Book Two 1984 Vocabulary

Julie M.
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  1. agitation
    a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
    Emmy Lou's agitation broke into speech mingled with tears. Martin, George Madden
  2. denounce
    speak out against
    Egyptians gathered in Cairo on Thursday to denounce the bloody clashes a day earlier following a soccer game. New York Times (Feb 2, 2012)
  3. parenthetically
    in a parenthetical manner
  4. pretext
    a fictitious reason that conceals the real reason
  5. obeisance
    bending the head or body in reverence or submission
  6. infallible
    incapable of failure or error
  7. extricate
    release from entanglement or difficulty
  8. corrupt
    dishonest or immoral or evasive
  9. Puritanism
    strictness and austerity in conduct and religion
  10. etiolated
    developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
    find other definition
  11. demeanor
    the way a person behaves toward other people
  12. prosaically
    in a matter-of-fact manner
  13. lunacy
    foolish or senseless behavior
  14. inviolate
    not injured physically or mentally
  15. disarming
    act of reducing or depriving of weapons
  16. impregnable
    incapable of being attacked or tampered with
  17. spontaneously
    without advance preparation
  18. palpable
    able to be felt by tactile examination
  19. superfluous
    serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
  20. synthetic
    not genuine or natural
  21. abyss
    a bottomless gulf or pit
  22. simian
    relating to or resembling an ape or a monkey
  23. febrile
    of or relating to or characterized by fever
  24. flagrant
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  25. remonstrance
    the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
  26. formidable
    extremely impressive in strength or excellence
  27. fecundity
    the state of being fertile or capable of producing offspring
  28. niggle
    worry unnecessarily or excessively
  29. insatiably
    to an insatiable degree
    never satisfied; can't get enough
  30. queue
    a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
  31. pneumatic
    relating to or using air or a similar gas
    using air to open doors or transport items through tubes
  32. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  33. shirk
    avoid one's assigned duties
  34. nimbly
    in a nimble or agile manner
  35. enquiry
    an instance of questioning
  36. solemn
    dignified and somber in manner or character
  37. imposture
    pretending to be another person
  38. mutability
    the quality of being capable of change
    capable of change
  39. impassively
    in an impassive manner
    without emotion; apathetic
  40. hierarchical
    classified by various criteria into successive levels
  41. irreconcilable
    impossible to bring into accord
    incapable of coming to a compromise or harmony
  42. ossified
    set in a rigid pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
  43. persiflage
    light teasing
  44. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  45. avaricious
    immoderately desirous of acquiring something
    greedy
  46. vilify
    spread negative information about
  47. gelatinous
    thick like gelatin
  48. indefatigably
    with indefatigable energy
    incapable of tiring out or losing energy
  49. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  50. livid
    furiously angry
  51. agitation
    a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
Created on Wed Feb 08 13:38:59 EST 2012 (updated Mon Feb 13 13:41:46 EST 2012)

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