Animal Farm Vocabulary 21

Question 1

inscribe

Answer 1

(v) to write or carve words as a formal or permanent manner

Question 2

ration

Answer 2

(n) a fixed amount of something; a small amount of something deemed a “commodity” also known as an fixed amount, a share, or a shortage

Question 3

cryptic

Answer 3

(adj) mysterious or obscure

Question 4

ensconce

Answer 4

(v) settle or nestle or snuggle next to something or to set up or place against something

Question 5

knoll

Answer 5

(n) a small hill or mound

Question 6

ignominious

Answer 6

(n) shameful and dishonorable

Question 7

cannibalism

Answer 7

(n) practice of eating one’s own kind; humans eating humans; dogs eating dogs; chickens eating chickens

Question 8

indefatigable

Answer 8

(adj) untiring

Question 9

parasitical

Answer 9

(adj) like a parasite; one who gains or benefits from another – a hosts- injuries

Question 10

quarry

Answer 10

(n) a place where stone or other materials are extracted from

Question 11

hovel

Answer 11

(n) a small squalid and unpleasantly simple dwelling

Question 12

gambol

Answer 12

(v) to skip like in play