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Brave New World
Chapter 5 - Vocabulary
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Literature
9th Grade
06/23/2009

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incessant
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continuing or following without interruption : unceasing
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pullulation
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germinate, sprout; to breed or produce freely; swarm, teem
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crematory
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a furnace to reduce (as a dead body) to ashes by burning
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speculate
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to meditate on or ponder a subject : reflect; to take to be true on the basis of insufficient evidence : theorize
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zenith
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the highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body; culminating point : acme
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facade
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the front of a building; a false, superficial, or artificial appearance or effect
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tremulous
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affected with timidity: timorous; such as is or might be caused by nervousness or shakiness; exceedingly sensitive: easily shaken or disordered
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diminuendo
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a gradual decrease in volume of a musical passage; a decrescendo musical passage
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atonement
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reconciliation; reparation for an offense or injury : satisfaction
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lout
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an awkward brutish person
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quaff
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to drink (a beverage) deeply
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benevolence
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an act of kindness; a generous gift
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imminent
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ready to take place; especially hanging threateningly over one's head
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galvanic
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of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity; having an electric effect : intensely exciting
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taut
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having no give or slack : tightly drawn; high-strung, tense
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inarticulate
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incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings
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consummation
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the ultimate end : finish
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satiety
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the quality or state of being fed or gratified to or beyond capacity : surfeit, fullness
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irony
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the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
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transfigure
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to give a new and typically exalted or spiritual appearance to : transform outwardly and usually for the better
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