1984- Vocab

Ambiguity

Quality of being open to multiple interpretations

Character Foils

Character that exhibits opposite or conflicting traits to another character.

Diction

Choice of words and style of expression that an author makes

Fallacy

A false or mistaken idea

Juxtaposition

Literary device that places two contrasting or complementary elements side by side.

Mood

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

Paradox/Paradoxically

Statement that appears to be self-contradictory but upon reflection, makes sense.

Parallel/Parallelism

Figure of speech in which two or more elements of a sentence (or series of sentences) have the same grammatical structure.

Satire

a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision.

Sensory language: auditory, gustatory, tactile, olfactory, optical/visual

hearing, tasting, smelling, seeing

Archaic

Figure of speech in which a used phrase or word is considered very old fashioned and outdated.

Avaricious/ Avarice

having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain

Capitulate

surrender under agreed conditions

Clandestine

Something done in secret

Contrive

to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan

Copious

abundant; plentiful

Desultory

marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose

Equivocation

the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself

Fatuous

silly and pointless

Iniquity

immoral or grossly unfair behavior

Inviolate

free or safe from injury or violation

Impregnable

unable to be captured or broken into

Impudence

lack of modesty; shamelessness

Incongruous

not being in harmony, accordance, and agreement

Insidious

characters or plot devices that possess a hidden agenda or ulterior motives.

Inscrutable

impossible to understand or interpret

Inexorably

impossible to stop or prevent

Nebulous

indistinct or vague

Odious

extremely unpleasant; repulsive

Penitent

Character who undergoes a profound transformation, seeking redemption for their past actions.

Prevaricate

speak or act in an evasive way

Prodigious

immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

Repudiate

refuse to accept or be associated with

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

Sanguine

optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation

Saccharine

excessively sweet or sentimental

Sanctimonious

making a show of being morally superior to other people.

Tacit

expressed without words; implied

Timorous

nervous and without much confidence

Wanton

manifesting extreme indifference to a risk of injury to another that is known or should have been known: characterized by knowledge of and utter disregard for probability of resulting harm.