Vocab #1 (1984)

Question 1

Archaic

Answer 1

very old

Question 2

interminable

Answer 2

continues for a very long time

Question 3

urbane

Answer 3

confidence from wide social experience

Question 4

Catapult

Answer 4

ancient hurling machine

Question 5

saboteur

Answer 5

someone who destroys or disrupts something

Question 6

Labyrinth

Answer 6

intricate and confusing

Question 7

Purge

Answer 7

to get rid of

Question 8

Crime think*

Answer 8

to even CONSIDER any thought not inline with Ingsoc

Question 9

DOUBLE THINK*

Answer 9

Reality control. Being able to have two contradictory thoughts at the same time and believe both of them

Question 10

Facecrime*

Answer 10

letting thoughts run wild

Question 11

The Golden Country*

Answer 11

A beautiful landscape seen in Winston’s dream

Question 12

Ingsoc*

Answer 12

English Socialism

Question 13

Minitrue*

Answer 13

Ministry of truth. Rewrite history

Question 14

Newspeak*

Answer 14

Language of Oceania

Question 15

Oldspeak*

Answer 15

Standard English

Question 16

Physical Jerks*

Answer 16

Morning exercises

Question 17

Telescreen*

Answer 17

Two way television. Could not be turned off

Question 18

Unperson*

Answer 18

Person that had been erased by gov’t

Question 19

Vaporized*

Answer 19

The act of being executed by the state