1984 Vocabulary Words - Week 4

atrocity

• extreme wickedness or cruelty
• having great power or influence
• lowest depth
• not going by a rule or law

indignation

• anger combined with disapproval
• wickedness
• not able to agree
• set free; release

impending

• about to happen
• things that are made to be used up
• free from error
• showing guilt

palpable

• easily seen or heard and recognized
• false; not genuine
• arranging things one above the other
• parts of a series

abyss

• lowest depth
• expressing one thing and meaning another
• reduction; decrease
• reduction; decrease

superfluous

• more than is needed
• reduction; decrease
• set free; release
• This is not the right answer

intimidating

• frightening
• easily seen or heard and recognized
• foolish; silly
• based on experiment and observation

undecipherable

• not clear
• based on experiment and observation
• things that are made to be used up
• accuracy; exactness

persiflage

• joking talk or writing
• not going by a rule or law
• extreme wickedness or cruelty
• expressing one thing and meaning another

perceptible

• observed; understood
• joking talk or writing
• based on experiment and observation
• marvelous examples