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1984 Vocabulary
Test May 9th, 2012
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9th Grade
05/08/2012

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Apathy
Definition
the absence of emotion or excitement
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Archaic
Definition
out-of date
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Balk
Definition
obstruct
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Benevolence
Definition
charity work
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Bourgeois
Definition
person belonging to the middle class
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Clandestine
Definition
secret
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Copious
Definition
an abundance of items
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Credulous
Definition
somebody who is gullible
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Debauchery
Definition
excessive desires in sensual pleasures
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Deprecate
Definition
to express disapproval of
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Dissemble
Definition
to give a false appearance
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Dupe
Definition
person who is easily tricked
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Effigy
Definition
representation
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Gambol
Definition
to skip around - frolic
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Heretical
Definition
characteristics belonging to heretics - regarding religious and church beliefs
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Impregnable
Definition
strong enough to resist attack
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Inscrutable
Definition
something which cannot be investigated
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Insidious
Definition
stealthy trap
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Lucid
Definition
easily understood
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Lurid
Definition
gruesome/horrible
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Mutability
Definition
changing
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Myriad
Definition
a great number of PEOPLE?
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Nebulous
Definition
vague
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Posterity
Definition
all the descendents of one person
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Proliferation
Definition
rapidly increasing
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Saboteur
Definition
a person who commits sabotage
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Supersede
Definition
to replace one in power
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Tenet
Definition
the opinion of a group, profession, and/or organization
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Zeal
Definition
to fervor (great warmth) for a cause, person, or a thing
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Zealot
Definition
to display zeal
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