in the battle.)

express severe disapproval of, typically in a formal statement

graphically (pg.81 - Now when Squealer described the scene so graphically, it seemed to the animals that they did remember it.)

giving a clear and effective picture, vividly

conciliatory (pg.101 - In addition, four pigeons were sent to Foxwood with a conciliatory message, which it was hoped might reestablish good relations with Pilkington.)

intended or likely to placate or pacify; peace making

skulking (pg.95 - Snowball was known be still skulking on Pinchfield Farm.)

keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive

subsisted (pg.138 - He would end his remarks, he said, by emphasising once again the friendly feelings that subsisted, and ought to subsist, between Animal Farm and its neighbours.)

maintain or support oneself

retribution (pg.85 - They did not know which was more shocking-the treachery of the animals who had leagued themselves themselves with Snowball, or the cruel retribution they had just witnessed.)

punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act

attribute (pg.78 - Whenever anything went wrong it became usual to attribute it to Snowball.)

regard something as being caused by someone or something

taciturn (pg.128 - Only old Benjamin was much the same as ever, except for being a little greyer about the muzzle, and since Boxer's death, more morose and taciturn than ever.)

reserved or uncommunicative speech saying little

arable (pg.62 - And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land, which saved a lot of labour on the upkeep of hedges and gates.)

something can grow

morose (pg.128 - Only old Benjamin was much the same as ever, except for being a little greyer about the muzzle, and since Boxer's death, more morose and taciturn than ever.)

sullen and ill-tempered

capitulated (pg.76 - For five days the hens held out; then they capitulated and went back to their nesting boxes.)

surrender

complicity (pg.117 - On the same day it was given out that fresh documents had been discovered which revealed further details about Snowball's complicity with Jones.)

the state of being involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing

articulate (pg.54 - Some of the pigs themselves, however, were more articulate.)

to say something clearly so one can hear you

disinter (pg.56 - The skull of old Major, now clean of flesh, had been disinterred from the orchard and set up on a stump at the foot of the flagstaff, beside the gun.)

to take out something from the ground, like a body

incited (pg.84 - The three hens who had been the ringleaders in the attempted rebellion over the eggs now came forward and stated that Snowball had appeared to them in a dream and incited them to disobey Napoleon's orders.)

urge or persuade

categorically (pg.82 - "Our Leader, Comrade Napoleon," announced Squealer, speaking very slowly and firmly, "has stated categorically-categorically, comrade-that Snowball was Jones's agent from the very beginning-yes, and from long before the Rebellion was ever thought of.")

without exceptions or conditions

unscathed (pg.104 - But the men did not go unscathed either.)

without suffering any injury, damage, or harm

superannuated (pg.112 - Now that the small field beyond the orchard had been set aside for barley, it was rumoured that a corner of the large pasture was to be fenced off and turned into a grazing-ground for superannuated animals.)

old

demeanor (pg.124 - Here Squealer's demeanor suddenly changed.)

outward behavior or bearing