Animal Farm Vocabulary Part 2
Tractable adj. easily managed or controlled
Irrepressible adj. difficult to control or restrain
Ignominious adj. marked by shame or disgrace
Posthumously adj. occurring or continuing after one’s death
Pretext n. an ostensible or professed purpose
Factions n. groups of people forming a cohesive usually contentious minority within a larger group
Sordid adj. filthy, dirty or foul
Disinterred v. dug up or removed from a grave
Laborious adj. requiring hard work
Chaff v. teasing / n. part of a seed covering
Capitulated v. surrendered
Countenance n. appearance; esp. expression of the face
Knacker n. a person who buy worn out old livestock and slaughters them to sell the meat or hides