Vocabulary list 9

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Vocabulary list 9

• Definitions, Parts of Speech, and Example
  Sentences

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Euphony (noun)

• DEF pleasing or sweet sound.
• RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH
• Euphonic, adj.
• Euphonically, adv.
• EX. SENTENCE Any word which was difficult to
  utter . . . was held to be . . . a bad word
  occasionally, therefore, for the sake of euphony,
  extra letters were inserted into a word.

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Ambivalence (Noun)

• DEF Simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or
  feelings, or uncertainty as to which way to
  follow.
• RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH
• Ambivalent, adj.
• Ambivalently, adv.
• EX. SENTENCE Other words, again, were
  ambivalent, having the connotation of good when
  applied to the Party and bad when applied to
  its enemies.

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Monotonous (adj)

• DEF Marked by one unchanging sound unvarying
  and boring.
• RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH
• Monotonously, adv.
• Monotone, noun
• EX. SENTENCE The use of short words of two or
  three syllables encouraged a gabbling style of
  speech, at once staccato and monotonous.

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To Supersede (Verb)

• DEF To take the place or position of something
  else.
• RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH
• n/a
• EX. SENTENCE When Oldspeak had been once and
  for all superseded, the last link with the past
  would have been severed.

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Orthodox (Adj.)

• DEF Conforming to established ways of thinking.
• RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH
• Orthodoxy, noun.
• EX. SENTENCE The Newspeak word for orthodox
  would be goodthinkful, meaning adhering to the
  ideas of Ingsoc with ones full mind and heart.

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Amalgam (noun)

• DEF A mixture of different elements
• RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH
• n/a
• EX. SENTENCES The resulting amalgam was always
  a noun-verb, and inflected according to the
  ordinary rules.

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Euphemism (noun)

• DEF An agreeable or inoffensive expression which
  substitutes an expression that may offend or
  suggest something unpleasant
• RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH
• Euphemistic, adj.
• Euphemistically, adv.
• EX. SENTENCE Collateral damage is a euphemism
  for civilians killed in war.

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Decadence (Noun)

• DEF Moral corruption.
• RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH
• Decadent, adj.
• Decadently, adv.
• EX. SENTENCE The word oldthink . . . was
  inextricably mixed up with the idea of wickedness
  and decadence.

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Heresy (Noun)

• DEF Deviation from an accepted, dominant theory,
  opinion, or practice.
• RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH
• Heretical, Adj.
• Heretically, Adv.
• EXAMPLE SENTENCE A heretical thought was any
  thought that diverged from the principles of
  Ingsoc.

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Aberration (noun)

• DEF A deviation from the norm.
• RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH
• Aberrant, adj.
• EX. SENTENCE For the good student, receiving
  such a low score on a quiz was an aberration.