1984 Vocab Ch. 5-8 Flashcards
Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
Alluring
Incapable of being disentangled or united
Inextricable
By unexpressed agreement
Tacitly
Incapable of being attacked or tampered with
Impregnable
An echo
Reverberation
Make loud demads
Clamor
Forces submission to control by others
Subjection
Teach uncritically
Indoctrinate
Someone who commits crimes for profit
Racketeer
Everlastingly; for all time
Perpetually
A job that involves minimal duties
Sinecure
All future generations
Posterity
Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
Subtle
Capable of being perceived
Palpable
The trait of being cautious and watchful
Wariness
A medicine used to relieve pain
Anodyne
Ready and able to resort to force or violence
Pugnacious
Hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion
Tentative
Remote and separate physically or socially
Obscure
Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
Lassitude