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Title: 1984

Description: 40 voc words

Total Flash Cards: 41

Created: 03/28/2005 18:33:39

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sanguine
Definition
ruddy, cheerful, optopmistic
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balks
Definition
heavy beams
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truncheons
Definition
clubs
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prole
Definition
common citizen
Term
nebulous
Definition
indistinct
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orthodoxy
Definition
condition of holding to a particular belief
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discountenanced
Definition
disapproved of
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impedimenta
Definition
things that impede progress
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invertebrate
Definition
lacking a backbone
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gamboling
Definition
frolicking
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zealot
Definition
fanatic
Term
orfices
Definition
openings, vents
Term
ideological
Definition
part of a body of ideas
Term
palimpsest
Definition
parchment used many times
Term
vapid
Definition
lacking excitement
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sinecures
Definition
easy paid position, little or no work
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concertina-like
Definition
wrinkled like an accordian
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anodyne
Definition
relief for pain
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convoluted
Definition
twisted, coiled, intricate
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knell
Definition
sound of a funeral bell
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etiolated
Definition
weakened, sickly, drained of color
Term
iniquity
Definition
gross injustice, wickedness
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febrile
Definition
feverish
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simian
Definition
ape-like
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luridly
Definition
gruesomely, horribly
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feral
Definition
ferocious, savage, wild
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oligarchical
Definition
having power vested in a few
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credulous
Definition
gullible, willing to believe
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orgiastic
Definition
nature of an orgy, frenzied, exciting
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spurious
Definition
not authentic, not genuine
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execrate
Definition
denounce, to feel loathing for
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expropriated
Definition
to transfer somones property to oneself
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self-abasement
Definition
self-humiliation, lowering of self-esteem
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forebearance
Definition
patience, restraint in the face of provocation
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copiously
Definition
in a way that yields large quantity
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desultorily
Definition
aimlessly, done in a haphazard way
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servile
Definition
slavish, subservient
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sanctimonious
Definition
righteousness
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sententiously
Definition
in a way suggestive of pompous moralizing
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mottled
Definition
streaked or blotched, variegated



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