1984 Vocab

sordid

• foul and run-down and repulsive

• a representation of a person

• showing a high degree of refinement

• a wild gathering involving drinking and promiscuity

tableaux

• to surrender

• a representation of a person

• showing lack of intelligence or thought; foolish

• any dramatic scene

urbane

• showing a high degree of refinement

• foul and run-down and repulsive

• done openly and without any attempt at concealment

• all future generations

heresy

• excessively sweet or sentimental

• pulled or stretched tightly

• dissent from a theory, opinion, or practice; nonconformity

• any dramatic scene

compendium

• a publication containing a variety of works; collection, compilation

• marked by or showing hopelessness

• a superiority in numbers or amount

• conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

clandestine

• showing a high degree of refinement

• showing lack of intelligence or thought; foolish

• conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

• understood or implied without being stated

inexorable

• pulled or stretched tightly

• a wild gathering involving drinking and promiscuity

• done openly and without any attempt at concealment

• impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

saccharine

• excessively sweet or sentimental

• impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

• marked by or showing hopelessness

• making an exaggerated show of moral superiority

debauchery

• done openly and without any attempt at concealment

• showing a high degree of refinement

• a publication containing a variety of works; collection, compilation

• a wild gathering involving drinking and promiscuity

posterity

• all future generations

• any dramatic scene

• a superiority in numbers or amount

• a representation of a person