Animal Farm Flash Cards For Vocabulary

Front 1

scullery

Back 1

a small kitchen or room at the back of the house used for washing dishes or other dirty jobs

Front 2

mincing

Back 2

short quick steps

Front 3

tyranny

Back 3

oppression, cruelty

Front 4

dissentients

Back 4

people who disagree with the opinion of the majority

Front 5

enmity

Back 5

a feeling or condition of hostility

Front 6

pre-eminent

Back 6

superior

Front 7

expounded

Back 7

present and explain in detail

Front 8

spinney

Back 8

a small area of trees and bushes

Front 9

unalterable

Back 9

not able to be changed

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grudging

Back 10

resentfully unwilling to give

Front 11

parasitical

Back 11

habitually relying on or exploiting others

Front 12

obstinate

Back 12

refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

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cryptic

Back 13

meaning that is mysterious or obscure

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tractable

Back 14

easy to control or influence

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irrepressible

Back 15

not able to be controlled or restrained

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ignominious

Back 16

deserving or causing public scorn or disgrace

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posthumously

Back 17

awarded or appearing after the death of the originator

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pretext

Back 18

a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason

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publican

Back 19

a person who owns or manages a pub

Front 20

manifestly

Back 20

clear or obvious to the eye or mind

Front 21

factions

Back 21

a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics

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eloquence

Back 22

fluent or persuasive speaking or writing

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sordid

Back 23

involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt

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articulate

Back 24

having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently

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disinterred

Back 25

dig up

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laborious

Back 26

requiring considerable effort and time

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arable

Back 27

used or suitable for growing crops

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repose

Back 28

temporary rest from activity

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perpendicularity

Back 29

at an angle of 90 degrees

Front 30

flagstaff

Back 30

flagpole

Front 31

malignity

Back 31

evil in nature or effect

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chaff

Back 32

the husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing

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mangels

Back 33

a beet of a variety with a large root, cultivated as feed for livestock

Front 34

infanticide

Back 34

the crime of a mother killing her child within a year of birth

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capitulated

Back 35

cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand

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coccidiosis

Back 36

a disease of birds and mammals

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stupefied

Back 37

make unable to think or feel properly

Front 38

categorically

Back 38

unambiguously explicit and direct

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countenance

Back 39

a person's face

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retinue

Back 40

a group of advisers

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impending

Back 41

be about to happen

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beatifically

Back 42

blissfully happy

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conciliatory

Back 43

intended or likely to placate or pacify

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vengeance

Back 44

punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong

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superannuated

Back 45

cause to become obsolete through age or new technological or intellectual advancements

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complicity

Back 46

the state of being involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing

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knacker

Back 47

a person whose business is the disposal of dead or unwanted animals

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taciturn

Back 48

reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little

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filial

Back 49

of or due from a son or daughter

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imperishable

Back 50

enduring forever

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deputation

Back 51

a group of people appointed to undertake a mission or take part in a formal process on behalf of a larger group

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eminent

Back 52

famous and respected within a particular sphere or profession