1984 Book 3 vocab

Presumably

adv.

used to convey that what is asserted is very likely though not known for certain.

Aristocracy

noun

the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.

Desultorily

adv.

lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm.

Incredulous

adj.

unwilling or unable to believe something.

Timorously

adv.

showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence.

Inconceivable

adj.

not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally; unbelievable.

Seditious

adj.

inciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.

Inquisitor

noun

a person making an inquiry, especially one seen to be excessively harsh or searching.

Prevaricate

verb

speak or act in an evasive way.

Speculatively

adv.

engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge.

Metaphysician

noun

an expert in or student of the branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being and knowing.

Despotisms

noun

the exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.

Reintegration

noun

the action or process of integrating someone back into society.

Solipsism

noun

the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist.

Emaciation

noun

The state of being abnormally thin or weak.

Capitulated

verb

cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender.

Fallacy

noun

a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument.

Baize

adj.

a coarse, typically green woolen material resembling felt, used for covering billiard and card tables.

Abstruse

adj.

difficult to understand; obscure.

Equivocation

noun

the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself.