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1984 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Specious

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(adj): misleading in appearance

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Sanguine

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(adj): optimistic/positive, especially in a difficult situation.

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Urbane

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(adj): sophisticated, courteous, well-mannered

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Drudge

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(n): A person made to do hard menial or dull work

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Armaments

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(n): military weapons and equipment; the process of equipping military forces for war

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Myriad

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(n): a countless or extremely great number

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Fathom

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(n): Unit of 6 feet deep, chiefly used to measure depth of water
(v): understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought.

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Furtive

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(adj): Attempting to avoid notice or attention

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Repudiate

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(v): Refuse to accept or be associated

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Palimpsest

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(n): a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been erased to make room for later writing but of which traces remain

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Abject

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(adj): Experienced or present to the maximum worst degree

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Pedantic

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(adj): Excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning

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Fulminate

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(adj) - hurling denunciations or menaces

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Venerate

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(v) - to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference

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Proliferate

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(v) - to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring

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Tacitly

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(adv): in a way that is understood or implied without being directly stated

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Debauchery

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(n): excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

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Aquiline

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(adj): hooked or curved like an eagle’s beak

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Sinecure

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(n): a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit

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Rehash

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(v): put (old ideas or material) into a new form without significant change or improvement.

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Balminess

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(n): the quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing

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Bourgeoisie

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(n) - the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.

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Lassitude

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(n) - a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy.

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Camaraderie

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(n) - mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together.

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Rectification

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(n): the act of putting something right.
- Rectify (v).

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Pretext

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(n): a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason.

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Necessitate

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(v): make something necessary as a result or consequence

OR force or compel someone to do something.

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Obeisance

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(n): a gesture expressing deferential respect, such as a bow or curtsy.

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Torrent

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(n): a sudden, violent, and copious outpouring of something (typically words or feelings).

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Iniquity

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(n): immoral or grossly unfair behavior.

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Intermittent

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(adj): stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again.

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Proletariat

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(n): the class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working class

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Furtively

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(adv): in a surreptitious, secret, or stealthy way

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Gratuitous

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(adj): being without apparent reason, cause, or justification

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Belfry

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(n): a bell tower, either attached to a church or other building or standing apart.

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Emanate

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(v): to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come forth; originate.

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Labyrinthine

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(adj): intricate or confusing system

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Indignation

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(n): anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment

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Effigy

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(n): sculpture or model or a person made to be destroyed as a protest or out of anger

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Prelude

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(n): an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important

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Contrived

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(adj): deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously

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Foretaste

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(n): a sample or suggestion of something that lies ahead

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Superfluous

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(adj): unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.

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Snivel

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(v): cry and sniff in a feeble or fretful way.

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Remonstrance

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(n): a forcefully reproachful protest.

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Demur

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(v): to show reluctance or doubt

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Decanter

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(n): a glass container commonly used to pour liquids (ex. wine) into other glasses

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Assent

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(n): expression of approval

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Oligarchy

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(n) - a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes

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Prodigious

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(adj) - Causing amazement or wonder

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Fecundity

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(n) - The ability to produce an abundance of offspring
Or: The ability to produce many new ideas

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Indefatigable

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(adj): persisting tirelessly

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Vitality

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(n): the state of being strong and active

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Bazaar

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(n): a market in a Middle Eastern or Asian country

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Wheedle

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(v): to coax or persuade (someone) to say or give something

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Desultory

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(adj): lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm

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Timorous

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(adj): showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence

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Prevaricate

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(v): Speak or act in an evasive way

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Vehemently

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(adv): In a forceful, passionate manner with great feeling

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Penitence

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(n): feeling/showing sorrow for having done wrong, repentance

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Solipsism

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(n): the quality of being self-centred or selfish; philosophy: the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist

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Hedonistic

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(adj): engaged in the pursuit of pleasure; sensually self-indulgent

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Disseminate

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(v): spread (something, especially information) widely

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Capitulate

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(v): to cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; to surrender

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Furrow

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(n): a long narrow trench made in the ground by a plow, especially for planting seeds or for irrigation

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Torpid

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(adj): physically or mentally inactive; lethargic

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Premonitory

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(adj): Giving you the feeling that something is going to happen, especially something unpleasant

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Schoolmasterish

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(adj): Resembling the characteristic of a schoolmaster

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Didactically

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(adv): In a way that is intended to teach, especially in a way that is fixed and unwilling to change

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Sallow

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(adj): (of a person’s face or complexion) of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color.

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Unbidden

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(adj): without having been commanded or invited

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Cauterize

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(v) burn the skin or flesh of (a wound) with a heated instrument or caustic substance, typically to stop bleeding or prevent the wound from becoming infected

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