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1984 Vocabulary
Test May 9th, 2012
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9th Grade
05/08/2012
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Apathy
 Definition
the absence of emotion or excitement
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Archaic
 Definition
out-of date
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Balk
 Definition
obstruct
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Benevolence
 Definition
charity work
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Bourgeois
 Definition
person belonging to the middle class
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Clandestine
 Definition
secret
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Copious
 Definition
an abundance of items
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Credulous
 Definition
somebody who is gullible
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Debauchery
 Definition
excessive desires in sensual pleasures
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Deprecate
 Definition
to express disapproval of
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Dissemble
 Definition
to give a false appearance
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Dupe
 Definition
person who is easily tricked
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Effigy
 Definition
representation
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Gambol
 Definition
to skip around - frolic
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Heretical
 Definition
characteristics belonging to heretics - regarding religious and church beliefs
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Impregnable
 Definition
strong enough to resist attack
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Inscrutable
 Definition
something which cannot be investigated
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Insidious
 Definition
stealthy trap
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Lucid
 Definition
easily understood
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Lurid
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gruesome/horrible
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Mutability
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changing
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Myriad
 Definition
a great number of PEOPLE?
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Nebulous
 Definition
vague
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Posterity
 Definition
all the descendents of one person
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Proliferation
 Definition
rapidly increasing
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Saboteur
 Definition
a person who commits sabotage
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Supersede
 Definition
to replace one in power
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Tenet
 Definition
the opinion of a group, profession, and/or organization
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Zeal
 Definition
to fervor (great warmth) for a cause, person, or a thing
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Zealot
 Definition
to display zeal
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