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Winston Smith ~ 1984
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A minor member of the ruling Party in near-future London~ 1984
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Julia~ 1984
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Winston's lover, a beautiful dark-haired girl working in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth~ 1984
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O'Brien~ 1984
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A mysterious, powerful, and sophisticated member of the Inner Party whom Winston believes is also a member of the Brotherhood, the legendary group of anti-Party rebels.~ 1984
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Big Brother ~ 1984
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Though he never appears in the novel, and though he may not actually exist,the perceived ruler of Oceania, is an extremely important figure ~ 1984
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Mr. Charrington ~ 1984
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An old man who runs a secondhand store in the prole district ~ 1984
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Syme ~ 1984
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An intelligent, outgoing man who works with Winston at the Ministry of Truth ~ 1984
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Parsons ~ 1984
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A fat, obnoxious, and dull Party member who lives near Winston and works at the Ministry of Truth. He has a dull wife and a group of suspicious, ill-mannered children who are members of the Junior Spies. ~ 1984
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Emmanuel Goldstein ~ 1984
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Another figure who exerts an influence on the novel without ever appearing in it.According to the Party, they are the legendary leader of the Brotherhood. ~ 1984
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Author ~ 1984
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George Orwell ~ 1984
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time and place written ~ 1984
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England, 1949 ~ 1984
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date of first publication ~ 1984
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1949 ~ 1984
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climax ~ 1984
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Winston's torture with the cage of rats in Room 101 ~ 1984
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protagonist ~ 1984
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Winston Smith ~ 1984
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setting (place) ~ 1984
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London, England (known as “Airstrip One” in the novel's alternate reality) ~ 1984
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How old is Julia? ~ 1984
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26 ~ 1984
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Winston commits thoughtcrime by writing which of the following in his diary? ~ 1984
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DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER ~ 1984
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What piece of evidence of the Party's dishonesty does Winston remember having coming across several years earlier? ~ 1984
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A photograph proving that certain individuals were out of the country when they were allegedly committing a crime ~ 1984
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What organization urges children to turn their parents over to the authorities? ~ 1984
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The Junior Spies ~ 1984
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The psychological principle that allows an individual to believe contradictory ideas at the same time is called what? ~ 1984
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Doublethink ~ 1984
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Who really wrote the manifesto that O'Brien gives to Winston? ~ 1984
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O'Brien ~ 1984
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What does O'Brien use to torture Winston in Room 101? ~ 1984
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A cage full of rats ~ 1984
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Where do Winston and Julia make love for the first time? ~ 1984
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The forest ~ 1984
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What is the last line of the St. Clement's Church song? ~ 1984
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Here comes a chopper to chop off your head! ~ 1984
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What does Winston trace in the dust on the table at the end of the novel? ~ 1984
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2 + 2 = 5 ~ 1984
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How many times does Julia claim to have had sex with Party members? ~ 1984
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Scores ~ 1984
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Which of the following characters is secretly a member of the Thought Police? ~ 1984
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Mr. Charrington ~ 1984
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What happens to the glass paperweight? ~ 1984
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It is shattered on the floor ~ 1984
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Where is the telescreen hidden in the room above Mr. Charrington's shop? ~ 1984
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Behind the picture of St. Clement's ~ 1984
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What is the name for the mass rally held every day? ~ 1984
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The Two Minutes Hate ~ 1984
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Besides Oceania, what are the two countries that make up the rest of the Earth? ~ 1984
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Eurasia and Eastasia ~ 1984
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What project is Syme working on at the beginning of the novel? ~ 1984
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A Newspeak dictionary ~ 1984
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Who turns Parsons in to the Thought Police? ~ 1984
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His children ~ 1984
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What does O'Brien say when Winston asks if he has been captured? ~ 1984
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“They got me a long time ago.” ~ 1984
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To what organization does Julia belong? ~ 1984
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The Junior Anti-Sex League ~ 1984
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Winston has a memory of running away from his mother and sister and stealing what from them? ~ 1984
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Chocolate ~ 1984
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The setting for Winston's fantasy about Julia running toward him naked is ~ 1984
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The Golden Country ~ 1984
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In what nation did Orwell work for the British Imperial Police? ~ 1984
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Burma ~ 1984
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In what nation was Orwell born? ~ 1984
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India ~ 1984
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What was George Orwell's real name? ~ 1984
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Eric Blair ~ 1984
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unorthodox ~ 1984
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Breaking with convention or tradition. ~ 1984
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flog ~ 1984
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To beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge ~ 1984
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polysyllabic ~ 1984
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consisting of several, esp. four or more, syllables, as a word ~ 1984
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saboteur ~ 1984
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someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks ~ 1984
