1984 Book 1 Vocab

Sordid

Foul and run-down and repulsive.

Interminable

Tiresomely long; seemingly without end.

Specious

Plausible but false.

Impedimenta

Equipment for an activity or expedition, especially when considered as bulky or an encumbrance.

Labyrinthine

Intricate or confusing.

Repudiate

Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid.

Inscrutable

Difficult or impossible to understand.

Rectify

To put something right; correct.

Protuberant

Protruding; bulging.

Subsidiary

Less important than but related or supplementary to something.

Fulminate

To express vehement protest.

Dominion

Sovereignty or control.

Impregnable

Unable to be captured or broken into; unable to be defeated or destroyed.

Flog

Beat (someone) with a whip or stick as punishment or torture.

Array

Display or arrange (things) in a particular way.

Convoluted

Extremely complex or difficult to follow.

Tableau

A group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history.

Incongruous

Not in harmony with the surroundings or other aspects of something.

Folly

Lack of good sense; foolishness.

Lassitude

A state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy.