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1984 - Book II
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45
English
10th Grade
02/11/2007

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Pediment
Definition
Broad gable surmounting a colonnade as the major part of a facade
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Obeisance
Definition
Gesture of respect or deference

i.e. A bow of the head
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Prosaic
Definition
Characteristic of, or resembling prose
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Febrile
Definition
Relating to, involving, or typical of fever
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Perilous
Definition
Involving exposure to very great danger
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Effigy
Definition
A model of someone made to be damaged or destroyed as a protest or expression of anger
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Deprecating
Definition
Expressing condemnation of something or someone
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Proletarian
Definition
Member of the working class
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Mutability
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Changeable
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Simian
Definition
Belonging to or characteristic of monkeys or apes
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Sordid
Definition
Dirty and Depressing
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Pilfering
Definition
Stealing small objects of little value
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Impregnable
Definition
Too strong to be captured or opened by force
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Formidable
Definition
Demonstrating strength
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Equivocal
Definition
Difficult to interpret
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Persiflage
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Light or teasing good-natured talk
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Stratagem
Definition
Plan or scheme
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Gelatinous
Definition
Resembling Gelatin
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Debauch
Definition
Period of indulgence in drunkenness or immoral behavior
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Luridly
Definition
Sickeningly bright and shocking
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Lank
Definition
Limp and straight
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Haranguing
Definition
Criticizing someone or trying to persuade someone to do something in a forceful angry way
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Feral
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Similiar to or typical of a wild animal
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Tepid
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Slightly warm
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Voluptuous
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Sensual in appearance
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Meritorious
Definition
Deserving honor and recognition
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Fecundity
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The ability to produce offspring or many different and original ideas
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Inviolate
Definition
Not subject to change, damage, or destruction
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Prodigious
Definition
Great in amount, size, or extent
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Empirical
Definition
Based on observation and experiment rather than theory
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Stagnate
Definition
To fail to develop or progress
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Austere
Definition
Plain and simple, without luxury or self-indulgence
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Spurious
Definition
Being different from what it claims to be
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Preponderance
Definition
Dominance or superiority in force, importance, or influence
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Diminution
Definition
A lessening, decreasing, or reduction of something
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Indefatigably
Definition
Never showing any sign or getting tired
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Execrate
Definition
To feel loathing for someone or something
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Inimical
Definition
Unfriendly, hostile
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Ruminant
Definition
An even toed animal that chews its cud (cows, sheep, deer, giragges, etc.)
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Avaricious
Definition
Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth
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Cardinal
Definition
Of great importance, fundamental
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Expropriated
Definition
Taken away from its owner
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Ossified
Definition
Became rigidly set in a pattern of behaviour
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Vilifies
Definition
Makes malicious and abusive statements about somebody
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Truncheons
Definition
Short, thick sticks carried as a weapon by an officer
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