Brave New World Vocab Flashcards
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Impunity
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Exemption from punishment
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Deprecating
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To express disapproval of
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Subversive
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Seeking or intended to subvert an established system/institution
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Self-indulgence
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Tending to do exactly what one wants
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Atonement
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Reparation for wrong doing
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Strumpet
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Female prostitute
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Predestine
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An outcome of events in advance by fate
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Viviparous
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Bringing forth live young that have developed inside the body of a parent
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Apertures
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Openings holes gaps
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Maudlin
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Self- pityingly, often through drunkenness
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Erotic
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Sexual desire
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Effusive
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Expressing gratitude, pleasure or approval
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Tactual
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Sense of touch
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Monogamy
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Being married to one person
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Innocuous
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Not harmful or offensive
