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Details Title: Brave New World Vocabulary Description: Selected words from each chapter Total Flash Cards: 33 Created: 10/18/2004 12:42:14	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term proliferate Definition multiply rapidly Term indulgently Definition as if doing one a favor Term indefatifably Definition tirelessly Term axiomatic Definition self-evident Term ruminating Definition meditating; thinking Term contemptuous Definition disgraceful; scornful Term plaintive Definition mourning Term cajolery Definition urging with gentle or repeated appeals; teasing or flattery Term reciprocated Definition returned; mutually shared Term precipice Definition cliff Term unprecedented Definition never has happened before Term inexorably Definition relentlessy Term inconceivable Definition unbelieveable Term lecherous Definition indulging in excessive sexual activity Term patronizingly Definition in a condesending manner Term asset Definition thing of value Term ignominy Definition disgrace Term appalling Definition arousing a disgust Term intrinsically Definition as part of the nature of a thing itself Term vitrified Definition made to look like glass Term subversive Definition undermining Term odious Definition shocking Term ingratiating Definition making onself favorable to another Term moribund Definition about to die Term reparation Definition compensation, something to make amends Term carapace Definition hard outer covering Term impunity Definition exemption from punishment Term parenthetically Definition as in parenthesis Term gesticulating Definition bodily movement; esp. for emphasis Term postulates Definition take things for granted without proof necessary Term flagrantly Definition in a big way, obviously Term pneumatic Definition filled with air Term compunction Definition regret; remorse