1984 Vocab 2

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agitation

a state of anxiety or nervous excitement

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extricate

the act of freeing someone or something from a tangled situation

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denounce

publicly declare to be wrong or evil

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demeanor

outward behavior or bearing

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parenthetically

qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses

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infallible

incapable of making mistakes or being wrong

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febrile

having or showing symptoms of a fever

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palpable

capable of being touched or felt

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abyss

a deep or seemingly bottomless pit

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superfluous

exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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invariably

without variation or change, in every case

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impregnable

unable to be captured or broken into ( of a fortified position)

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demur

to raise doubts or objections or show reluctance

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formidable

extremely difficult to defeat, overcome, manage…

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empirical

based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic

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avaricious

having or showing extreme greed for wealth or material gain

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cardinal

of the greatest importance; fundamental

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ossified

having become rigid or fixed in attitude or position

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impudence

the trade of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties

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livid

extremely angry