1984 Book 1 Vocab

Sordid

Foul and run-down and repulsive.

Interminable

Tiresomely long; seemingly without end.

Specious

Plausible but false.

Impedimenta

Equipment for an activity or expedition, especially when considered as bulky or an encumbrance.

Labyrinthine

(of a system) Intricate or confusing.

Repudiate

Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid.

Inscrutable

Difficult or impossible to understand.

Rectify

To put something right; correct.

Protuberant

Protruding; bulging.

Subsidiary

Less important than but related or supplementary to something.

Fulminate

To express vehement protest.

Dominion

Sovereignty or control.

Impregnable

Unable to be captured or broken into; unable to be defeated or destroyed.

Flog

Beat (someone) with a whip or stick as punishment or torture.

Array

Display or arrange (things) in a particular way.

Convoluted

Extremely complex or difficult to follow.

Tableau

A group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history.

Incongruous

Not in harmony with the surroundings or other aspects of something.

Folly

Lack of good sense; foolishness.

Lassitude

A state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy.