1984 Part 1 Ch. 1-4 Vocab

contrived

adj. showing effects of planning or manipulation

nebulous

adj. lacking definition or definite content

specious

adj. plausible but false

claptrap

n. foolish, empty, or pompous talk or writing

vindictiveness

n. a hateful desire for revenge

heretic

n. a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field

dissemble

v. hide under a false appearance

inscrutable

adj. difficult or impossible to understand

equivocal

adj. open to two or more interpretations

demeanor

n. the way a person behaves toward other people

annihilation

n. total destruction

repudiate

v. cast off

palimpsest

n. a manuscript on which more than one text has been written

multifarious

adj. having many aspects

proletariat

n. a social class comprising those who do manual labor