Blast From the Past
Debby-downers
Scholarly
Orwellian
Wild Card
100

 A small ornamental box for holding snuff.

What is a Snuffbox?

100

Scruffy and neglected in appearance.

What is Frowsy?

100

Using or characterized by words of many syllables.

What is Polysyllabic?

100

Devices that operate as televisions, security cameras, and microphones.

What is Telescreen?

100

The Recycling Center would only take_________ cardboard.

What is Corrugated?

200

Very old or old-fashioned

What is Archaic?

200

_______(someone) with a whip or stick as punishment or torture.

What is Flog-beat?

200

A nitrogen oxoacid of formula HNO3 in which the nitrogen atom is bonded to a hydroxyl group and by equivalent bonds to the remaining two oxygen atoms

What is Nitric?

200

The fictional political party of the totalitarian government of Oceania in George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

What is INGSOC?

200

A member of the working class; a worker.

What is Prole?

300

A tool for winding the spring of a wheel-lock firearm, a wrench

What is a Spanner?

300

Destroy utterly; obliterate.

What is Annihilate?

300

Authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice.

What is Orthodoxy?

300

A member of the working class; a worker.

What is Prole?

300

Belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine.

What is Heresy?

400

A short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer.

What is Truncheon?

400

Extremely unpleasant; repulsive.

What is Odious?

400

The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.

What is Etymology?

400

The Language of Oceania.

What is Newspeak?

400

A circular movement of water, counter to a main current, causing a small whirlpool.

What is Eddy?

500

The pointed end part of a pen, which distributes the ink on the writing surface.

What is a Nib?

500

Involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt.

What is Sordid?

500

The professor had a _______ of different bird species.

What is Compendium?

500

I honestly have no clue (sorry)

What is Bluebottle?

500

We cannot stop the________passing of time.

What is Inexorable?