1984 Vocab Terms- Book #2

Fatuous (108)

foolish and silly

Shirk (109)

to evade work or duty

Contrived (110)

obviously planned or forced

Incredulity (120)

inability or unwillingness to believe

Infallible (130)

exempt from error, absolutely trustworthy

Privation (133)

a lack of the usual comforts of life

Driveling (141)

speaking childishly or idiotically

Compulsion (143)

the act of force or coercion

Deprecating (151)

to belittle, express disapproval of

Impudent (154)

a type of shameless boldness

Impregnable (167)

not able to be overcome

Demur (168)

hesitation

Catechism (172)

instruction in the practices of the church

Harangue (180)

a long and intense verbal attack

Oligarchy (184)

a form of government in which power is held by a few or a dominant class

Hierarchical (189)

a system in which persons are ranked one above the other

Socialism (203)

a system in which control of the means of production, capital, and land is held by the community

Totalitarian (205)

a centralized government that is dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state

Stratified (209)

arranged in graded status levels