1984

Question 1

extremely old, from an earlier period

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archaic

Question 2

capable of / tending to/subject to change in form, quality, nature

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mutable

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clouded, hazy, lacking definite form

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nebulous

Question 4

government with total power, political authority exercising absolute and centralized control

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totalitarian

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a widely accepted bellief/theory

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orthodox

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anything that slows or blocks progress. Something immaterial that interfers with/delays action

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impediment

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destroyed completely, killing large numbers

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annihilate

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make right or correct

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rectify

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marked by a narrow focus on/learning especially its trivial aspects

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pedantic

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from appearance alone, on the surface

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ostensibly

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speak out agains

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denounce

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a friend who is frequently in the company. Address for those male persons engaged in the same movement

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comrade

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make unclear, obscure

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obfuscate

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a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)

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ration

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implied by or inferred from actions or statements

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tacit

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a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

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proletariat

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have a tendency or disposition to do or be something;

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incline (v)

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the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

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virtue

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Strict, straight laced, and unsmiling, someone who is puritanical follows moral or religious rules to the letter.

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puritanical

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conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

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eccentric

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destroy completely

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demolish

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easily broken or damaged or destroyed

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frail

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showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

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benevolent

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intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

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officious

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conceal or hide

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repress

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showing no care or concern in attitude or action

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indifferent

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lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest

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vapid

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the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance

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camouflage

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not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving

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incredulous

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a quality that arouses emotions

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pathos

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the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

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atrocity

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complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost

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labyrinth

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teach uncritically

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indoctrinate

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impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear

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inaudible

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secret and sly

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furtive

Question 36

The pen was an ___ instrument

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archaic

Question 37

Nespeak, double-think, the ___ of the past

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mutable

Question 38

..happened that morning at the Ministry, so ___ could be said to happen.

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nebulous

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totalitarian

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belief, merely a hope- that O'Brien's political ___ was not perfect

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orthodox

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Games _____ lay all over the floor

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impediment

Question 42

...your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. You were abolished, ___: vaporized was the usual word

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annihilate

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It was necessary to alter, or, as the official phrase had it, to ___.

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rectify

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Big Brother;s familiar style: a style at once millitary and ___

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pedantic

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ostensibly

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...had overheard some compromising remark and ___ its parents to the thought Police

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denounce

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you were supposed to call evevryone ___

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comrade

Question 48

but so long as he uttered it, in some ___ way the continuity was not broken.

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obfuscate

Question 49

Actually, as Winston was aware, the chocolate ration was to be reduced from thirty grammes to twenty at the end of the present week 50

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ration

Question 50

Tacitly the Party was even inclined to encourage prostitution, as an outlet for instincts which could not be altogether suppressed. 83

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tacit

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And the Ministry had not only to supply the multifarious needs of the party, but also to repeat the whole operation at a lower level for the benefit of the proletariat. 55

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proletariat

Question 52

Tacitly the Party was even inclined to encourage prostitution 83

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incline (v)

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And what he wanted, more even than to be loved, was to break down that wall of virtue 86

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virtue

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The sexual puritanism of the Party was not imposed upon them 92

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puritanical

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There was a word for it in Newspeak: OWNLIFE, it was called, meaning individualism and eccentricity 104

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eccentric

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The bomb had demolished a group of houses 200 metres up the street 107

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demolish

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He was a man of perhaps sixty, frail and bowed, 119

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frail

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He was a man of perhaps sixty, frail and bowed, with a long, benevolent nose, and mild eyes 119

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benevolent

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Whether she was really an agent of the Thought Police, or simply an amateur spy actuated by officiousness, hardly mattered.

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officious

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All over Oceania this morning there were irrepressible spontaneous demonstrations

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repress

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‘I was working,’ said Winston ____.

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indifferent

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A sort of ____ eagerness flitted across Winston’s face at the mention of Big Brother

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vapid

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It paid, she said, it was _____

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camouflage

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In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face (to look ____ when a victory was announced, for example) was itself a punishable offence.

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incredulous

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or he would attempt a snivelling note of ___ in his efforts to get more than his share.

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pathos

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Julia’s unit in the Fiction Department had been taken off the production of novels and was rushing out a series of ____ pamphlets.

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atrocity

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His mind slid away into the __ world of doublethink

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labyrinth

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spreading false rumours and marking down and eliminating the few individuals who were judged capable of becoming dangerous; but no attempt was made to ___ them with the ideology of the Party.

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indoctrinate

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Winston sighed ___. He picked up his pen again and wrote:

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inaudible

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he had procured one, ____ly and with some difficulty, simply because of a feeling that the beautiful creamy paper deserved to be written on

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furtive