Animal Farm | Chapter IX

 

Chapter IX 111 Poultices 112 Formulated Liberal Pension Rumoured (British spelling) vs Rumored Superannuated Readjustment 113 Piebald Parentage 114 Degree Appetising (British spelling) vs Appetizing 115 Disused Barley Tureen Processions Spontaneous Demonstration Precincts Flanked 117 Complicity Stratagem Inflicted 118 Contemptuously Insufficient Faltered Haunches Vast 119 Accumulated 121 Professed Turnips Braying 122 Bowler hat Chorused Gave the animals pause Trot Stout Canter 123 Matchwood Appealing Brutes 124 Most affecting sight Demeanour (British spelling) vs Demeanor Eyes darted 125 Tempered Lamented Internment Laurels Favourite (British spelling) vs Favorite 126 Uproarious Quarrel

Poultice - noun a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.; verb dress by covering with a therapeutic substance Formulate - verb come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort Liberal - adj. tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition; having political or social views favoring reform and progress; showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets Pension - noun a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working; verb grant a pension to Rumored - adj. reported or spread by word of mouth Superannuated - adj.too old to be useful; discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension Readjustment - noun the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances); the act of adjusting something to match a standard Piebald - adj. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly Parentage - noun the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents; the descendants of one individual; the state of being a parent Degree - noun the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime) Appetizing - adj. appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma Disuse - noun the state of something that has been unused and neglected Barley - noun a grain of barley; cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain Tureen - noun large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews Procession - noun the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation Spontaneous - adj. happening or arising without apparent external cause; said or done without having been planned or written in advance Demonstration - noun a show of military force or preparedness; a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature) Precinct - noun a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes Flank - noun the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg; the side of military or naval formation Complicity - noun guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense Stratagem - noun a maneuver in a game or conversation; an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade Inflict - verb impose something unpleasant Contemptuously - adv. without respect Insufficient - adj. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement Falter - noun the act of pausing uncertainly; verb move hesitatingly, as if about to give way; be unsure or weak; speak haltingly; walk unsteadily Haunch - noun the loin and leg of a quadruped; the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings Vast - adj. unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope Accumulate - verb collect or gather; get or gather together Profess - verb state insincerely; confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about Turnip - noun root of any of several members of the mustard family; widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root Bowler Hat - noun a hard felt hat with a rounded crown, originally created by the London hat-makers; worn with semi-formal and informal attire. Chorus - noun any utterance produced simultaneously by a group Pause - verb cease an action temporarily; interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing Trot - noun a gait faster than a walk;; a slow pace of running); radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution; verb run at a moderately swift pace; cause to trot; ride at a trot Stout - adj. euphemisms for `fat'; dependable; having rugged physical strength Canter - noun a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop; verb ride at a canter; ride at a cantering pace; go at a canter, of horses Matchwood - noun fragments of wood; wood suitable for making matchsticks Appealing - adj. able to attract interest or draw favorable attention Brute - adj. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; noun a cruelly rapacious person Affecting - adj. arousing affect Demeanor - noun (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people Dart -  verb move with sudden speed; run or move very quickly or hastily; move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart Tempered - adj. adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element; made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment Lamented - adj. mourned or grieved for Internment - noun confinement during wartime; placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law; the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) Laurel - noun (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory Uproarious - adj. marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; uncontrollably noisy Quarrel - verb have a disagreement over something