Vocabulary for 1984 (Part 2)

Question 1

Acrid

Answer 1

bitter or unpleasant in taste or smell

Question 2

Apathetic

Answer 2

showing or feeling no intrest or concern

Question 3

Capitulate

Answer 3

to cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand

Question 4

Cavernous

Answer 4

Like a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere

Question 5

Copious

Answer 5

yielding something abundantly

Question 6

forbearance

Answer 6

patient self-control

Question 7

Gratuitous

Answer 7

not necessary or appropriate

Question 8

Impudent

Answer 8

Not showing respect for another person; rude

Question 9

intermittent

Answer 9

occuring at irregular intervals

Question 10

inviolate

Answer 10

not harmed or changed

Question 11

demur

Answer 11

to disagree, polietly

Question 12

emanate

Answer 12

to come out from or form source

Question 13

exaltation

Answer 13

a feeling of extreme happiness

Question 14

fatuous

Answer 14

silly; stupid

Question 15

febrile

Answer 15

having or showing a great deal of nervous excitement

Question 16

malleable

Answer 16

capable of being easily changed or influnced

Question 17

penitent

Answer 17

feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong

Question 18

premonitory

Answer 18

giving warning

Question 19

sententious

Answer 19

expressing much in few words; having or expressing strong opinions about what people should or should not do

Question 20

timorous

Answer 20

full of fear or easily frightened