Unit 5: Novel Study: 1984, Part 1

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  1. ignorance
    the lack of knowledge or education
  2. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  3. magnitude
    the property of relative size or extent
  4. compromise
    expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
  5. denounce
    accuse or condemn openly as disgraceful
  6. delirium
    a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion
  7. feeble
    lacking strength
  8. perceive
    become aware of through the senses
  9. disdainfully
    without respect
  10. furtive
    secret and sly
  11. intricate
    having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate
  12. tedious
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  13. purge
    an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group
  14. abolish
    do away with
  15. atrocity
    an act of shocking cruelty
  16. simultaneously
    at the same instant
  17. formidable
    inspiring fear or dread
  18. indoctrinate
    teach uncritically
  19. succumb
    be fatally overwhelmed
  20. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
Created on Tue Dec 15 11:44:39 EST 2020 (updated Thu Dec 17 14:05:43 EST 2020)

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