Animal Farm
Vocabulary Words
Page numbers are based on the blue copy of Animal Farm.
1. Poultices (114) – a soft, moist mass of material applied hot as a medicine to the body
2. Superannuated (115) – retired because of age or infirmity
3. Piebald (116) – having patches of black and white or other colors
4. Tureen (117) – a large, deep, covered dish for serving food
5. Cockerel (118) – a young domestic male chicken
6. Complicity (119) – the state of being an accomplice or partner in wrongdoing
7. Stratagem (119) – a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy
8. Gill (120) – a unit of liquid measure equal to ¼ pint
9. Interment (126) – the act or ceremony of burial
10. Rheumy (127) – pertaining to, causing, full of, or affected with mucous
11. Morose (127) – characterized by or expressing gloom
12. Taciturn (127) – inclined to silence; reserved in speech
13. Filial (128) – of, pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter
14. Dynamos (128) – an electric generator
15. Masthead (130) – the uppermost point of a flag pole
16. Deputation (134) – a person or body of persons appointed to represent others
17. Incumbent (135) – obligatory
18. Witticism (136) – a clever remark or sentence
19. Subversive (137) – tending to undermine or advocating undermine (or overthrowing) a system
20. Dregs (138) – the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds (i.e. coffee grounds)