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1984 Vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

sordid

a)

foul and run-down and repulsive

b)

a representation of a person

c)

showing a high degree of refinement

d)

a wild gathering involving drinking and promiscuity

2.

tableaux

a)

to surrender

b)

a representation of a person

c)

showing lack of intelligence or thought; foolish

d)

any dramatic scene

3.

urbane

a)

showing a high degree of refinement

b)

foul and run-down and repulsive

c)

done openly and without any attempt at concealment

d)

all future generations

4.

heresy

a)

excessively sweet or sentimental

b)

pulled or stretched tightly

c)

dissent from a theory, opinion, or practice; nonconformity

d)

any dramatic scene

5.

compendium

a)

a publication containing a variety of works; collection, compilation

b)

marked by or showing hopelessness

c)

a superiority in numbers or amount

d)

conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

6.

clandestine

a)

showing a high degree of refinement

b)

showing lack of intelligence or thought; foolish

c)

conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

d)

understood or implied without being stated

7.

inexorable

a)

pulled or stretched tightly

b)

a wild gathering involving drinking and promiscuity

c)

done openly and without any attempt at concealment

d)

impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

8.

saccharine

a)

excessively sweet or sentimental

b)

impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

c)

marked by or showing hopelessness

d)

making an exaggerated show of moral superiority

9.

debauchery

a)

done openly and without any attempt at concealment

b)

showing a high degree of refinement

c)

a publication containing a variety of works; collection, compilation

d)

a wild gathering involving drinking and promiscuity

10.

posterity

a)

all future generations

b)

any dramatic scene

c)

a superiority in numbers or amount

d)

a representation of a person

11.

fatuous

a)

to surrender

b)

showing lack of intelligence or thought; foolish

c)

done openly and without any attempt at concealment

d)

a superiority in numbers or amount

12.

capitulate

a)

instructive, especially excessively

b)

to surrender

c)

foul and run-down and repulsive

d)

a publication containing a variety of works; collection, compilation

13.

didactic

a)

instructive, especially excessively

b)

making an exaggerated show of moral superiority

c)

impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

d)

all future generations

14.

forlorn

a)

done openly and without any attempt at concealment

b)

a wild gathering involving drinking and promiscuity

c)

marked by or showing hopelessness

d)

dissent from a theory, opinion, or practice; nonconformity

15.

overt

a)

instructive, especially excessively

b)

showing a high degree of refinement

c)

a representation of a person

d)

done openly and without any attempt at concealment

16.

sanctimonious

a)

pulled or stretched tightly

b)

making an exaggerated show of moral superiority

c)

any dramatic scene

d)

a wild gathering involving drinking and promiscuity

17.

taut

a)

to surrender

b)

all future generations

c)

excessively sweet or sentimental

d)

pulled or stretched tightly

18.

effigy

a)

all future generations

b)

foul and run-down and repulsive

c)

a representation of a person

d)

showing a high degree of refinement

19.

preponderance

a)

a superiority in numbers or amount

b)

done openly and without any attempt at concealment

c)

impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

d)

a publication containing a variety of works; collection, compilation

20.

tacitly

a)

understood or implied without being stated

b)

a wild gathering involving drinking and promiscuity

c)

pulled or stretched tightly

d)

any dramatic scene