1984 Vocabulary Book 1

Chapters 1-8

Decisive (7)

displaying little or no hesitation

Predicament

unpleasantly difficult situation

Bigoted

 intolerant of beliefs different from one’s own

Orthodoxy

relating to an approved and conventional ideology

Specious

pleasing to the eye, but lacking real merit

Equivocal

of uncertain significance

Mutability

subject to change

Zealot

a person who shows intense fervor for a cause

Rectify

to set right or remedy

Palimpsest

a piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing

Proletariat

 the lowest or poorest class of people

Strident

having a harsh or grating sound

Edified

having been instructed morally

Fornication

voluntary sex between two unmarried persons

Debauchery

excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

Sinecure

a job that requires little to no work

Stratum

a demarcated layer or level

Anodyne

a medicine that relieves pain

Proprietor

the owner of a business establishment

Slatternly

slovenly and untidy

Reconnoitering

to examine or survey a region to obtain information