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!984 Vocabulary
Vocabulary words from George Orwell's 1984
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English
11th Grade
05/08/2012

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sanguine
Definition
confident; optimistic
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tableaux
Definition
a graphic description or representation
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formidable
Definition
causing fear, dread, or apprehension
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annihilation
Definition
to cause to be of no effect
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palimpsest
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writing material used after earlier writing has been erased
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multifarious
Definition
having or occurring in great variety
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etiolate
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to make pale
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obeisance
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a movement of the body in token of respect or submission
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iniquity
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gross injustice
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inviolate
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pure
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catechism
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oral instruction
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persiflage
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frivolous bantering talk
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indefatigably
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incapable of being fatigued
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truncheon
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club
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solipsism
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extreme egocentrism
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hedonism
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the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the sole or chief good in life
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despotism
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a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power
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vitriol
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bitterness of feeling or of speech
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torpid
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having lost motion or the power of exertion or feeling
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capitulate
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to surrender often after negotiation of terms
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