1984 Vocabulary

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Repudiate

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To refuse to accept or be associated with

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Palimpsest

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A manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain

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Gesticulate

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To use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words

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Multifarious

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Of many and various types

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Proletarian

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Relating to the proletariat; working-class person

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Protuberant

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Protruding; bulging

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Derisive

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Expressing contempt or ridicule

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Subsidiary

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Less important than but related or supplementary to something

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Fulminating

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Expressing vehement, or extremely angry, protest

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Proliferate

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To increase rapidly in numbers; multiply