1984 Vocab Flashcards
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Purge
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Elimination of undesirable persons
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Nebulous
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Vague, unclear
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Clandestinely
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Secretly, underhandedly
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Inscrutable
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Not able to be understood, mysterious
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Zealot
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Person intensely devoted to a cause
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Heretical
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Of a belief different from the accepted belief of a group
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Pedantic
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Overly concerned with small details
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Orthodoxy
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The holding of generally accepted beliefs
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Fulminating
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To pronounce w/ vehement denunciation or condemnation
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Indoctrinate
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To teach a doctrine
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Sabotage
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Any undermining of a cause
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Sinecures
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An office/position requiring little or no work
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Lassitude
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Weariness of body or mind from strain
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Queue
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Line or file
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Famine
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Extreme hunger