1984 Vocab

Question 1

Altercation

Answer 1

a noisy argument or disagreement, especially in public.

Question 2

Aquiline

Answer 2

like an eagle, (of a person’s nose) hooked or curved like an eagle’s beak.

Question 3

Cumbersome

Answer 3

large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.

Question 4

Debauchery

Answer 4

excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.

Question 5

Denounce

Answer 5

publicly declare to be wrong or evil.

Question 6

Depict

Answer 6

show or represent by a drawing, painting, or other art form.

Question 7

Disdain

Answer 7

the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect; contempt.

Question 8

Implicate

Answer 8

show (someone) to be involved in a crime.

Question 9

Incriminate

Answer 9

make (someone) appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing; strongly imply the guilt of (someone).

Question 10

Innumerable

Answer 10

too many to be counted (often used hyperbolically).

Question 11

Inscrutable

Answer 11

impossible to understand or interpret.

Question 12

Interminable

Answer 12

endless (often used hyperbolically)

Question 13

Irrepressible

Answer 13

not able to be controlled or restrained.

Question 14

Meditatively

Answer 14

given to, characterized by, or indicative of meditation; contemplative.

Question 15

Multifarious

Answer 15

many and of various types.

Question 16

Posterity

Answer 16

all future generations of people.

Question 17

Predicament

Answer 17

a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation.

Question 18

Proliferate

Answer 18

increase rapidly in numbers; multiply.

Question 19

Promiscuity

Answer 19

promiscuity is the practice of having casual sex frequently with different partners or being
indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners[

Question 20

Refute

Answer 20

prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove.

Question 21

Reproach

Answer 21

the expression of disapproval or disappointment.

Question 22

Repudiate

Answer 22

refuse to accept or be associated with.

Question 23

Reverberate

Answer 23

(of a loud noise) be repeated several times as an echo.

Question 24

Saboteur

Answer 24

a person who engages in sabotage. (Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a
polity or corporation through subversion, obstruction, disruption, or destruction.)

Question 25

Sordid

Answer 25

involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt.

Question 26

Stratum

Answer 26

ne of usually many layers of a substance (such as rock); a level of society made up of people of the same rank or position

Question 27

Unorthodox

Answer 27

contrary to what is usual, traditional, or accepted; not orthodox.

Question 28

Venerate

Answer 28

regard with great respect; revere.