AUTHT1 Glossary - Dystopian Fiction

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Utopia

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(n) An imagined form of ideal society, in which everything appears perfect.

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Dystopia

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(n) An alarmingly unpleasant imaginary world, usually from the future.

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Cataclysmic

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(adj) Causing sudden and violent worsening

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Speculative

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(adj) Making a guess rather than knowledge

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Facade

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(n) A deceptive outer appearance

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Seldom

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(adv) Rarely

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Varicose ulcer

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(n) A leg wound that happens when the leg veins don’t pump blood to the heart

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Pig iron

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(n) Crude iron from smelting furnace in the shape of oblong blocks

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Contrived

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(adj) Deliberately created rather than occurring naturally

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Meagreness

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(adj) Small in quantity

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Sanguine

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(adj) Confident about the future

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Fitful

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(adj) Occurring irregularly

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Bypass

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(v) Avoid

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Obtrusive

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(adj) Unpleasantly noticeable

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Exponential

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(adj) Very rapidly

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Etched

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(v) Imprint vividly on someone’s mind

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Relentlessly

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(adv) Mercilessly

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Sanctuary

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(n) Safe place

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Dishevelled

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(adj) Untidy

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Skeletal

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(adj) Reduced to a minimum size