Hinata Hoshi Round 2 Flashcards
(30 cards)
Orthodox
Following or conforming to the traditional or generally accepted rules or beliefs of a religion, philosophy, or practice.
Ration
A fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime.
Example: During the war, citizens received a ration of food and fuel.
Tacit
Understood or implied without being stated.
Proletariat
Working-class people regarded collectively, often used with reference to Marxism.
Incline
Be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something; have a tendency to do something.
Virtue
Behaviour showing high moral standards.
Denounce
Publicly declare to be wrong or evil.
Puritanical
Having or displaying a very strict or censorious moral attitude towards self-indulgence or sex.
Eccentric
(Of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange.
Demolish
Pull or knock down (a building) or overwhelmingly defeat.
Frail
Weak or unhealthy, or easily damaged, broken, or harmed.
Benevolent
Kind and with positive intentions; serving a charitable rather than a profit-making purpose.
Officious
Assertive of authority in a domineering way, especially with regard to trivial matters; intrusively enthusiastic in offering help or advice; interfering.
Repress
Subdue (someone or something) by force.
Newspeak
A controlled language created by the state to limit freedom of thought.
Doublethink
The ability to hold two contradictory beliefs at the same time
Thoughtcrime
What the Thought Police are responsible for identifying and punishing
Ingsoc
The ideology of the Party
Unperson
Someone who has been erased from existence by the Party
Facecrime
Showing facial expressions that suggest rebellious thoughts.
Shirk
avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility)
Pretense
an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true
Conspiracy
a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful
Superfluous
unnecessary, especially through being more than enough