VOCABULARY FOR ANIMAL FARM

Ensconced

establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe, or secret

place.

Laborious

requiring considerable effort and time."years of laborious

training"

Enmity

the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to

someone or something.
(especially of a woman) attractively lively and animated.
lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
(of diseases) due to parasites.
mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous:
incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue;
untiring.
easily worked, shaped, or otherwise handled; malleable.
bearing or deserving ignominy; contemptible.
made or done without previous preparation:
to examine carefully; investigate by inquiry; discuss;
debate.
to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means:
the practice or art of using language with fluency and
aptness.
uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
the state or character of being malign; malevolence;
intense ill will; spite
to give up resistance:
calm facial expression; composure.
violation of faith; betrayal of trust; treason.
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important
personage; suite.
tending to conciliate:

Vivacious
Apathy
Parasitical
Cryptic
Indefatigable
Tractable
Ignominious
Impromptu
Canvass
Procured
Eloquence
articulate
malignity
capitulate
countenance
treachery
retinue
conciliatory
demeanor
morose
taciturn
filial

eminent

a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments

conduct; behavior; deportment.
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in
conversation.
noting or having the relation of a child to a parent.
high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished: