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Brave New World
Chapter 3 - Vocabulary
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Literature
9th Grade
06/23/2009

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grimace
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facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain
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contraceptives
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deliberate prevention of pregnancy
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incredulity
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unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true; disbelief
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incongruous
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not harmonious; incompatible; disagreeing; inconsistent within itself
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avert
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turn away (as the eyes) in avoidance; to see coming and ward off; avoid
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compulsory
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mandatory; enforced; coercive; compelling
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promiscuous
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indiscriminate; not restricted to one sexual partner; casual; irregular
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propaganda
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spreading ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person
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absurd
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ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous
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squalid
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marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty; sordid
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copulate
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sexual intercourse
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surrogate
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put in the place of another; substitute
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conscription
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compulsory enrollment of persons especially for military service; draft
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aperture
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an opening or open space; hole
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contempt
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the act of despising, disdain, lack of respect for something
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surreptitious
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done, made or acquired by stealth; clandestine
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truculent
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feeling or displaying ferocity; cruel; savage;vitriolic; belligerent
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stigmata
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a mark of shame or discredit; stain; brand; an identifying mark or characteristic
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discarnate
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having no physical body; incorporeal
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pneumatic
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well-proportioned feminine figure; especially having a full bust
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axiomatic
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taken for granted; self-evident
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maudlin
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weakly and effusively sentimental
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loathe
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to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance; detest
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