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Brave New World
Chapter 1 - Vocabulary
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Literature
9th Grade
06/22/2009

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abject
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showing hopelessness or resignation; servile, spiritless
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burgeon
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sprout, bloom: to grow and expand rapidly : flourish
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deft
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done with dexterity : artful ; skillful and competent with the hands
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genial
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favorable to growth or comfort : mild ; marked by or diffusing sympathy or friendliness
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largesse
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liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior; generosity
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pallid
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deficient in color : wan; lacking sparkle or liveliness; dull
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paradox
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a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true
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prodigious
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exciting amazement or wonder; extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree : enormous
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proliferate
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to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
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sultry
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very hot and humid : sweltering; burning hot : torrid
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viscid
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having an adhesive quality : sticky
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vivacious
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lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly
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viviparous
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producing living young instead of eggs like nearly all mammals, may reptiles, and a few fish
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zealous
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eagerness and ardent interest in the pursuit of something: fervor
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