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1984 Vocab Pt. 3
Vocab for Part 3 of the book 1984, for an English 11 class.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ambivalent | simultaneously conflicting feelings toward a person or thing |
| bludgeon | short heavy club, usually of wood. that is heavy at the end |
| cauterize | to burn the skin or flesh of a wound with a heated instrument, mainly to stop bleeding |
| consign | to deliver something to a person's custody in order for it to be sold |
| denounced | publicly declare to be wrong or evil |
| diminution | the process of becoming less; lessening or reduction |
| erroneous | wrong or false |
| euphony | the tendency to make phonetic changes for ease of pronunciation |
| ideologically | set of opinions or beliefs |
| inflict | to impose something unpleasant on someone or something |
| ingrained | firmly fixed or established |
| premonitory | a bad warning in advance |
| prevaricate | to avoid telling the truth |
| recuperate | to recover from an illness or exhaustion |
| utopia | an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect |