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1984 Vocab
Vocab from 1984 by George Orwell
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General Vocab
12th Grade
12/04/2009
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Aquline
 Definition
resembling an eagle
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Compendium
 Definition
summary of a larger work or field of knowlegde
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Gesticulating
 Definition
making guestures when one speaks
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Hersey
 Definition
a controversial opinion
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Imposture
 Definition
an incorrect impersonation, a fraud
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Inexorably
 Definition
not to be moved by request
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Inherent
 Definition
an essential part of something
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Lucid
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a. easily understood, b. shining
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Mutability
 Definition
capable of change
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Myriad
 Definition
consisting of a great indefinite number
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Odious
 Definition
deserving hatred
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Palpable
 Definition
obvious
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Pedantic
 Definition
concern for formal rules and learnign from books
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Pneumatic
 Definition
run by using compressed air
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Polysyllabic
 Definition
having more than 3 syllables
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Procure
 Definition
to obtain
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Protuberant
 Definition
extending beyond the surrounding surface in a bulge
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Sanguine
 Definition
being the colour of blood
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Sinecures
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a well paid job that requires little work
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Spanner
 Definition
a type of wrench
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Specious
 Definition
seems to be genuine, but it is not
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Tableaux
 Definition
pictures/something graphic
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Tacitly
 Definition
expressed without words or speech
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Truisms
 Definition
undoubted truths
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Truncheon
 Definition
a policeman's club
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Bunting
 Definition
thin fabric used in flags
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Contralto
 Definition
the lowest female voice in a choir
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Daunted
 Definition
lessened the courage of
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Demeanour
 Definition
behaviour or appearance
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deprecating
 Definition
expressing dissaproval of
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Emebellishing
 Definition
decorating
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Enunciating
 Definition
pronoucing words articulately or differently
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Exhorations
 Definition
acts of pleading
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Gelatinous
 Definition
resembling gelatin
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Gratuitous
 Definition
done without any reward
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Incredulity
 Definition
skeptical
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Insatiably
 Definition
cannot be satisfying
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Interminable
 Definition
never ending
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Inviolate
 Definition
not violated
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Pediment
 Definition
a gabelike decoration
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Prosaically
 Definition
dully
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Sodden
 Definition
lacing in spirit
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Stratagem
 Definition
a deceptive scheme
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Wainscotting
 Definition
material for a paneled wooden lining
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Cauterize
 Definition
to burn/sear in order to prevent spread of infection or further bleeding
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Contortions
 Definition
acts of twisting or contorting
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Depostism
 Definition
the practice of absolute authority
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Dislocation
 Definition
being dislocated (broken out of place)
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Disseminate
 Definition
to scatter
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Doleful
 Definition
mournful
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Equivocation
 Definition
the use of ambigous expression in order to mislead
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Hedonistic
 Definition
a way of life that is dedicated to pleasure
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Impalement
 Definition
to be pierced with a sharpened stick
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Malleable
 Definition
capable of beign shaped
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Metaphysician
 Definition
one who specializes in metaphysics
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Penitence
 Definition
regret for wrong doings
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Posterity
 Definition
the succes of future generations
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Premonitory
 Definition
to warn before hand
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Prevaricate
 Definition
to lie
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Prostrated
 Definition
to throw oneself down to the ground in humility
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Sententiously
 Definition
given to excessive moralizing
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Vehemently
 Definition
characterized by violet anger or rage
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