Animal Farm Vocab #1
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- shirking
- verb - to avoid work or duty
- castrate
- verb - to remove the sexual organs of a creature; deprive of spirit
- obstinate
- adjective - stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action
- vivacious
- adjective - full of animation and spirit; lively
- indefatigable
- adjective - tireless
- enmity
- noun - deep-seated, often mutual hatred
- gamboled
- verb - to frolice, leap about playfully
- cryptic
- adjective - having hidden meaning; mystifying
- frothing
- verb - to cover with foam
- parasitical
- adjective - of realating to, or characteristic of a parasite
- chaff
- verb - to make fun of in a good, natured way
- whelped
- verb - to give birth to young offspring of a mammal (dog or wolf)
- knacker
- noun - a person who buys old livestock to slaughter and sell as meat
- ensconced
- verb - to settle oneself secrely or comfortably
- lithograph
- noun - a print produced by using a flat surface that absorbs or repels ink in a pattern