EGulick AF Vocab List

Emily G. (United States of America)
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  1. contemptible
    deserving of scorn or disrespect
    They could not understand, they said, how even animals could bring themselves such contemptible rubbish.
  2. silage
    fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
    He talked learnedly about field-drains, silage, and basic slag, and had worked out a complicated scheme for all the animals to drop their dung directly in the fields, at a different spot every day, to save the labour of cartage.
  3. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
    Napoleon appeared to change countenance, and sharply ordered Boxer to let the dog go, whereat Boxer lifted his hoof, and the dog slunk away bruised and howling.
  4. inebriate
    make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
    Jones too was dead-he had died in an inebriates' home in another part of the country.
  5. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
    Only old Benjamin was much the same as ever, except for being a little greyer about the muzzle, and, since Boxer's death, more morose and taciturn than ever.
  6. superannuated
    too old to be useful
    The talk of setting aside a corner of the pasture for superannuated animals had long since been dropped.
  7. subversive
    in opposition to an established system or government
    For a long time there had been rumours-circulated, he had reasons to think, by some malignant enemy-that there was something subversive and even revolutionary in the outlook of himself and his colleagues.
  8. hearse
    a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery
    Boxer and Clover pulled the wagon which served a a hearse, and Napoleon himself walked at the head of the procession.
  9. ignominious
    deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
    And so within five minutes of their invasion they were in ignominious retreat by the same way as they had come, with a flock of geese hissing after them and pecking at their calves all the way.
  10. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
    He was twelve years old and had lately grown rather stout, but he was still a majestic-looking pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact that his tushes had never been cut.
  11. taproom
    a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
    Most of this time Mr. Jones had spent sitting in the taproom of the Red Lion at Willingdon.
  12. ensconce
    fix firmly
    Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from a beam.
  13. hobnailed
    marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails
    But once again the men, with their sticks and their hobnailed boots, were too strong for them.
  14. acreage
    an area of ground used for some particular purpose
    The other was certain to demand a bigger acreage of oats.
  15. restive
    in a very tense state
    They had all the more reason for doing so because the news of their defeat had spread across the country and made the animals on the neighboring farms more restive than ever.
  16. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
    In glowing sentences he painted a picture of Animal Farm as it might be when sordid labor was lifted from the animals' backs.
  17. reaper
    someone who helps to gather the harvest
    Electricity, he said could operate threshing machines, ploughs, harrows, rollers, and reapers.
  18. conciliatory
    making or willing to make concessions
    Four pigeons were sent to Foxwood with a conciliatory message.
  19. frothing
    producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease
    Soon there were five buckets of frothing, creamy milk.
  20. whelp
    young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
    It happened that Jessie and Bluebell had both whelped soon after the hay harvest.
Created on 十二月 29, 2013 (updated 一月 16, 2014)

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