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  1. doublethink
    believing two contradictory ideas at the same time
    Whenever he began to talk of the principles of Ingsoc, doublethink, the mutability
    of the past, and the denial of objective reality, and to use Newspeak
    words, she became bored and confused and said that she never paid any attention
    to that kind of thing.
  2. foreshorten
    shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
    From whatever angle you looked
    at the poster, the muzzle of the gun, magnified by the foreshortening, seemed
    to be pointed straight at you.
  3. comradely
    heartily friendly and congenial
    He was everywhere at
    once, pushing, pulling, sawing, hammering, improvising, jollying everyone along
    with comradely exhortations and giving out from every fold of his body what
    seemed an inexhaustible supply of acrid-smelling sweat.
  4. ramification
    a consequence, especially one that causes complications
    In the ramifications of party doctrine she had not the faintest interest.
  5. mutability
    the quality of being capable of change
    Whenever he began to talk of the principles of Ingsoc, doublethink, the mutability
    of the past, and the denial of objective reality, and to use Newspeak
    words, she became bored and confused and said that she never paid any attention
    to that kind of thing.
  6. febrile
    of or relating to or characterized by fever
    Late at
    night, when crowds of rowdy proles roamed the streets, the town had a curiously
    febrile air.
  7. orthodoxy
    the quality of adhering to what is commonly accepted
    Talking to her, he realized how easy it was to
    present an appearance of orthodoxy while having no grasp whatever of what
    orthodoxy meant.
  8. acrid
    strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
    He was everywhere at
    once, pushing, pulling, sawing, hammering, improvising, jollying everyone along
    with comradely exhortations and giving out from every fold of his body what
    seemed an inexhaustible supply of acrid-smelling sweat.
  9. palpable
    capable of being perceived
    There were times when the fact of
    impending death seemed as palpable as the bed they lay on, and they would
    cling together with a sort of despairing sensuality, like a damned soul grasping
    at his last morsel of pleasure when the clock is within five minutes of striking.
  10. inexhaustible
    incapable of being entirely consumed or used up
    He was everywhere at
    once, pushing, pulling, sawing, hammering, improvising, jollying everyone along
    with comradely exhortations and giving out from every fold of his body what
    seemed an inexhaustible supply of acrid-smelling sweat.
Created on Mon Aug 22 04:46:00 EDT 2011

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