1984 Vocab List #1
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Abase
To degrade, to humiliate
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Abstruse
Difficult to understand, recondite, concealed
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Adherent
A follower of something such as a leader, party philosophy, or profession
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Advocacy
Support an idea or cause
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Aloof
Apart, indifferent
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Apathy
A lack of concern or feeling, indifference
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Archaic
Antiquated, old, out of use
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Austere
Strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic
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Avarice
Greed for wealth
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Benevolence
Kindness, generosity, charity
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Bourgeois
A person with the traits or viewpoints of the middle class
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Capitulate
To surrender
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Cascade
A steep waterfall or series of waterfalls, a continuous series
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Clamor
Loud noise or shouting
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Compilation
An accumulation of many things
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Conspicuous
Obvious, noticeable, attracting attention
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Constrict
To tighten or to make narrow
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Copious
Abundant
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Cynical
Given to faultfinding, sneering, and sarcasm; exhibiting mocking disbelief
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Daunt
To intimidate, to dismay
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Debase
To reduce in dignity or quality
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Demur
To hesitate, to delay, to object
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Despotic
Ruling oppressively and absolutely; tyrannical
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Didactic
Instructive, designed to teach
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Disrepute
Disgrace, loss of reputation
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