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1984 Vocabulary – Part 1
1. Vile : dreadful, evil, unpleasant
2. Truncheons : clubs, batons
3. Venomous : poisonous, malicious
4. Dissemble : mislead, pretend, act
5. Sanguine : confident, optimistic
6. Nebulous : unclear, vague, imprecise
7. Specious : false, hollow, inaccurate
8. Inscrutable : unfathomable, mysterious,
9. Sordid : base, squalid, disgusting
10. Defiler : someone who taints or dishonors
11. Compendium : collection, compilation, anthology, set
12. Vaporized : evaporated, vanished, destroyed
13. Ramifications : consequences, results, implications
14. Despicable : appalling, dreadful, shameful, wicked
15. Inexorably : inevitably, inescapably, unavoidably
16. Sanctioned : authorized, certified, endorsed
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