Name______________________________________________________
English 10
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Vocabulary Assignment – List 1 (10 points)
Date___________________
Mrs. Mavros
Due Date:___________________________ Quiz Date:___________________________
Directions – Read each word and definition. As you read the book, find each word and copy the sentence as it appears in Animal Farm.
Then write your own ORIGINAL sentence using a strong context clue for each word. Extra credit will be earned if you write the page number for each word.
DEFINITION
1.
WORD (and
chapter number)
cynical (ch. 1)
2.
dissentient (ch. 1)
individuals who disagree
3.
enmity (ch. 1)
mutual hatred or hostility
4.
plaited (ch. 1)
braided
5.
benevolent (ch. 1)
kind
tending to disbelieve
Sentence from ANIMAL FARM
ORIGINAL Sentence with Context Clue
6.
apathy (ch. 2)
no emotion
7.
gambol (ch. 2)
frolic, skip and play
8.
preeminent (ch. 2)
surpassing, better than,
superior, outstanding
9.
acute (ch. 3)
mentally alert and awake
10.
maxim (ch. 3)
a rule
Name______________________________________________________
English 10
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Vocabulary Assignment – List 2 (10 points)
Date___________________
Mrs. Mavros
Due Date:___________________________ Quiz Date:___________________________
Directions – Read each word and definition. As you read the book, find each word and copy the sentence as it appears in Animal Farm.
Then write your own ORIGINAL sentence using a strong context clue for each word. Extra credit will be earned if you write the page number for each word.
WORD (and
chapter number)
contemptible
(ch. 4)
DEFINITION
2.
ignominious
(ch. 4)
shameful, disgraceful
3.
impromptu (ch. 4)
without preparing
4.
tractable (ch. 4)
easy to deal with, docile
5.
disinterred (ch. 5)
something taken out of a
tomb or grave
1.
considered low or
worthless, despicable
Sentence from ANIMAL FARM
ORIGINAL Sentence with Context Clue
6.
manifest (ch. 5)
to reveal, to show itself
plainly
7.
pretext (ch. 5)
misleading excuse
8.
procure (ch. 5)
to get, obtain
9.
publican (ch. 5)
a tax collector
10.
restive (ch. 5)
unruly, restless
Name______________________________________________________
English 10
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Vocabulary Assignment – List 3 (10 points)
Date___________________
Mrs. Mavros
Due Date:___________________________ Quiz Date:___________________________
Directions – Read each word and definition. As you read the book, find each word and copy the sentence as it appears in Animal Farm.
Then write your own ORIGINAL sentence using a strong context clue for each word. Extra credit will be earned if you write the page number for each word.
DEFINITION
1.
WORD (and
chapter number)
arable (ch. 6)
2.
malignity (ch. 6)
a great hatred
3.
toil (ch. 6)
work hard
4.
indignation (ch. 6)
a feeling or expression of
anger because of an unjust
or mean action
5.
intermediary (ch. 6)
a person who acts as the go
between
fit for cultivating (farming)
Sentence from ANIMAL FARM
ORIGINAL Sentence with Context Clue
6.
attribute (ch. 7)
part of, belonging to
7.
capitulate (ch. 7)
surrender
8.
countenance (ch. 7)
facial expression
9.
retribution (ch. 7)
punishment, payback
10.
cower
(ch. 7)
to crouch or huddle up in
fear, cringe
Name______________________________________________________
English 10
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Vocabulary Assignment – List 4 (10 points)
Due Date:___________________________
Date___________________
Mrs. Mavros
Quiz Date:___________________________
Directions – Read each word and definition. As you read the book, find each word and copy the sentence as it appears in Animal Farm.
Then write your own ORIGINAL sentence using a strong context clue for each word. Extra credit will be earned if you write the page number for each word.
DEFINITION
1.
WORD (and
chapter number)
conciliatory (ch. 8)
2.
contrive (ch. 8)
to plan
3.
machinations
(ch. 8)
a plot or plan of evil doings
4.
skulk (ch. 8)
sneak
5.
liberal (ch. 8)
generous, plenty
peace making
Sentence from ANIMAL FARM
ORIGINAL Sentence with Context Clue
6.
complicity (ch. 9)
partnership in wrong doing
7.
demeanor (ch. 9)
a way a person looks or acts
8.
morose (ch. 10)
sad, gloomy
9.
subsist (ch. 10)
to stay alive on the barest
means, barely stay alive
10.
taciturn
(ch. 10)
quiet, not liking to talk,
always quiet