1984 Vocab Part I: Ch. 1-4 Flashcards by Agustina Girardi

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Showing effects of planning or maipulation

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Contrived

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Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

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Furtive

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Move hesitatingly, as if about to give away

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Falter

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An unpleasant or difficult situation

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Predicament

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Lacking definite form or limits

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Nebulous

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Inspiring fear or dread

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Formidable

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Having existed from the beginning

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Primal

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Plausible but false

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Specious

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Treat or speak of with contempt

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Deride

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Unequivocally detestable

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Odious

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Hide under a false appearance

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Dissemble

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Difficult or impossible to understand

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Inscrutable

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Open to two or more interpretations

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Equivocal

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Producing no result or effect

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Futile

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Light-hearted recreational activity for amusement

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Gambol

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Total destruction

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Annihilation

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Continue to exist

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Endure

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Cast off

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Repudiate

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A manuscript on which more than one text has been written

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Palimpsest

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Having many aspects

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Multifarious