Play: Animal Farm Vocabulary

excuse

about to occur

amaze or astonish

reluctant to give or admit to something

obvious, clearly apparent to sight or understanding

not capable of being changed

written conversation used to bring characters to life

paricitic disease if animals

dig up, remove from a grave

give up all resistance

small room for kitchen chores

attending to an important person

middle class, typically land owners

relation of opposition to things at right angles

asked to produce to make a point

small grove of trees or shrubs

occurring or continuing after one's death

Conforms to a pattern, defined by a trait

Political system, state recognizes no limits to its authority

Poorest class of working people, earn living by selling their labor

living off an organism

killing an infant

waste of winnowed corn, left after harvest in the field

easily managed or controlled

food for cattle

restrain words for sack of politness

minorities in larger groups

persuasive and powerful speech

Opposite of what you would expect to happen

acts as an agent for others

collector of public taxes

shame or disgrace

biased communication, used to influence point of view

Production and distribution privately owned

land that can be cultivated, plowed, or planted

government with a single ruler who has absolute power, usually cruel or injust

people who disagree, especially from the majority

well spoken, gift of speech

Literary work that uses sarcasm to point out human stupidity

strategy, establishing a dictatorship of proletariat

not practical, doesn't take into account practical, unrealistic

face, facial features

difficult or impossible to control

Purpose is to teach a lesson, light-hearten and full of comedy, human qualities to animals

long hard work

form of a language spoken in a particular area or by a social or ethnic group

Bares blame of others

deep, mutual hatred

stubbornly adhering to attitude or opinion

flag pole

hatred

resting

superior above all others

hidden meaning

without exception, absolute

detailed statement

filthy or dirty, moral distastes