1984 Part 2 Chapter 6-10 Flashcards
(11 cards)
shirk
Avoid one’s assigned duties
pretense
Pretend, the act of giving a false appearance
“He went on, conscious that what he was saying must sound both feeble and ___ous”
conspiracy
a secret planning, agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
“We believe that there is some kind of ___, some kind of secret organization”
superfluous
more than is needed, desired, or required
“…the Newspeak Dictionary, was a provisional one, and contained many ___ words.”
relapse
decline in one’s behavior, go back to bad behavior
“Her large shapely
body seemed to ___ naturally into stillness.”
jargon
specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
“Each contained a message of only one or two lines,
in the abbreviated _ -not actually Newspeak, but consisting largely of Newspeak words”
catechism
a series of questions and answers, an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers
“He began asking his questions in a low, expressionless voice, as though this were a routine, a sort of _ , most of whose answers were known to him already.
formidable
extremely impressive in strength or excellence
” In spite of his _ appearance he had a certain charm of manner.”
hierarchy
a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
“Every new political theory, by whatever name it
called itself, led back to _ and regimentation”
surplus
a quantity much larger than is needed
“Ever since the end of the nineteenth century, the problem of what to do with the _ of consumption goods has been latent in industrial society.”
shirk
“I always look cheerful and I never ___ anything”
