"Animal Farm" Vocabulary Test

(adj) like a parasite; gaining benefits from a host it injures

• parasitical
• preeminent
• categorical
• unalterable

(v) to watch over as a guard; to provide with a guard

• sentinel

• dole out

• expounded

• stupefied

(adj) not able to be changed

• unalterable
• indefatigable
• insoluble
• categorical

(n) a brief statement expressing the guiding principles of a person or organization

• motto
• chaff
• cowshed
• spinney

(n) a shelter for cows

• spinney
• implement
• welfare
• cowshed

(n) an expression, usually a general truth or principle

• maxim
• solicitor
• pensioner
• knacker

(n) a tool or instrument used in doing work

• lamentation
• implement
• seclusion
• interment

(adj) superior to or notable above all others; outstanding

• categorical
• ignominious
• preeminent
• parasitical

(n) the act of plotting; a crafty or cunning plan for the accomplishment of a sinister end

• lamentation
• infanticide
• machination
• interment

(n) the crime of a mother killing her infant

• lamentation
• countenance
• infanticide
• eloquence