Animal Farm Set 1 Flashcards
What does ‘cynical’ mean?
(adj)
a) Believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity/integrity.
b) Concerned only with one’s own interests, typically disregarding accepted standards to acquire them.
What is a ‘dissentient’?
(noun) A person who opposes the majority of official opinion.
What does ‘enmity’ mean?
(noun) Mutual hatred or hostility; ill will; animosity, hate.
What does ‘ensconce’ mean?
(verb)To settle comfortably or safely.
What does ‘benevolent’ mean?
(adj) Kind; altruistic; compassionate.
What does ‘abolish’ mean?
(verb)To get rid of; repeal; terminate.
What does ‘apathy’ mean?
(noun) Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or emotion.
What does ‘apathetic’ mean?
(adj) To feel/act apathy.
What does ‘gambol’ mean?
(verb)To run and jump playfully; frolic.
What does ‘preeminent’ mean?
(adj) Surpassing all others; greatest; supreme.
What are ‘tormentors’?
(noun) People who cause great pain or make fun of others.
What does ‘acute’ mean?
(adj) Mentally alert and awake; astute; shrewd; insightful.
What does ‘cryptic’ mean?
(adj) Mysterious, hidden, puzzling.
What is a ‘maxim’?
(noun) A rule or motto.
What does ‘flog’ mean?
(verb) To beat or whip with a stick.
What does ‘Ignominious’ mean?
adj = shameful; disgraceful, humiliating
What does ‘Impromptu’ mean?
adj = done without being planned; spontaneous, unprepared, spur of the moment
What is the antonym of ‘Impromptu’?
Antonym = tractable
What does ‘Tractable’ mean?
adj = easy to control; docile, compliant, obedient (of a person/animal)
What does ‘Irrepressible’ mean?
adj = not able to be controlled; uncontainable
What does ‘Perpetual’ mean or ‘Perpetuate’
adj = to last a very long time
make something continue indefinitely
What does ‘Articulate’ mean?
adj = ability to express oneself clearly and coherently
