1984 vocabulary

Question 0

Niggling

Answer 0

Constant, persistent annoyance

Question 1

Lacquered

Answer 1

Coated with shellac

Question 2

Anodyne

Answer 2

not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive, often deliberately so.

Question 3

Exaltation

Answer 3

Strong sense of happiness or importance

Question 4

Ipso Facto

Answer 4

By that very fact of act

Question 5

Officious

Answer 5

Volunteering ones services when neither asked nor needed

Question 6

Lassitude

Answer 6

State of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy

Question 7

Agitprop

Answer 7

Appears to be art, but actually political propaganda

Question 8

Sanguine

Answer 8

Optimistic or positive in a difficult situation

Question 9

Orthodox

Answer 9

Conforming to what is generally accepted

Question 10

Heresy

Answer 10

Opinions that contradict orthodoxy

Question 11

Palimpsest

Answer 11

Parchment from which writing has been partially erased to make room for text

Question 12

Orifice

Answer 12

Hole or opening

Question 13

Mutability

Answer 13

Quality of being changeable

Question 14

Sinecure

Answer 14

Job or position for which someone is paid to do little or no work

Question 15

Jus Primae Noctis

Answer 15

Right to grant a marriage other than bride or groom (forced marriage)(sexual relations)

Question 16

Debauchery

Answer 16

Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures