1984 vocab

Sordid

Foul and run-down and repulsive.

Tableaux

Any dramatic scene.

Urbane

Showing a high degree of refinement.

Heresy

Dissent from a theory, opinion, or practice; nonconformity.

Compendium

A publication containing a variety of works; collection, compilation.

Clandestine

Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods.

Inexorable

Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason.

Saccharine

Excessively sweet or sentimental.

Debauchery

A wild gathering involving drinking and promiscuity.

Posterity

All future generations.

Fatuous

Showing lack of intelligence or thought; foolish.

Capitulate

To surrender.

Didactic

Instructive, especially excessively.

Forlorn

Marked by or showing hopelessness.

Overt

Done openly and without any attempt at concealment.

Sanctimonious

Making an exaggerated show of moral superiority.

Taut

Pulled or stretched tightly.

Effigy

A representation of a person.

Preponderance

A superiority in numbers or amount.

Tacitly

Understood or implied without being stated.