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1984 Book One Chapter 1-2 Vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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1.

His hair was very fair, his face naturally sanguine, his skin roughened by coarse soap and blunt razor blades and the cold of the winter that had just ended.

SANGUINE most likely means:

a)

bleeding profusely

b)

having a reddish complexion

c)

pale and yellowish

d)

blood vessels

2.

He felt deeply drawn to him, and not solely because he was intrigued by the contrast between O'Brian's urbane manner and his prizefighter's physique.

URBANE most likely means:

a)

living in a city

b)

large population

c)

unrefined

d)

polished, suave

3.

All subsequent crimes against the Party, all treacheries, acts of sabotage, heresies, deviations, sprang directly out of his teaching.

HERESIES most likely means:

a)

dissent from a theory, opinion, or practice

b)

agreement with one's superiors

c)

to select, adopt

d)

following a crowd

4.

It was a lean Jewish face, with a great fuzzy aureole of white hair and a small goatee beard...

AUREOLE most likely means:

a)

origin

b)

line; streak

c)

ring surrounding the head

d)

wisp

5.

It struck Goldstein's nose and bounced off; the voice continued inexorably.

INEXORABLY most likely means:

a)

quietly

b)

with great care

c)

relentlessly

d)

intermittently

6.

Winston's entrails seemed to grow cold.

ENTRAILS most likely means:

a)

limbs of the body

b)

thoughts

c)

fingers

d)

parts inside the trunk of the body

7.

And then the flash of intelligence was gone, and O'Brien's face was as inscrutable as everybody else's.

INSCRUTABLE most likely means:

a)

mysterious

b)

determined

c)

without meaning

d)

to discern

8.

For a second, two seconds, they had exchanged an equivocal glance, and that was the end of the story.

EQUIVOCAL most likely means:

a)

in complete agreement

b)

undecided; uncertain

c)

frightened

d)

insipid

9.

Games impedimenta...lay all over the floor, and on the table there was a litter of dirty dishes and dog-eared exercise books.

IMPEDIMENTA most likely means:

a)

toys

b)

old, worn clothes

c)

broken furniture

d)

things that get in the way

10.

And in front of him there lay not death but annihilation.

ANNIHILATION most likely means:

a)

total destruction

b)

pain

c)

remorse

d)

sadness

11.

which is NOT a synonym for urbane

a)

worldly

b)

sophisticated

c)

dignified

d)

boorish

12.

Which is an ANTONYM for annihilation

a)

demolish

b)

obliteration

c)

reclamation

d)

decimation

13.

What is a synonym for sanguine

a)

bronzed

b)

rosy

c)

anemic

d)

cadaverous

14.

Which is NOT an antonym for heresies

a)

heterodoxies

b)

conformities

c)

orthodoxies

d)

conventionalities

15.

Which is NOT a related word of aureole?

a)

starburst

b)

halo

c)

bask

d)

corona

16.

Which is an ANTONYM for inexorably

a)

relentless

b)

preventable

c)

decided

d)

inescapable

17.

Which is not another word for entrails

a)

bowels

b)

intestines

c)

talons

d)

chitlins

18.

EQUIVOCAL means:

a)

debatable

b)

definitive

c)

clear

d)

indisputable

19.

impedimenta

a)

things that aid

b)

things that hinder

c)

things that glow

d)

things that bleed

20.

inscrutable means:

a)

evident

b)

mysterious

c)

obvious

d)

unambiguous