ANIMAL FARM Vocabulary Set 2

(v.) to rest; lie; place; (n.) relaxation, peace of mind, calmness

Ex.: The animals of Animal Farm did not find as much ______ as they had dreamed of after the Rebellion.

• pretext

• propaganda

• factions

• repose

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(n.) a person or thing carrying the blame for others

Ex.: Snowball was the ________ for everything that went wrong on Animal Farm.

• scapegoat

• malignity

• flagstaff

• publican

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(v) taken out of a tomb or grave; dug up, uncovered

Ex.: In the case of unsolved murders, sometimes bodies are ________ in order to solve the mystery.

• capitulated

• disinterred

• manifestly

• stupefied

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(adverb) in a way that is clear or obvious to the eye or mind

Ex.: It was ________ untrue that Napoleon had the best interests of the animals in mind.

• disinterred

• manifestly

• articulate

• malignity

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(n) a person's face or facial expression

Ex.: Boxer's __________ fell when he saw the dead boy.

• flagstaff

• countenance

• propaganda

• eloquence

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(adj) suitable for growing crops

Ex.: The fields at Animal Farm, if managed well, were highly _________.

• stupefied

• laborious

• sordid

• arable

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(adj) stunned; amazed

Ex.: After the windstorm, the animals were ________ when they saw how utterly destroyed their windmill was.

• laborious

• articulate

• stupefied

• sordid

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(n) A political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens.

Ex.: Unfortunately, the Russian people are still the victims of _________.

• propaganda

• factions

• malignity

• totalitarianism

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(n) information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

Ex.: Even today, the news is filled with ____________.

• flagstaff

• malignity

• propaganda

• eloquence

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(n) an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect

Ex.: We will never reach a ________ until we live with God in Heaven.

• publican

• pretext

• utopia

• scapegoat

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A