1984 vocab (chron)

Abject

indicating humiliation; submissive; Utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched.

Amulet

a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; a protective charm.

Annihilate

2. to destroy the collective existence or main body of; wipe out.

Anodyne

1. a medicine that relieves or allays pain. 2. anything that relieves distress or pain.

Aureole

a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.

Bourgeoise

the powerful capitalist class that owns and is concerned with property, as contrasted with the wage-earning class, which must concern itself with survival: the interests of the bourgeoisie are opposed to revolution and invested in the status quo.

Camaraderie

a spirit of trust and goodwill among people closely associated in an activity or endeavor.

Capering

to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.

Caricaturist

an artist specializing in creating portraits that simplify or exaggerate a subject's unique features for humorous or satirical effect.

Celibate

a person who abstains from sexual relations.

Chastity

The state of refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.

Clandestine

characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious.

Compromising

an endangering, especially of reputation; exposure to danger, suspicion, etc..

Conspicuous

1. easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable. 2. attracting special attention, as by outstanding qualities or eccentricities.

Contrived

obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained.

Dissemble

to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of.

Drudge

1. a person who does menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work. 2. a person who works in a routine, unimaginative way.

Eavesdrop

to listen secretly to a private conversation.

Etiolated

cause (a plant) to whiten or grow pale by excluding light.

Fatuous

foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly; witless.

Ferocity

a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.

Flog

to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge.

Forgery

the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected; simulated signing of another person's name to any such writing whether or not it is also the forger's name.

Fulminate

to issue denunciations or the like (usually followed by against ).

Furtive

taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret.

Gilded

covered or highlighted with gold or something of a golden color.

Grievance

a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress.

Heresy

opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.

Ideology

the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.

Imbecile

[Informal]. stupid; silly; absurd.
A dunce; blockhead; dolt.

Impedimenta

baggage or other things that retard one's progress, as supplies carried by an army.

Incredulity

the quality or state of being incredulous; inability or unwillingness to believe.

Incriminate

1. to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault.

Indoctrinate

to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.

Inexorable

unyielding; unalterable.

Inflection (inflexion)

modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.

Insatiable

not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased.

Inscrutable

incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.

Kaleidoscope

an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.

Knell

the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or a funeral.

Labyrinthe

complicated; tortuous.

Lassitude

weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy

Leaden

heavy, dull, spiritless, or gloomy, as in mood or thought.

Nebulous

hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused.

Obeisance

a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.

Palimpset

1. a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.

Palpable

readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident.

Paralyzing

to bring to a condition of helpless stoppage, inactivity, or inability to act.

Pedant

e. 2. a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.

Pedantic

overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.

Philologist

a person who specializes in philology, the study of literary texts and written records.

Pillory

a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.

Plausible

having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable.

Pneumatic

1. of or relating to air, gases, or wind.

Posterity

succeeding or future generations collectively.

Proletariat

the class made up of workers, especially industrial wage earners, who do not possess capital or property and must sell their labor to those who do in order to survive.

Pugnaciously

inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.

Purge

1. to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify. 2. to put to death or otherwise eliminate (undesirable or unwanted members) from a political organization, government, nation, etc.

Puritanism

extreme strictness in moral or religious matters, often to excess; rigid austerity.

Quail

to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear.

Reconnoiter

to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.

Refugee

a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.

Sabotage

any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.

Sanctioned

officially or formally ratified or confirmed.
Authorized, approved, or allowed.

Sanguine

1. reddish; ruddy. 2. cheerfully optimistic, sometimes to the point of seeming complacent, oblivious, or naive.

Shirk

to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).

Sinecure

an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.

Slatternly

slovenly and untidy.

Specious

apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible.

Stratum

a single bed of sedimentary rock, generally consisting of one kind of matter representing continuous deposition.

Strident

making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking.

Tableaux

a picturesque grouping of persons or objects; a striking scene.

Tacit

1. understood without being openly expressed; implied. 2. unvoiced or unspoken.

Tic

a persistent or recurrent behavioral trait; personal quirk.

Truncheon

the club carried by a police officer; billy.

Unorthodox

1. not conforming to rules, traditions, or modes of conduct, as of a doctrine, religion, or philosophy;

Urbane

having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities.

Urinal

a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.

Vapid

without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious.

Vaporize

to evaporate or disappear or cause to evaporate or disappear, esp suddenly

Vindictive

disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful.

Vista

a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.