1984 Vocab List #1

Abase

To degrade, to humiliate

Abstruse

Difficult to understand, recondite, concealed

Adherent

A follower of something such as a leader, party philosophy, or profession

Advocacy

Support an idea or cause

Aloof

Apart, indifferent

Apathy

A lack of concern or feeling, indifference

Archaic

Antiquated, old, out of use

Austere

Strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic

Avarice

Greed for wealth

Benevolence

Kindness, generosity, charity

Bourgeois

A person with the traits or viewpoints of the middle class

Capitulate

To surrender

Cascade

A steep waterfall or series of waterfalls, a continuous series

Clamor

Loud noise or shouting

Compilation

An accumulation of many things

Conspicuous

Obvious, noticeable, attracting attention

Constrict

To tighten or to make narrow

Copious

Abundant

Cynical

Given to faultfinding, sneering, and sarcasm; exhibiting mocking disbelief

Daunt

To intimidate, to dismay

Debase

To reduce in dignity or quality

Demur

To hesitate, to delay, to object

Despotic

Ruling oppressively and absolutely; tyrannical

Didactic

Instructive, designed to teach

Disrepute

Disgrace, loss of reputation