8th Grade Language Arts Exam Vocab
vocab, Night, Animal Farm, African stories, grammar
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- invectives
- harsh or insulting words
- disinterred
- to dig up, expose
- ration
- a food allowance for one day
- taciturn
- silent by nature
- Transfer
- Old Major's teachings being promoted throughout the farm is an example of ______
- Name Calling
- Napoleon calling Snowball a traitor is an example of ______
- indefatigable
- not tiring
- nimble
- fast, agile, moving lightly
- anecdotes
- brief stories about something interesting or funny in a person's life
- shirked
- to avoid responsibility
- prominent
- widely known and admired for excellence
- quarantine
- a certain place for isolating persons suspected of suffering from a contagious disease
- lethal
- causing or capable of causing death
- gallows
- a structure from which criminals are hanged
- paternal
- fatherly
- unscathed
- unhurt
- liberated
- set free
- toiled
- to work hard
- Euphemism
- Squealer saying that there is a readjustment in the food, not a reduction, is an example of a/an ______
- Fear
- The executions of the animals on Snowball's side are an example of ______
- repose
- rest, peace, tranquility
- anti semitic
- hostile or prejudiced towards Jewish people
- cryptic
- obscure, secret, protective
- monocle
- an eyeglass for one eye
- vengeance
- revenge
- expounded
- to describe and explain something
- dysentery
- a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood from the bowels
- cynical
- sarcastic, mocking, or scornful
- sublime
- having an impressive quality
- inventive
- creative, skilled, artistic
- Testimonial
- Boxer's mottoes are an example of ______
- colossus
- a person or thing of great size or power
- scullery
- a room for kitchen chores
- Bandwagon
- The sheep bleating "4 legs good, 2 legs bad" is an example of ______
- conflagration
- a large disastrous fire
- procure
- acquire something