Activity 11:

1-
Sentence-
 "Promiscuity went unpunished; divorce was permitted" (Orwell 62).
POS- noun
Response- I think that promiscuity refers to sexual behavior. I heard about this in my english class from last year. The usage and mechanics of the sentence depict the same meaning. Other group members contemplated that it means illegal behavior. 
Def.- The term refers to sexual behavior relative to the novel. 
Sentence- promiscuity is banned in some foreign states today. 


2-
Sentence-
 "But the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would need only to conspire" (Orwell 61).
POS- Verb
response- Based on the information provided around the sentence, and the usage of the word, I think that the word means to go against someone or something, particularly and ideology. The group came up with a similar conclusion.
Def.- Conspire means to work alongside someone in order to perform something that opposes an established regime or idea. 
sentence- The Proles only needed to conspire and work together against the Ingsoc in order to attain their freedom. 

3-
Sentence-
 "The sun had shifted round, and the myriad windows of the Ministry of Truth, with the light no longer shinning on them, looked grim as the loopholes of a fortress" (Orwell 27).
POS- adjective
Response- Based on the usage and previous encounters with the word, I think the word refers to a wide assortment of things. 
Def.- Countless in number. 
Sentence- The myriad forces from the East overthrew the Egyptian emperor. 

4- 
Sentence- 
"He might be denouncing Goldstein and demanding sterner measures against thought-criminals and saboteurs..." (Orwell 48).
POS-noun
Response- Based on the usage, surrounding information and group discussion we concluded the word simply refers to subversive subjects. The group concluded similarly. 
Def.- A person who engages in sabotage.
Sentence- The saboteurs were sentenced to six years in prison for trying to kill the minister. 

5-
Sentence-
"but this evening as he came out of the Ministry the balminess of the April air had tempted him" (Orwell 82).
POS- adjective 
Response- I think that balminess refers to a certain degree of viscosity or thickness. Group concluded that it meant thickness. There were claims that balminess also meant soothing due to the usage in the sentence and surrounding information. 
Def.- Mild and refreshing; soft, soothing
sentence- The balminess of the massage was relaxing after a long day at work. 

6-
Sentence-
"Truisms are true, hold on to that!" (Orwell 69).
POS- noun
Response- based on the usage and mechanics, I think that the word refers to incorrect ideas. The group concluded the same. 
Def.- A statement that is obviously true and states noting novel.
Sentence- The theory of relativity is a widely accepted truism in the scientific world today.

7-
Sentence- 
"There were also whispered stories of a terrible book, a compendium of all the heresies, of which Goldstein was the author and which circulated clandestinely here and there" (Orwell 13).
POS- Noun
response- I think that compendium refers to a group or collection of ideas. Its usage in the sentence makes me think of it in this manner. The group concluded similarly.
Def.- A collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject
Sentence- O'Brien, according to Winston, seemed to possess the same compendium of ideas as Winston did. 

8-
Sentence- 
"... had fallen a little open, revealing nothing except a cavernous blackness" (Orwell 59)
POS- adjective
Response- The group concluded that word refers to mysterious or infinite. 
Def.- Giving the impression of vast, dark depths.
Sentence- The pit gave us an idea of a cavernous hollowness beneath ourselves. 

9-
Sentence-
"... will be expressed by exactly one word, with it's meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiary meanings rubbed out and forgotten" (Orwell 52).
POS- adjective 
Response- The group concluded that the word refers to irrelevant ideas. Some people even concluded that it referred to ideas that could spur subversive feelings.
Def.- Less important but related to. 
Sentence- The subsidiary players were not selected for the first-team choice. 

10-
Sentence-
" ... (With hands on their hips, they were gyrating their bodies from the waist...)" (Orwell 32).
POS- verb
Response- the group concluded that word refers to the action of bringing in to motion or acting upon something.
Def.- Cause to move in a spiral or circle quickly.
Sentence- The old gentleman started to gyrate his body at the signal of the trainer.