Animal Farm Vocabulary Chapter 1-10
posthumously
after one's death
pretext
alleged reason
filial
as benefits a son or daughter
scullery
back kitchen
reconciled
brought (oneself) to accept
blithely
casually
clutches
complete set of eggs produced at one time
machinations
crafty schemes; devious plots
contemptuously
disdainfully
contemptible
disgraceful
dejectedly
dismally
tractable
easily managed or controlled;governable
retinue
entourage
expounded
explained
lamentation
expression of grief
propulsion
force
parasitical
freeloading
capitulated
gave up
precincts
grounds
faction
group
intimated
hinted or implied
enmity
hostility
poultices
hot, soft, moist masses applied to a sore or inflamed body part
ignominious
humiliating
insoluble
impossible to be solved
vain
ineffective
publican
inn keeper or tax collector
complicity
involvement in a wrongful act
alighted
landed
liable
likely
vivacious
lively
preeminent
most excellent
infanticide
murder of babies
cryptic
mysterious
manifestly
noticeably
repose
rest
taciturn
reticent
superannuated
retired with a pension due to old age or infirmity
indignation
righteous anger
ensconced
settled
reproached
shamed or expressed disapproval if
pervading
spread throughout; all encompassing
obstinate
stubborn
superintendence
supervision or direction
inebriates'
teticent
falter
to waver
stratagem
trick
irrepressible
unmanageable; can't be held back
tyrannise
unmercifully rule over, the British spelling of "tyrannize"
indefatigable
untiring
tumult
uproar
confinements
periods of childbirth
malignity
persistent, intense ill will
surmounted
placed above
gambolled
playfully skipped; frolicked
procure
obtain
counteract
offset
incumbent
part of one's duty or obligation
