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1984 Vocab Pt. 1
Vocab for Part 1 of the book 1984, for an English 11 class.
Term | Definition |
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Axiom | a saying |
Bourgeoisie | (negative) middle class |
Contrived | devise; invent |
Drudge | slave-like worker |
Furtive | sly |
Garble | mix-up; distort; scramble |
Gesticulate | gesture |
Heresy | heresy |
Invariably | invariably |
Knell | funeral bell |
Myriad | countless |
Nebulous | confused; cloudy |
Orthodox | customary; conventional |
Pedant | one who excessively displays his knowledge |
Petty | of little importance |
Posterity | future generations |
Procure | get by care |
Pugnacious | belligerent; warlike |
Reverie | a daydream |
Solitude | living or being alone |
Tableaux | a picture - as of a scene or memory |
Vapid | flat; dull; lifeless |
Zealot | a fanatic |