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Heretical. Infallible. Inviolate. Obsolete. Oligarchy. Palimpsest



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Heretical

Definition: Expressing ideas or opinions not in sync with the accepted norm.

Example:Winston did not know why Withers had been disgraced. Perhaps it was for corruption or incompetence. Perhaps Big Brother was merely getting rid of a too-popular subordinate. Perhaps Withers or someone close to him had been suspected of heretical tendencies.

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Infallible

Definition: Incapable of making mistakes.

Example: Big Brother is infallibleand all-powerful.

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Inviolate

Definition: Protected from any sort of interference or physical attack.

Example:Now he had retreated a step further: in the mind he had surrendered, but he had hoped to keep the inner heart inviolate.

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Obsolete


Definition:
No longer necessary, or no longer in use.

Example:What I had really intended to say was that in your article I noticed you had used two words which have become obsolete.

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Oligarchy

Definition: A system of government wherein power lies with a small group of wealthy, influential people, usually without official position.

Example:He did not see that the continuity of an oligarchy need not be physical, nor did he pause to reflect that hereditary aristocracies have always been short lived, whereas adoptive organizations such as the Catholic Church have sometimes lasted for hundreds or thousands of years.

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Palimpsest

Definition: A written record which has had the original writing erased and overwritten, but which is still visible in places.

Example:All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary



  

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