Brave New World

Question 1

Abject

Answer 1

utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched

Question 2

Apoplectic

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extremely angry; furious

Question 3

Asceticism

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rigorous self-denial; extreme abstinence; austerity

Question 4

Burgeon

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to grow or develop quickly; flourish

Question 5

Corporeal

Answer 5

of the nature of the physical body; bodily

Question 6

Deferential

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respectful

Question 7

Derision

Answer 7

ridicule; mockery

Question 8

Fulminate

Answer 8

to explode with a loud noise; detonate

Question 9

Heretical

Answer 9

the act of having an opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system

Question 10

Importunately

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urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so

Question 11

Incandescent

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glowing or white with heat

Question 12

Incarnadine

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blood-red; crimson

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Inculcate

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to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly

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Indecorous

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violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly

Question 15

Indefatigable

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incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring

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Inexorable

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unyielding; unalterable

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Innocuous

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not harmful or injurious; harmless

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Largesse

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generous bestowal of gifts

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Magnanimous

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generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness

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Moribund

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in a dying state; near death

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Odious

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deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable

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Paroxysm

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any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion

Question 23

Posthumous

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arising, occurring, or continuing after one’s death

Question 24

Prodigious

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extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.

Question 25

Ruminate

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to meditate or muse; ponder

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Sententious

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given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous

Question 27

Stigmata

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a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one’s reputation

Question 28

Superfluous

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being more than is sufficient or required; excessive

Question 29

Turpitude

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vile, shameful, or base character; depravity

Question 30

Truculently

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fierce; cruel; savagely brutal