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1984 Vocab pt 1
1984 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Decisive | final, conclusive |
Faltered | stumbled, hesitated |
Interminable | never-ending, ceaseless |
Meagerness | thinness |
Nebulous | vague, unclear |
Orthodoxy | those who follow the traditional or usual way of doing something |
Sanguine | ruddy, reddish |
Entail | include |
Obscure | difficult to understand |
Uniformity | sameness; a state in which everything is exactly the same |
Annihilate | destroy completely |
Furtive | sneaky, sly |
Genially | kindly |
Inscrutable | mysterious |
Reproach | dissaproval |
Repudiate | refuse to acknowledge or accept |
Statuesque | tall and shapely |
Gesticulating | gesturing with one's hands and arms, as when talking |
Proletarian | a member of the working class; an industrial worker |
Rectify | to correct or fix |
Superseded | replaced |
Pedant | a person who boasts of his level of knowledge |
Pugnaciously | in a combative manner |
Vapid | dull, lacking in zest |
Heresy | the act of going against popular or dominant opinion |