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1984 Vocab Pt. 3
Vocab for Part 3 of the book 1984, for an English 11 class.
Term | Definition |
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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 |