Animal Farm Ch 4-6 Vocab

Define the word in all CAPS:

"The other farmers sympathized in PRINCIPLE, but they did not at first give him much help" (Orwell 44).

• The head of a school

• A strongly held believe

• A business agreement

• A law or ordinance of a county

Define the word in all CAPS:

"And yet the song was IRREPRESSIBLE" (Orwell 46).

• Could not be song correctly

• Banned

• Could not be stopped

• Something that gets stuck in your head

Define the word in all CAPS:

"And so within five minutes of their invasion they were in IGNOMINIOUS retreat by the same way they had come..." (Orwell 48).

• Shamefully

• Hurriedly

• Sadly

• Excitedly

Define the word in all CAPS:

"No SENTIMENTALITY, comrade!" (Orwell 49).

• Anger

• Tenderness

• Fear

• Happiness

Define the word in all CAPS:

"An IMPROMPTU celebration of the victory was held immediately" (Orwell 49).

• Unplanned

• Prearranged

• Formal

• Informal

Define the word in all CAPS:

"One day as Mollie strolled BLITHELY into the yard, flirting her long tail and chewing at a stalk of hay, Clover took her aside" (Orwell 51).

• Shamefully

• Cautiously

• Pridefully

• Casually

Define the word in all CAPS:

"It had come to be accepted that the pigs, who were MANIFESTLY cleverer than the other animals, should decide all questions of farm policy..." (Orwell 52-53).

• By the order of a higher spirit

• With no questions

• Debatable

• Questionable

Define the word in all CAPS:

"...though their decisions had to be RATIFIED by a majority of the vote" (Orwell 53).

• Changed by the leader

• Formally changed by the group

• Erased

• Put to debate

Define the word in all CAPS:

"...but Napoleon was better at CANVASSING support for himself in between times" (Orwell 53).

• Rallying

• An object for painting on

• A stiff fabric

• Asking for

Define the word in all CAPS:

"They had all the more reason for doing so because the news of their defeat had spread across the countryside and made the animals on the neighbouring farms more RESTIVE than ever" (Orwell 56).

• Sleepy

• Uncontrollable

• Scared

• Excited