1984 Flashcards
(94 cards)
Palimpsest
A manuscript on more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible.
Garble
Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or a story
Proliferate
Grow rapidly
Gesticulate
Show, express or direct through movement
Fulminate
Cause to explode violently and with a loud noise
Convoluted
Rolled longitudinally upon itself; coiled
Actuate
Put in motion or move to act
Anodyne
Capable to relieving pain
Saccharine
Overly sweet
Implicate
bring into intimate and incriminating connection
Debase
Corrupt
Venerate
Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
Vapid
lacking significance or spirit
Multifarious
Having many aspects
Sinecure
an office that involves minimal duties
Deride
Treat or speak of with contempt
Dissemble
Behave unnaturally or affected by
Lassitude
A feeling of lack interest
Cumbersome
Difficult to handle or use especially because of height or weight
Pedantic
Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially it’s trivial aspects
Repository
A facility where things can be deposited for storage
Equivocal
Open to two or more interpretations; uncertain
Imbecility
Retardation more severe than a moron
Nostalgia
Longing for something in the past