Name __________________________ Period _________________________ Lewis/Rizzo/Gorman Animal Farm Vocabulary
List #1
benevolent scullery ensconced cynical dissentients pre-eminent elaborate (d) expound(ed) apathy gambol lithograph cryptic indefatigable maxim tractable ignominious impromptu ratify(ied)
List #2
blithely manifestly conjured disinterred pretext malignity arable graphically countenance edible censured cockerel superannuated precincts demeanor taciturn morose frugally capitulated
RG Animal Farm Vocabulary
Vocabulary #1 Exercise Directions: Answer the following vocabulary questions as specifically as possible. Your answer must reflect the question and your understanding of the word.
1. What is the synonym for scullery? 2. Elaborate on your favorite hobby. 3. Give an antonym for dissentients. 4. Name one character from Animal Farm who is cynical. Explain why. 5. Describe a situation where you have performed a benevolent act. 6. Use ensconced correctly in a sentence. 7. List and explain one pre-eminent occasion. 8. Right or Wrong? Sherlock Holmes received an unusually cryptic message from Watson at midnight. 9. Use ratify(ied) correctly in a sentence. 10. True or False? Most of the animals on Animal Farm were tractable. 11. Describe a situation in which an adult might expound on a particular idea. 12. Write an antonym for ignominious. 13. Many citizens of the planet Earth suffer from the disease of apathy. Identify one thing many are apathetic about. Explain. 14. Use a synonym for gambol in a sentence of your own making its meaning crystal clear. 15. Write what you think is a maxim. 16. I’ve heard sophomores are indefatigable. Is this generalization true for you? Say why or why not. 17. What is an impromptu quiz? 18. Describe a career where one might use a lithograph.
RG Animal Farm Vocabulary
Vocabulary List #2 Exercise Directions: Answer the following vocabulary questions as specifically as possible. Your answer must reflect the question and your understanding of the word.
1.Give an example of a pretext you have used for NOT doing your English homework.
2. Which of the following objects might have to be disinterred? a. a VCR b. a ’92 Corvette c. an ancient Indian artifact d. a rebellious student 3. What kind of land is most arable
4. Name a character in Animal Farm for whom the animals felt malignity and tell why.
5. Which word is an antonym for edible? a. scrumptious b. poisonous c. bitter d. spicy 6. Choose the sentence where the word graphically is used incorrectly. a. The accident report was graphically written. b. We hopped graphically on our bikes. c. The story was graphically written. d. The teacher graphically outlines the experiment.
7. Draw a countenance.
8. Describe an act that would be censured in the Animal Farm community.
9. Complete the analogy: Buck is to doe as cockerel is to _____.
RG Animal Farm Vocabulary
10. Identify one benefit to which you feel a superannuated person is entitled.
11. Would Animal Farm qualify as a precinct of England? Explain.
12. Write one example of proper classroom demeanor.
13. Describe a time when you were tactiturn.
14. Fill this visual so that it is an appropriate reflection of the word morose.
15. If we were to observe one of our classmates walking blithely down the street we can assume she is ….
16. List a synonym for manifestly.
17. Use the word conjure in a sentence.
18. Offer an example of a time when you have acted frugally.
19. Describe a situation in which you have capitulated.
RG Animal Farm Vocabulary