1984 Flashcards

(94 cards)

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Palimpsest

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A manuscript on more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible.

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Garble

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Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or a story

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Proliferate

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Grow rapidly

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Gesticulate

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Show, express or direct through movement

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Fulminate

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Cause to explode violently and with a loud noise

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Convoluted

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Rolled longitudinally upon itself; coiled

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Actuate

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Put in motion or move to act

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Anodyne

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Capable to relieving pain

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Saccharine

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Overly sweet

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Implicate

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bring into intimate and incriminating connection

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Debase

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Corrupt

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Venerate

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Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

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Vapid

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lacking significance or spirit

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Multifarious

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Having many aspects

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Sinecure

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an office that involves minimal duties

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Deride

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Treat or speak of with contempt

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Dissemble

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Behave unnaturally or affected by

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Lassitude

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A feeling of lack interest

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Cumbersome

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Difficult to handle or use especially because of height or weight

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Pedantic

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Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially it’s trivial aspects

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Repository

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A facility where things can be deposited for storage

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Equivocal

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Open to two or more interpretations; uncertain

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Imbecility

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Retardation more severe than a moron

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Nostalgia

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Longing for something in the past

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Altercation
Noisy quarrel
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Repudiate
Refuse to acknowledge
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Shirk
Avoid assigned duties
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Axiom
A proposition that is not susceptible or proof or disproof
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Furtive
Secret and sly or sordid
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Labyrinth
Complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
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Sordid
Foul and run-down
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Recreation
An activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
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Din
Loud harsh noise
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Flit
Move along rapidly and lightly
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Niggle
Worry unnecessarily or excessively
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Expropriate
Deprive of possessions
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Simian
Relating to or resembling an ape
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Febrile
Of or relating to or characterized by fever
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Drivel
Saliva spilling from the mouth
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Fecundity
The state of being fertile
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Deprecate
Express strong disapproval of
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Titular
Existing in name only
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Fatuous
Devoid of intelligence
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Inimical
Not friendly
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Acrid
Strong or sharp
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Adulation
Servile flattery; exaggerate and hypocritical flattery
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Preponderance
Exceeding in heaviness
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Oligarchy
A political system governed by a few people
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Gratuitous
Unnecessary
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Intermittent
Stopping and starting at irregular intervals
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Pretentious
Making claim to or creating an appearance of importance
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Demur
Take exception to
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Reprisal
A retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
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Harangue
A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
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Evade
Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering or performing
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Diminution
Change toward something smaller
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Privation
The act of depriving of food or money or rights
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Vanquish
Come out better in a competition
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Gyrating
To move in a circular motion
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Inscrutable
Incapable of being investigated; mysterious
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Pneumatic
Pertaining to air, gases, or wind
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Orifice
An opening or hole
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Purges
To rid of what is impure
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Denunciation
Public condemnation
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Pedantic
Overly concerned with minute details
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Dispatch
Send off with speed; to dismiss; to put to death
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Protuberant
Protruding
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Pannikin
A small pan
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Subsidiary
Serving to assist or supplement
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Reverie
A dream like state
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Inextricably
Incapable of being undone, solved
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Aquiline
Like an eagle
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Paraffin
Chemical substance
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Palpable
Plainly seen, heard or perceived
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Anodyne
Anything that Relieves stress or pain
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Amulets
Small object that's wards off evil
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Pugnaciously
Inclined to fight
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Reconnoiter
To inspect, observe, or survey in order to gain information
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Rectify
To set right by adjustment
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Fatuous
Foolish
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Extricate
To free from entanglements
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Guise
General external appearance
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Etiolated
To cause to grow pale, become sickly
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Incredulity
Inability to believe
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Obeisance
Movement of the body expressing deep respect
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Infallible
Absolutely trustworthy
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Versify
To relate or describe in verse
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Vestibule
A passage or hall
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Effigy
A representation or image
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Demur
To make objection
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Copiously
Abundant
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Desultory
Lacking in consistency
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Sanctimonious
Righteousness
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Torpid
Sluggish