Terms
Define sufficient.
What is enough?
To make fun of rudely or unkindly.
What is jeer?
The Party often arrests people under a false charge or excuse, using this—a deceptive reason—to justify their actions.
What is pretext?
Only five nights ago he had _____________ smashing her skull in with a cobblestone, but that was of no importance.
What is contemplated?
This U.S. President gave the Gettysburg Address.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Define vigor.
What is energy or strength?
Inability to believe.
What is incredulity?
The Party does this to Winston’s independent thought, meaning to "weaken or drain of vitality."
What is etiolate?
She did not feel the _______ opening beneath her feet at the thought of lies becoming truths.
What is abyss?
In a right triangle, one leg has a length of 6 units, and the hypotenuse has a length of 10 units. What is the length of the other leg?
What is 8 units?
Define synthetic.
What is something artificial, made by people?
Causing one to feel unsettled.
What is disconcerting?
Winston shows this, meaning "energy and strength," at certain moments in his rebellion but loses it under Party control.
What is vigor?
The heat and the manual work had even given him a _______ for reverting to shorts and an open shirt in the evenings.
What is pretext?
This type of RNA is responsible for bringing amino acids to the ribosome during protein synthesis.
What is transfer RNA (tRNA)?
Define prosaically.
What is a matter-of-fact or straightforward manner?
To surprise or amaze.
What is astonish?
Winston often feels as though he is staring into this—an extremely deep hole—when he thinks about the Party’s control over truth and reality.
What is abyss?
Winston found it hard to mask his __________ when he read about the Party’s ability to rewrite history, as he simply couldn’t believe people accepted such blatant lies.
What is incredulity?
The movement of tectonic plates is caused by these circular currents in the mantle, driven by heat from the Earth’s core.
What is a convection current?
Define etiolate.
What is to become weak?
Marked by casual disrespect.
What is impudent?
The Party uses propaganda and psychological manipulation to ensure that citizens remain this—meaning easily influenced or affected—by its control.
What is susceptible?
Despite his initial confidence, Winston slowly began to __________ under the Party’s relentless control, losing his strength and independence.
What is etiolate?
In this economic and political system, the state owns the means of production, and all goods and services are distributed based on need rather than profit. The ultimate goal is to create a classless society where wealth is distributed equally.
What is communism?