1984: Book I- vocab

Question 1

CONTRIVED

Answer 1

Devise; invent

Question 2

TABLEAUX

Answer 2

A picture, as of a scene

Question 3

PROCURE

Answer 3

Get by care

Question 4

FURTIVE

Answer 4

Sly

Question 5

orthodox

Answer 5

Customary or conventional

Question 6

din

Answer 6

Loud noise

Question 7

drudge

Answer 7

A slave-like worker

Question 8

mutable

Answer 8

Changeable

Question 9

myriad

Answer 9

Countless

vast number.

Question 10

What is a ‘zealot’?

Answer 10

Fanatic

Question 11

What does ‘gesticulate’ mean?

Answer 11

gesture

Question 12

What does it mean to ‘garble’ something?

Answer 12

Mix-up; distort; scramble

Question 13

Define ‘vapid’.

Answer 13

Flat; dull; lifeless

Question 14

What is ‘reverie’?

Answer 14

Daydream

Question 15

What does ‘invariably’ mean?

Answer 15

Constant

Indicates something that does not change.

Question 16

What is ‘posterity’?

Answer 16

Future generations

Refers to descendants or those who will come after.

Question 17

Define ‘axiom’.

Answer 17

Saying

A statement or proposition regarded as self-evidently true.

Question 18

What does ‘pugnacious’ mean?

Answer 18

Belligerent; warlike

Describes someone eager to fight or argue.

Question 19

What does ‘bourgeoisie’ refer to?

Answer 19

Middle class

Typically associated with materialism and conventional values.

Question 20

What is a ‘knell’?

Answer 20

Funeral bell

Often symbolizes death or an end.