Vocabulary 1984

Nebulous

cloudy, vague or unclear

Formidable

impressive because of size, intimidating

Oxymoron

contradictory terms

Odious

detestable hated

Dissemble

hiding yourself, make belief with the intent to deceive

Infallibility

never wrong or never failing cannot fall

Specious

superficially plausible but actually wrong

Contrive

plan with ingenuity, devise, invent

Quivocal

deliberately ambiguous cryptic obscure

Subjection

when someone or group forces another person to be controlled

Inscruitble

anything hard to read or interpret

Repudiate

reject or refuse to support

Debauchery

wild gathering

Indoctrination

teach somebody to accept a set of beliefs without questioning

Pugnacious

ready and able to resort to force or violence

Abject

To the extreme

Negative connotation

Furtive

Something done in a secretive manner

Incongruity

Out of place given its surroundings

Prevaricate

To deliberately lie or mislead

Vapid

Without liveliness or spirit

Emaciated

Wasting away

Equivocal

Can be interpreted in multiple ways

Archetype

A typical example of a person or thing

Deride

Express contempt for, to ridicule

Sinecure

Without care, a job the requires little to no responsibility

Spurious

Plausible in false, intended to deceive

Futile

Incapable or producing any useful results, pointless