1984 - George Orwell

Mark W.
Vocabulary from George Orwell's 1984.
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  1. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
    The irritating thing was that in the racket of voices Winston could hardly hear what Parsons was saying, and was constantly having to ask for some fatuous remark to be repeated.
  2. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  3. antiseptic
    thoroughly clean and free of disease-causing organisms
  4. execrate
    curse or declare to be evil or anathema
  5. imposture
    pretending to be another person
  6. palimpsest
    a manuscript on which more than one text has been written
  7. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  8. fulminate
    cause to explode violently and with loud noise
  9. anodyne
    capable of relieving pain
  10. aureole
    the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere
  11. sinecure
    a job that involves minimal duties
  12. truism
    an obvious statement of fact
  13. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  14. aquiline
    curved down like an eagle's beak
  15. ramification
    a consequence, especially one that causes complications
  16. urbane
    showing a high degree of refinement
  17. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
  18. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  19. supersede
    take the place or move into the position of
Created on Sun Nov 18 16:08:26 EST 2012 (updated Thu Nov 29 09:46:41 EST 2012)

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