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Brave New World Vocabulary
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10/18/2004
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proliferate
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multiply rapidly
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indulgently
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as if doing one a favor
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indefatifably
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tirelessly
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axiomatic
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self-evident
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ruminating
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meditating; thinking
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contemptuous
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disgraceful; scornful
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plaintive
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mourning
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cajolery
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urging with gentle or repeated appeals; teasing or flattery
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reciprocated
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returned; mutually shared
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precipice
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cliff
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unprecedented
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never has happened before
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inexorably
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relentlessy
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inconceivable
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unbelieveable
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lecherous
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indulging in excessive sexual activity
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patronizingly
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in a condesending manner
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asset
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thing of value
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ignominy
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disgrace
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appalling
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arousing a disgust
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intrinsically
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as part of the nature of a thing itself
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vitrified
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made to look like glass
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subversive
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undermining
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odious
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shocking
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ingratiating
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making onself favorable to another
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moribund
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about to die
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reparation
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compensation, something to make amends
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carapace
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hard outer covering
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impunity
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exemption from punishment
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parenthetically
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as in parenthesis
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gesticulating
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bodily movement; esp. for emphasis
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postulates
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take things for granted without proof necessary
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flagrantly
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in a big way, obviously
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pneumatic
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filled with air
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compunction
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regret; remorse
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