Animal Farm Vocabulary Review (Chapters 1-4)

Practice flashcards covering definitions and application context for vocabulary terms found in Chapters 1-4 of the Animal Farm lecture notes.

Benevolent

Kind or charitable.

Cynical

Believing the worst of human nature and motives.

Disciple

A follower who accepts and passes on the teachings (often philosophy or religion) of another.

Enmity

Hatred; contempt.

Ensconce

To establish or settle firmly.

Indefatigable

Never tiring; incapable of being fatigued.

Laborious

Causing great physical effort.

Preeminent

Superior to others.

Sordid

Filthy; base.

Vengeance

Great force or punishment.

Acute

Sharp, severe or intense.

Cryptic

Mysterious or secretive.

Faculty

Skill, ability or aptitude.

Sigmund Freud

A figure whose teachings are often passed on and applied to work by modern psychologist disciples.

Major

The pig on Animal Farm who is described as being ensconced on his bed of straw on a raised platform.

Gianna

The individual cited as the preeminent chef in a city known for many good ones.

Oprah

A person mentioned as having risen above the sordid streets of her childhood.

SAT

An examination designed to test a student's faculty in vocabulary, mathematics, and reading comprehension.

Indefatigable labourer

A hypothetical worker who can work from sunrise to sunset without ever tiring.

Cryptic e-mail message

A mysterious form of communication that may lead someone to overanalyze words.