1984 Vocab 2

Insatiably

in a unsatisfied or unappeased manner

iniquity

gross injustice or wickedness; a violation of right or duty; wicked act

prosaicially

in a commonplace or dull manner; unimaginatively

embellish

to enhance with fictitious ambitions

Impudent

Rude; pertaining to impertinence

Superfluous

excessive; unnecessary

demur

the act of making objection; take exception

indecipherable

not legible; not understandable

pretentious

characterized by assumption of dignity or importance; making an exaggerated outward show

haranguing

to deliver a scolding or long and intense verbal attack or diatribe

irrevocable

not to be revoked or recalled; unalterable

prodigious

extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc

empirical

derived from or guided by experience

privations

lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life; the state of being deprived

spurious

not genuine, authentic, or true; counterfeit

diminution

the act, fact or process of diminishing

indefatigably

in a manner where it is incapable of being tired out, not yielding to fatigue, untiring

avaricious

characterized by greed; covetous

respite

an interval of relief

ossify

to convert into or cause to harden like bone