Animal Farm Vocabulary

If you were accused of a crime you did not commit, you might feel _____.

• disinterred

• superannuated

• indignation

• restive

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To work in a way that takes a great deal of time and effort is to work _____.

• dejectedly

• scullery

• tyranny

• laboriously

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

_____ is often used as a building material because it is both durable and beautiful.

• Limestone

• Eloquence

• Spinney

• Cockerel

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Someone who gave up all resistance can be said to have _____.

• capitulated

• disinterred

• contemptible

• tyranny

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

_____ is the terrible practice of killing a child within a year of its birth.

• contemptible

• infanticide

• tyranny

• maxim

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A paste or concoction - often made with plants or herbs - that is applied to a wound is a _____.

• quarry

• scullery

• spinney

• poultice

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

To speak fluently and persuasively is to speak with _____.

• indignation

• eloquence

• sordid

• maxim

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

To obtain something through care or effort is to _____ it.

• poultice

• paddock

• procure

• capitulate

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A pit where minerals or other materials have been mined is a _____.

• quarry

• limestone

• knoll

• paddock

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

To do something in an unhappy or disappointed way is to do it _____.

• laboriously

• restive

• dejectedly

• scullery

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4