Details Title: 1984 - Book II Description: Vocab Total Flash Cards: 45 Created: 02/11/2007 14:23:31		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional English Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Pediment Definition Broad gable surmounting a colonnade as the major part of a facade Term Obeisance Definition Gesture of respect or deference i.e. A bow of the head Term Prosaic Definition Characteristic of, or resembling prose Term Febrile Definition Relating to, involving, or typical of fever Term Perilous Definition Involving exposure to very great danger Term Effigy Definition A model of someone made to be damaged or destroyed as a protest or expression of anger Term Deprecating Definition Expressing condemnation of something or someone Term Proletarian Definition Member of the working class Term Mutability Definition Changeable Term Simian Definition Belonging to or characteristic of monkeys or apes Term Sordid Definition Dirty and Depressing Term Pilfering Definition Stealing small objects of little value Term Impregnable Definition Too strong to be captured or opened by force Term Formidable Definition Demonstrating strength Term Equivocal Definition Difficult to interpret Term Persiflage Definition Light or teasing good-natured talk Term Stratagem Definition Plan or scheme Term Gelatinous Definition Resembling Gelatin Term Debauch Definition Period of indulgence in drunkenness or immoral behavior Term Luridly Definition Sickeningly bright and shocking Term Lank Definition Limp and straight Term Haranguing Definition Criticizing someone or trying to persuade someone to do something in a forceful angry way Term Feral Definition Similiar to or typical of a wild animal Term Tepid Definition Slightly warm Term Voluptuous Definition Sensual in appearance Term Meritorious Definition Deserving honor and recognition Term Fecundity Definition The ability to produce offspring or many different and original ideas Term Inviolate Definition Not subject to change, damage, or destruction Term Prodigious Definition Great in amount, size, or extent Term Empirical Definition Based on observation and experiment rather than theory Term Stagnate Definition To fail to develop or progress Term Austere Definition Plain and simple, without luxury or self-indulgence Term Spurious Definition Being different from what it claims to be Term Preponderance Definition Dominance or superiority in force, importance, or influence Term Diminution Definition A lessening, decreasing, or reduction of something Term Indefatigably Definition Never showing any sign or getting tired Term Execrate Definition To feel loathing for someone or something Term Inimical Definition Unfriendly, hostile Term Ruminant Definition An even toed animal that chews its cud (cows, sheep, deer, giragges, etc.) Term Avaricious Definition Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth Term Cardinal Definition Of great importance, fundamental Term Expropriated Definition Taken away from its owner Term Ossified Definition Became rigidly set in a pattern of behaviour Term Vilifies Definition Makes malicious and abusive statements about somebody Term Truncheons Definition Short, thick sticks carried as a weapon by an officer