1984 Chapter 3

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  1. doublethink
    believing two contradictory ideas at the same time
    ’Reality control’, they called it: in Newspeak, ’doublethink’
    ’Stand easy!’ barked the instructress, a little more genially.
  2. newspeak
    deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the public
    ’Reality control’, they called it: in Newspeak, ’doublethink’
    ’Stand easy!’ barked the instructress, a little more genially.
  3. pyjama
    loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging
    Winston wrenched his body out of bed — naked, for a member
    of the Outer Party received only 3,000 clothing coupons annually, and a suit of
    pyjamas was 600 — and seized a dingy singlet and a pair of shorts that were
    lying across a chair.
  4. alterable
    capable of being changed in some characteristic
    And yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been altered.
  5. singlet
    a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
    Winston wrenched his body out of bed — naked, for a member
    of the Outer Party received only 3,000 clothing coupons annually, and a suit of
    pyjamas was 600 — and seized a dingy singlet and a pair of shorts that were
    lying across a chair.
  6. gyrate
    revolve quickly and repeatedly around an axis
    The frightening thing, he reflected for the ten thousandth time as he forced
    his shoulders painfully backward (with hands on hips, they were gyrating their
    bodies from the waist, an exercise that was supposed to be good for the back
    muscles) — the frightening thing was that it might all be true.
  7. dace
    small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
    Somewhere
    near at hand, though out of sight, there was a clear, slow-moving stream where
    dace were swimming in the pools under the willow trees.
  8. varicose
    abnormally swollen or knotty
    His veins had swelled with the effort of the cough, and the varicose
    ulcer had started itching.
  9. buttock
    either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump
    Winston loathed this exercise, which sent shooting pains all the way from
    his heels to his buttocks and often ended by bringing on another coughing fit.
  10. yap
    bark in a high-pitched tone
    ’Thirty to forty group!’ yapped a piercing female voice.
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