Book 1 - 1984 Vocab List

Decisive

displaying little or no hesitation. (You are sure of your decision)

Predicament

unpleasantly difficult situation

Bigoted

intolerant of beliefs different from one’s own. (unaccepting of others beliefs)

orthodoxy

relating to an approved and conventional ideology, generally accepted theory/doctrine. 

specious 

pleasing to the eye, but lacking real merit.

equivocal 

of uncertain significance, ambiguous 

mutability

subject to chance

Zealot

a person who shows intense fervor (passion) to a cause

Rectify 

to set right or remedy 

palimpsest 

a piece of writing material on which the original writing has been  effaced (erased)

proletariat 

the lowest or poorest class of people

strident

having a harsh or grating sound

edified

having been instructed morally

fornication

voluntary sex between two unmarried persons

debauchery

excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures (uncontrollable behaviors in sex, drugs, alcohol, etc) 

sinecure 

a job that requires little to no work 

stratum

a layer or level

anodyne

medicine that relieves pain

proprietor

the owner of a business establishment

slatternly 

slovenly and untidy 

reconnoitering 

to examine or survey a region to obtain information