1984 Vocab 2 Flashcards
(24 cards)
Menace
Person or thing likely to cause harm
Statutory
Required, permitted
Partisanship
Bias
Myriad
Countless or extremely great number
Quail
Show fear obviously
Rasp
Harsh grating noise
Invertebrate
Animal lacking a backbone
Abject
Something unpleasant, degrading, someone with no pride
Fabrication
Invention, lie
Forgery
A forged document, or act of making one
Proletariat
Workers, or working class
Gratuitous
Given free of charge
Superfluous
Unnecessary, more than enough
Purge
Rid someone of something unwanted, such as a pain or memory, violent removal of people from a place
Ideological
Body of doctrine or beliefs that lead a person or group
Indoctrinate
Teach people to accept a belief
Posterity
All future generations, one’s descendants
Obeisance
Deferential respect
Stratum
Level or class where people are assigned due to certain factors
Lassitude
Lack of energy, physical weariness
Shirk
Avoid or neglect
Acrid
Having an unpleasant or strong taste or smell
Pretext
A reason given for something but is not the real reason
Fecundity
Fertility, the ability or capacity to produce great numbers of young