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repudiate ~ 1984
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to reject as having no authority or binding force ~ 1984
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discountenanced ~ 1984
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to disconcert, embarrass, or abash; to show disapproval of ~ 1984
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gamboling ~ 1984
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to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolick ~ 1984
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annihilate ~ 1984
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to destroy the collective existence or main body of; wipe out ~ 1984
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shrewish ~ 1984
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having the disposition or temperament of an ill-tempered, nagging person ~ 1984
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orifice ~ 1984
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an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent ~ 1984
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multifarious ~ 1984
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having many parts, elements, or forms ~ 1984
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venerate ~ 1984
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to regard or treat with reverance; revere ~ 1984
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heretic ~ 1984
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anyone who doesn't conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle ~ 1984
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catapult ~ 1984
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an ancient military engine for hurling stones and arrows ~ 1984
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proliferate ~ 1984
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to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation ~ 1984
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debauchery ~ 1984
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excessive indelgunce in sensual pleasures; intemperance ~ 1984
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promiscuity ~ 1984
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the state of being promiscuous or indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations ~ 1984
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aquiline ~ 1984
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(of the nose) shaped like an eagle's beak; hooked ~ 1984
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posterity ~ 1984
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succrrding future generations collectively ~ 1984
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stratum ~ 1984
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one of a number of portions or divisions likened to layers or levels ~ 1984
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sordid ~ 1984
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morally ignoble or base; vile ~ 1984
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officiousness ~ 1984
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objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome ~ 1984
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unprocurable ~ 1984
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not capable of being obtained, almost inaccessible ~ 1984
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niggling ~ 1984
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petty; trivial; inconsequential ~ 1984
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commodity ~ 1984
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an article of trade or commerce, esp, a product as distinguished from a service ~ 1984
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effigies ~ 1984
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a crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group ~ 1984
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mutability ~ 1984
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given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant ~ 1984
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malignant ~ 1984
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disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred ~ 1984
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dapple ~ 1984
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a spot or mottled marking, usually occuring in clusters ~ 1984
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queue ~ 1984
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a file or line, esp. of people waiting their turn ~ 1984
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pathos ~ 1984
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the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion ~ 1984
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remonstrance ~ 1984
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to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval ~ 1984
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prole ~ 1984
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a proletarian; a worker; belonging to the lowest or poorest class of the people ~ 1984
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wainscotting ~ 1984
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wood, esp. oah and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls ~ 1984
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voluptuous ~ 1984
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directed toward or concerned with sensuous enjoyment or sensuous pleasure ~ 1984
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ruminant ~ 1984
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contemplative; meditative ~ 1984
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infallible ~ 1984
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absolutely trustworthy or sure ~ 1984
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dilapidated ~ 1984
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to cause or allow (a buliding, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect ~ 1984
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fecundity ~ 1984
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fruitfulness or fertility; as of the earth; the capacity of abundant production ~ 1984
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spurious ~ 1984
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not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit ~ 1984
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preponderance ~ 1984
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the fact or quality of being superior in wight, powers, numbers ~ 1984
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oligarchical ~ 1984
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describing a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few ~ 1984
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dissipate ~ 1984
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to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel ~ 1984
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timorously ~ 1984
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full of fear; fearful ~ 1984
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truncheon ~ 1984
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the club carried by a police officer; billy; a staff representing an office or authority; baton ~ 1984
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embezzlement ~ 1984
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to appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as money or property entrusted to one's care ~ 1984
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inquisitor ~ 1984
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a questioner, especially an unduly curious or harsh one; a person who investigates in an official capacity ~ 1984
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degredation ~ 1984
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the act of causing another person to feel humiliation, disgrace, dishonor, or debasement ~ 1984
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taut ~ 1984
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tightly drawn; tense; not slack ~ 1984
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interpose ~ 1984
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to place between; cause to intervene ~ 1984
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