Vocabulary list 7
Definitions, Parts of Speech, and Example Sentences
To Execrate (verb)
DEF: To declare to be evil or detestable. To detest greatly.
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
n/a
EX. SENTENCE: “The citizen of Oceania is not allowed to
know anything of the tenets of the other two philosophies,
but he is taught to execrate them as barbarous outrages
upon morality and common sense.”
To Stagnate (verb)
DEF: To stand still. To not change.
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
Stagnation, noun
EX. SENTENCE: “The economy of many countries was
allowed to stagnate, land went out of cultivation, capital
equipment was not added to, great blocks of the population
were prevented from working and kept half alive by State
charity.”
Tepid (adj)
DEF: Moderately warm
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
Tepidness, noun
Tepidly, adv.
EX. SENTENCE: Winston “almost fell asleep in his bath,
although the water was barely more than tepid.”
Inimical (adj)
DEF: Showing hostility. Unfriendly. Adverse.
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
Inimically, adv.
EX. SENTENCE: Laws that have been passed to enhance
national security that some regard as inimical to cherished
freedoms.
Equivocal (adj)
DEF: Open to interpretation. Uncertain.
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
Equivocally, adv.
EX. SENTENCE: Winston was uncertain about O’Brien’s
membership in the brotherhood; his belief was based on
one meeting and an equivocal glance form O’Brien.
Oligarchy (Noun)
DEF: A political system governed by a few people.
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
Oligarchical, adj.
EX. SENTENCES: Some fear that the United States is
becoming an oligarchy of corporations, where political
power is held by a few rich CEOs.
Guise (noun)
DEF: External appearance. A disguise.
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
n/a
EX. SENTENCE: Kim Jong Il ruled under the guise of
helping the people of North Korea when in reality he kept
much of the state’s wealth for himself.
Spurious (Adj)
DEF: False or doubtful.
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
Spuriously, adv.
Spuriousness, noun
EX. SENTENCE: Even though a Party member may know
that history in Oceania is spurious, they still believe the
present reality through the process of doublethink.
Flagrant (adj)
DEF: Conspicuously or boldly offensive
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
Flagrantly, adv.
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Citizens of Oceania could be
made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality,
because they weren’t intelligent enough to know any better.
Apex (noun)
DEF: The highest point of something
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
n/a
EX. SENTENCE: At the apex of Oceanic society is Big
Brother, who controls the working of the entire Party.