1984 Vocabulary List

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  1. depict
    give a description of
  2. simultaneously
    at the same instant
  3. predicament
    an unpleasant or difficult situation
  4. interminable
    tiresomely long; seemingly without end
  5. unorthodox
    independent in behavior or thought
  6. renegade
    someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
  7. polysyllabic
    having or characterized by words of more than three syllables
  8. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  9. flog
    beat with a whip, rod, or cane
  10. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
  11. saboteur
    someone who deliberately destroys or disrupts something
  12. raspingly
    in a harsh and grating manner
  13. reverberate
    ring or echo with sound
  14. reproach
    express criticism towards
  15. fathom
    a linear unit of measurement for water depth
  16. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  17. annihilate
    kill in large numbers
  18. repudiate
    refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  19. shrewish
    continually complaining or faultfinding
  20. orifice
    an opening, especially one that opens into a bodily cavity
  21. collate
    assemble in proper sequence
  22. multifarious
    having many aspects
  23. kaleidoscope
    an optical toy in a tube
  24. discountenance
    look with disfavor on
  25. denounce
    speak out against
  26. implicated
    culpably involved
  27. hoard
    a secret store of valuables or money
  28. remorselessly
    without pity; in a merciless manner
  29. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  30. heretic
    a person whose religious beliefs conflict with church dogma
  31. catapult
    an engine providing medieval artillery used during sieges
  32. irrepressible
    impossible to control
  33. proliferate
    grow rapidly
  34. debauchery
    a wild gathering
  35. promiscuous
    casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
  36. aquiline
    curved down like an eagle's beak
  37. jostle
    make one's way by pushing or shoving
  38. flog
    beat with a whip, rod, or cane
  39. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
  40. incriminate
    suggest that someone is guilty
  41. posterity
    all future generations
  42. stratum
    one of several parallel layers of material
  43. balminess
    the quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing
  44. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  45. altercation
    a noisy, angry argument or fight between people
  46. meditatively
    in a meditative manner
  47. innumerable
    too many to be counted
  48. cumbersome
    difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight
  49. officiousness
    aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding
  50. unprocurable
    not capable of being obtained
  51. niggling
    (informal) small and of little importance
  52. hallucination
    illusory perception
  53. malignant
    dangerous to health
  54. guise
    an artful or simulated semblance
  55. dapple
    a small contrasting part of something
  56. swine
    stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
  57. strenuousness
    extreme effortfulness
  58. demeanor
    the way a person behaves toward other people
  59. stagnant
    not growing or changing; without force or vitality
  60. commodity
    any good that can be bought and sold
  61. chastity
    abstaining from sexual relations
  62. inconceivable
    totally unlikely
  63. eccentricity
    strange and unconventional behavior
  64. unendurable
    incapable of being put up with
  65. effigy
    a representation of a person
  66. rowdy
    disturbing the public peace; loud and rough
  67. indignation
    a feeling of righteous anger
  68. perish
    pass from physical life
  69. mutability
    the quality of being capable of change
  70. invariably
    without change, in every case
  71. queue
    a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
  72. intermittent
    stopping and starting at irregular intervals
  73. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
  74. scrounge
    obtain or seek to obtain by begging, pleading, or flattering
  75. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  76. remonstrance
    the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
  77. intimidate
    compel or deter by or as if by threats
  78. wainscoting
    wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
  79. salutation
    an acknowledgment or expression of good will
  80. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  81. fretted
    having frets
  82. voluptuous
    displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
  83. reprisal
    a retaliatory action against an enemy
  84. fecundity
    the state of being fertile or capable of producing offspring
  85. dilapidated
    in a state of decay, ruin, or deterioration
  86. ravage
    cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  87. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  88. spurious
    plausible but false
  89. preponderance
    exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
  90. tacitly
    by unexpressed agreement
  91. ruminant
    cud-chewing hoofed mammal with a stomach with compartments
  92. plunder
    steal goods; take as spoils
  93. irrevocable
    incapable of being retracted
  94. irreconcilable
    impossible to bring into accord
  95. recurrence
    event of happening again, especially at regular intervals
  96. hierarchy
    a series of ordered groupings within a system
  97. infallible
    incapable of failure or error
  98. oligarchy
    a political system governed by a few people
  99. scrutinize
    examine carefully for accuracy
  100. dissipate
    cause to separate and go in different directions
  101. repression
    control by holding down
  102. supple
    moving and bending with ease
  103. reverence
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
  104. peddler
    someone who travels about selling wares
  105. timorously
    in a shy or fearful manner
  106. irony
    incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
  107. sabotage
    a deliberate act of destruction or disruption
  108. truncheon
    a short stout club used primarily by police officers
  109. embezzlement
    the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property
  110. inquisitor
    a questioner who is excessively harsh
  111. despicable
    morally reprehensible
  112. bludgeon
    a club used as a weapon
  113. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
  114. degradation
    a change to a lower state
  115. taut
    pulled or drawn tight
  116. improvisation
    a performance given without planning or preparation
  117. interpose
    introduce
  118. haggling
    an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
  119. digression
    a message that departs from the main subject
  120. tiddlywinks
    a game in which players try to flip plastic disks into a cup by pressing them on the side sharply with a larger disk
  121. gnaw
    cause to become ground down or deteriorate
  122. proletariat
    a social class comprising those who do manual labor
  123. gambol
    play or run boisterously
Created on Thu Sep 26 17:03:30 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Sep 26 17:28:11 EDT 2013)

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