Ensconced- establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe, or secret place.

Benevolent- having a desire to do good

laborious- involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort

enmity- intense hostility

preeminent- : having supreme rank, dignity, or importance

vivacious- lively in temper, conduct, or spirit

expound-to explain by setting forth in careful and often elaborate detail.

toil-to work hard and long

manipulate- to control or influence something or someone so that you get an advantage, often unfairly or dishonestly

pretext- something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object; an ostensible reason; excuse

liable- to be held legally responsible or obligated

sordid- immoral or dishonest.

Marshal- to place in proper rank or position

Mr. Jones- Tsar Nicholas II

Manor farm- Russia

old major- Lenin, Karl Marx

Nine dogs- police

Boxer- working class (farmers and factory workers)

Clover- working class (women)

Benjamin- Old people

Mollie- wealthy class/ aristocrats

Cat- just a cat

Moses- the Russian orthodox church

Napoleon- Joseph Stalin

Snowball- Trotsky

Squaler- Pravada (newspaper)

Animalism- communism