1984 vocab

Question 1

abject

Answer 1

sunk or cast down to a low condition
very bad or severe
adjective

Question 2

acrid

Answer 2

sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent odor or taste

adjective

Question 3

beseech

Answer 3

to beg for urgently or anxiously

verb

Question 4

clamor

Answer 4

to make a loud, continuous noise
to become loudly insistent
verb

Question 5

disdain

Answer 5

a feeling of strong dislike or disapproval of someone or something you think does not deserve respect
noun

Question 6

evade

Answer 6

to elude by dexterity or stratagem
dodge
verb

Question 7

formidable

Answer 7

very powerful or strong
deserving serious attention and respect
adjective

Question 8

implicate

Answer 8

to bring into intimate or incriminating connection

verb

Question 9

incredulous

Answer 9

unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true

adjective

Question 10

inscrutable

Answer 10

not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood
mysterious
adjective

Question 11

interminable

Answer 11

having or seeming to have no end

adjective

Question 12

listless

Answer 12

characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit

adjective

Question 13

penitence

Answer 13

the quality or state of being sorrowful for sins or faults

noun

Question 14

repudiate

Answer 14

to refuse to accept

verb

Question 15

sanction

Answer 15

to make valid or binding usually by a formal procedure

verb

Question 16

sordid

Answer 16

marked by baseness or grossness
vile
adjective

Question 17

superfluous

Answer 17

beyond what is needed
not necessary
extra
adjective

Question 18

supersede

Answer 18

to force out of use as inferior
to take place or position of
to displace in favor of another
verb

Question 19

surly

Answer 19

menacing or threatening in appearance

adjective

Question 20

vapid

Answer 20

lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit
flat
dull
adjective