1984 Vocabulary - Week 5

demeanor

• behavior; manner
• drowsy dullness or lack of activity
• jumping from one topic to another
• giving in because of fear

lethargy

• drowsy dullness or lack of activity
• embarrassed
• lying down flat
• losing flesh; wasting away

desultorily

• jumping from one topic to another
• unbroken; uninjured
• shining by its own light
• governments that are ruled by only a few people

servile

• giving in because of fear
• behavior; manner
• destroying; wipe out
• bringing together again in friendship

abashed

• embarrassed
• able to be shaped or molded
• a worn or broken-down condition
• not making a commitment on a matter

eradicate

• destroy; wipe out
• future generations
• losing flesh; wasting away
• excuse; absolve

posterity

• future generations
• an attempt to explain reality and knowledge
• dull, inactive
• shining by its own light

vindicate

• excuse; absolve
• drowsy dullness or lack of activity
• jumping from one topic to another
• behavior; manner

prostrated

• lying down flat
• losing flesh; wasting away
• unbroken; uninjured
• not making a commitment on a matter

luminous

• shining by its own light
• behavior; manner
• bringing together again in friendship
• a worn or broken-down condition