Unit 5: Novel Study: 1984, Part 2

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  1. sufficient
    of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement
  2. gravitate
    be attracted to
  3. endorse
    give support or one's approval to
  4. alight
    settle or come to rest
  5. exhaustive
    performed comprehensively and completely
  6. dissent
    a difference of opinion
  7. predestined
    established or arranged in advance unalterably
  8. eccentricity
    strange and unconventional behavior
  9. transformation
    the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
  10. mutability
    the quality of being capable of change
  11. disconcerting
    causing an emotional disturbance
  12. differentiate
    mark as distinct
  13. superfluous
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  14. despise
    look down on with disdain or disgust
  15. portion
    an amount created by dividing something
  16. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  17. salutation
    an act of honor or courteous recognition
  18. ideological
    concerned with or suggestive of mental concepts
  19. lurid
    glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
  20. forgery
    criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument
  21. collectivism
    a theory that the people should own the means of production
  22. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  23. motive
    the reason that arouses action toward a desired goal
  24. stupefy
    make someone dazed or foolish
  25. fundamental
    serving as an essential component
  26. profound
    of the greatest intensity; complete
  27. reverence
    a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
Created on Tue Dec 15 11:45:16 EST 2020 (updated Thu Dec 17 14:14:40 EST 2020)

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