CPeregoy AF Vocab List

Cary P. (United States of America)
20 words 3 learners

Learn words with Flashcards and other activities

Definition First极速168赛车 377936e02ce27ce724b98272ce20c0e0
Print Flashcards极速168赛车 902a441ff479f3adacbe4135eb3a3334

Other learning activities

Answer a few questions about each word. Use this to prep for your next quiz! Compete with other teams in real time to see who answers the most questions correctly! Test your spelling acumen. Read the definition, listen to the word and try spelling it!

Teaching tools

Create and assign quizzes to your students to test their vocabulary. Assign learning activities including Practice, Vocabulary Jams and Spelling Bees to your students, and monitor their progress in real-time.

Full list of words from this list:

words only definitions & notes
  1. linseed
    the seed of flax used as a source of oil
    In Sugarcandy Mountain, it was Sunday seven days a week, clover was in season all the year round, and lump sugar and linseed cake grew on the hedges.
  2. idle
    not in action or at work
    But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice, well aware hat everything that they did was for the benefit of themselves and those of their kind who would come after them, and not for a pack of idle, thieving human beings.
  3. vivacious
    vigorous and animated
    Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character.
  4. stupefied
    as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
    The animals were stupefied.
  5. indefatigable
    showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality
    He was indefatigable at this.
  6. flogging
    beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
    Any animal caught singing it was given a flogging on the spot.
  7. irrepressible
    impossible to control
    And yet the song was irrepressible.
  8. 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.
  9. hitherto
    up to this point; until the present time
    Hitherto the animals had had little or no contact with Whymper on his weekly visits: now, however, a few selected animals, mostly sheep, were instructed to remark casually in his hearing that rations had been increased.
  10. coccidiosis
    (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia
    Their bodies were buried in the orchard, and it was given out that they had died of coccidiosis.
  11. pensioner
    the beneficiary of a pension fund
    It now appeared that Snowball was not, after all, hiding on Pinchfield Farm, and in fact had never been there in his life: he was living- in considerable luxury, so it was said- at Foxwood, and had in reality been a pensioner of Pilkington for years past.
  12. superannuated
    too old to be useful
    Now that the small field beyond the orchard had been set aside for barley, it was rumoured that a corner of the large pasture was to be fenced of and turned into a grazing-grounded for superannuated animals.
  13. oration
    an instance of formal speaking
    Napoleon himself appeared at the meeting on the following Sunday morning and pronounced a short oration in Boxer's honour.
  14. interment
    the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
    It had not been possible, he said, to bring back their lamented comrade's remains for interment on the farm, but he had ordered a large wreath to be made from the laurels in the farmhouse garden and sent down to be placed on Boxer's grave.
  15. memoranda
    a written proposal or reminder
    Squealer told them that the pigs had to expend enormous labours every day upon mysterious things called "files," "reports," "minutes," and "memoranda."
  16. comrade
    a friend who is frequently in the company of another
    That, he said, was Comrade Napolean's cunning.
  17. shrewd
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
    Its owner was a Mr. Frederick, a tough, shrewd man, perpetually involved in lawsuits and with a name for driving hard bargains.
  18. perpetually
    everlastingly; for all time
    Its owner was a Mr. Frederick, a tough, shrewd man, perpetually involved in lawsuits and with a name for driving hard bargains.
  19. trifle
    a detail that is considered insignificant
    Some did it better than others , one or two were even a trifle unsteady and looked as though they would have needed a stick, but every one of them made his way right round the yard successfully.
  20. shrill
    having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
    And finally there was a tremendous baying of dogs and a shrill crowing from the black cockerel, and out came Napoleon himself, majestically upright, casting haughty glances from side to side, and when his dogs gamboling round him.
Created on 一月 1, 2014 (updated 一月 16, 2014)

Sign up now (it’s free!)

Whether you’re a teacher or a learner 全国统一开奖网址, soonshin.com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement.