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Brave New World Vocabulary
10H English Brave New World Vocab
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English
10th Grade
04/16/2009
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callow
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immature,rude, lacking adult sophistication
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abject
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hopeless, sunk to a low condition
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predestination
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Fate already decided ahead of time
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apoplectic
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of a kind to cause rupture of a brain artery, or like a stroke
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gratuitous
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uncalled for, unasked for, free
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officiously
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meddlesome, volunteering one's services unasked
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viviparous
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producing living young instead of eggs
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incredulity
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disbelief
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effusive
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excessively demonstrative, gushing
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midden
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a refuse heap
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truculently
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fiercely, savagely
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sententious
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proverbs and maxims
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simian
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monkey-like
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furtive
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secretive
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slough
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cast off, something gotten rid of or discarded
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plangent
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plaintive,having a loud, reverberating sound
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satiety
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fullness, overindulgence, excess
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solecism
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a breach of etiquette or decorum
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heinous
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outrageous, shockingly evil
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unorthodoxy
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unconventionality
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portentously
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self-consciously weighty, ominously
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ignominy
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disgrace, deep humiliation
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magnanimity
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nobility of feeling and generosity of mind
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odious
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deserving hatred
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mollified
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pacified, assauged
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abstemious
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sparing, especially in eating and drinking
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moribund
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being in a dying state
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ordure
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excrement; something morally degradign
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irresolute
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uncertain how to proceed
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peremptorily
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masterfully, dictatorially
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propitiating
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conciliating, pacifying
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derision
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ridicule, scorn
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impunity
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freedom from punishment or harm
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chary
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cautious, watchful
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scullion
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wretch, kitchen helper
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sedulously
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busily, diligently
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neurasthenia
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neurosis from emotional conflicts
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compunction
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an uneasy twinge; remorse or anxiety arising from guilt
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ignoble
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dishonorable, base, mean
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deprecating
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disapproving
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