AP Lit "1984" ACADEMIC Vocab

Archaic

Old-fashioned

Heretic

A person whose beliefs and actions go against their religion or government

Discountenanced

Unfavored, not preferred

Labyrinthine

A complex or confusing system/network

Palimpsest

Writing material that has been wiped clean and reused/rewritten over

Orthodoxy

Beliefs and ideas that agree with society or government

Subjection

To put someone under submission/control

Imposture

Deceiving someone by pretending to be someone else

Unprocurable

Unattainable

Eccentricity

When something is odd or against the norm

Exhortations

Great enthusiasm or urging

Irrevocable

Unable to take back or reverse

Equilibrium

A state or position of equality

Infallibility

When something is unable to be false

Sanctimonious

Believing one is superior to another