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Brave New World vocab Flashcards

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abstemious

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Sparing (usually in eating or drinking); temporate

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allure

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to influence, sway or entice with some tempting appeal

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aperture

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a hole or an opening

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articulate

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to speak distinctly, expressing oneself clearly

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atone

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to make amends

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benevolence

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kindness, generosity, charity

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bequeath

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to hand down, to give or leave in a will

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bestial

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brutality, lacking reason, having the attributes ofa savage

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cajole

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to persuade with deliberate flattery, coax, wheedle

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chaste

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morally pure

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cherubic

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innocent appearing, wholesome

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chronic

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marked by a long duration, by frequent recurrence over a long period of time

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converge

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to move together

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coquette

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a woman who flirts with men without sincere affection

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credulous

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believing on slight evidence, gullible

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decorousness

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proper behavior

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defile

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to make dirty, desecrate, pollute

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defunct

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no longer existing, dead

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demur

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irresolution, indecision, uncertainty: to hesitate, delay object

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elated

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very happy about something, having elevated spirits

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emaciated

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very thin usually as a result of starvation, wasting away

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estrange

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to alienate, separate

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evocative

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calling forth, calling to mind

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ferocity

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savagery

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fertile

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capable of reproducing

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furtive

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secret in an underhanded way

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fuse

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to mix or join together

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germinal

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being in the earliest stage of development

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heretical

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contrary to church doctrine or accepted beliefs or standards

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hideous

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very ugly, offensive, shocking

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hypothesize

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reach a conclusion based on an assumption, something that is not proven

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ignoble

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of lowly origin, without honor

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impudent

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disrespectful, characterized by improper bold behavior

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incongruity

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not conforming, disagreeing, not comprehensible

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indefatigable

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tireless, incapable of being fatigued

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ingratiate

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to make an effort to gain good favor with someone

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interminable

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having or seeming to have no end, wearisomely protracted

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latent

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not visible, dormant

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lecher

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one who indulges excessively in sexual activity

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luscious

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very pleasant to the taste

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malicious

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motivated by hate or deliberate intent to harm

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melancholy

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depression of spirits

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mosaic

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making a picture or design by using various small pieces of multicolored material

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oblique

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slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading

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odious

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deserving hate or contempt

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orthodox

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conforming to established standards, conventional

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paradoxical

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something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct

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patronizing

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having a condescending attitude

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perpetuate

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to prolong the existence of something

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pneumatic

A

pertaining to air or gas

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