1984 Book Vocabulary
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bri2winnie on October 19, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 truncheon | a club |
| aureole | halo |
| to dissemble | to disguise, to put on a false appearance of |
| mutable | capable of change |
| labyrintine | intricate |
| myriad | innumerable |
| palimpsest | a reused tablet |
| pannikin | a small pan or cup |
| vapid | dull; lacking liveliness |
| incredulous | unbelieving; unwilling to accept what is offered as true |
| furtive | sneaky, done slyly; obtained underhandedly |
| sinecure | an easy job |
| palpable | obvious; easily perceptible by the mind |
| anodyne | pacifier; something that calms or comforts |
| convoluted | coiled, involved, intricate |
| officious | meddlesome, volunteering where services were not asked or needed |
| lassitude | fatigue; condition of weariness |
| fatuous | foolish or silly |
| to etiolate | to weaken |
| obeisant | meek |
| rendezvous | a meeting place |
| prosaic | factual; dull, unimaginative; ordinary |
| muslin | a type of coarse cloth |
| febrile | feverish |
| ramification | subdivision; a branched structure |
| simian | resembling apes; ape-like |
| demur | uncertainty; hesistation |
| persiflage | frivolity; bantering talk |
| feral | savage; not domesticated; brutal |
| fecund | fertile; fruitful in offspring |
| spurious | counterfeit; falsified; a deceitful nature or quality |
| inimical | hostile; unfriendly |
| avaricious | greedy; greedy in seeking to hoard riches |
| nucleus | a central point; the center |
| to ossify | to harden |
| livid | discolored; discolored by bruising |
| illicit | unlawful; not permitted |
| insidious | sly; subtle |
| surly | sullen or churlish in manner |
| prevaricate | to lie |
| to vindicate | to confirm; to set free |
| to quail | to cower |
| to degrade | to debase; to lower in status |
| forlorn | miserable; sad and lonely because of isolation |
| torpid | inactive; lacking energy or vigor |
| premonitory | giving warning in advance |
| to cauterize | to sear; to make insensible; deaden |
| abstruse | complex; difficult to comprehend |
| equivocation | uncertainty; a lie |
| heretic | one who dissents; nonconformist, unorthodox |
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