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1984 Vocab pt 1
1984 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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| Superseded | replaced |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 |