Chapter 1 Vocab
Word meaning a business that disposes of dead or unwanted animals, especially those whose flesh is not fit for human consumption.
What is the knacker?
_______________ among the pigs were two young boars named Snowball and Napoleon, whom Mr. Jones was breeding up for sale.
Dissembled, Pre-eminent, Antithetical
What is pre-eminent?
Father of more than 400 children.
Who is Old Major?
Generally recognized as being the cleverest of the animals.
Who are the pigs?
Boxer and Clover represent this class.
What is the working class?
At one end of the big barn, on a sort of raised platform, Major was already ___________ on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from a beam.
ensconced, rendered, or alleged
What is ensconced?
The system of thought that encompassed Old Major's teaching.
What is Animalism?
Bluebell, Jessie, and Pincher.
Who are the dogs?
A small fat pig with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice. He was a brilliant talker, and when he was arguing some difficult point he had a way of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail which was somehow very persuasive.
Who is Squealer?
A political system whereby the country's resources would be shared equally for the betterment of all
What is Communism?
He seldom talked, and when he did, it was usually to make some _________ remark.
rambunctious, menial, cynical
What is cynical?
Mr. Jones had become much ____________ after losing money in a lawsuit, and had taken to drinking more than was good for him.
disheartened, intrepid, contested
What is disheartened?
An enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together. A white stripe down his nose gave him a somewhat stupid appearance, and in fact he was not of first-rate intelligence.
Who is Boxer?
Animal who asked, “Will there still be sugar after the Rebellion?”
Who is Mollie?
German who wrote "Communist Manifesto"; considered father of Communism.
Who is Karl Marx?
Word meaning fellow communist.
What is comrade?
A little way down the pasture there was a ______ that commanded a view of most of the farm.
rampart, sinkhole, knoll
What is a knoll?
The donkey was the oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered--but devoted to Boxer.
Who is Benjamin?
Where Moses tells the animals they will go when they die. It is situated somewhere up in the sky, a little distance beyond the clouds; it is Sunday seven days a week, clover is in season all the year round.
What is Sugarcandy Mountain?
Founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, and first head of the Soviet state.
Who is Lenin?
A cruel and oppressive ruler.
What is a tyrant?
All the animals _______ with joy when they saw the whips going up in flames.
donned, capered, schlepped
What is capered?
The song Old Major taught to the animals.
What is "Beasts of England"?
The bits, the nose-rings, the dog-chains, the cruel knives with which Mr. Jones had been used to castrate the pigs and lambs...the reins, the halters, the blinkers, the degrading nosebags, whips, Boxer's straw hat.
What was flung down the well and/or burned after the rebellion?
Animal who represents Karl Marx in "Animal Farm."
Who is Old Major?