Brave New World vocab

Question 1

abstemious

Answer 1

Sparing (usually in eating or drinking); temporate

Question 2

allure

Answer 2

to influence, sway or entice with some tempting appeal

Question 3

aperture

Answer 3

a hole or an opening

Question 4

articulate

Answer 4

to speak distinctly, expressing oneself clearly

Question 5

atone

Answer 5

to make amends

Question 6

benevolence

Answer 6

kindness, generosity, charity

Question 7

bequeath

Answer 7

to hand down, to give or leave in a will

Question 8

bestial

Answer 8

brutality, lacking reason, having the attributes ofa savage

Question 9

cajole

Answer 9

to persuade with deliberate flattery, coax, wheedle

Question 10

chaste

Answer 10

morally pure

Question 11

cherubic

Answer 11

innocent appearing, wholesome

Question 12

chronic

Answer 12

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

Question 13

converge

Answer 13

to move together

Question 14

coquette

Answer 14

a woman who flirts with men without sincere affection

Question 15

credulous

Answer 15

believing on slight evidence, gullible

Question 16

decorousness

Answer 16

proper behavior

Question 17

defile

Answer 17

to make dirty, desecrate, pollute

Question 18

defunct

Answer 18

no longer existing, dead

Question 19

demur

Answer 19

irresolution, indecision, uncertainty: to hesitate, delay object

Question 20

elated

Answer 20

very happy about something, having elevated spirits

Question 21

emaciated

Answer 21

very thin usually as a result of starvation, wasting away

Question 22

estrange

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to alienate, separate

Question 23

evocative

Answer 23

calling forth, calling to mind

Question 24

ferocity

Answer 24

savagery

Question 25

fertile

Answer 25

capable of reproducing

Question 26

furtive

Answer 26

secret in an underhanded way

Question 27

fuse

Answer 27

to mix or join together

Question 28

germinal

Answer 28

being in the earliest stage of development

Question 29

heretical

Answer 29

contrary to church doctrine or accepted beliefs or standards

Question 30

hideous

Answer 30

very ugly, offensive, shocking

Question 31

hypothesize

Answer 31

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

Question 32

ignoble

Answer 32

of lowly origin, without honor

Question 33

impudent

Answer 33

disrespectful, characterized by improper bold behavior

Question 34

incongruity

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not conforming, disagreeing, not comprehensible

Question 35

indefatigable

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tireless, incapable of being fatigued

Question 36

ingratiate

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to make an effort to gain good favor with someone

Question 37

interminable

Answer 37

having or seeming to have no end, wearisomely protracted

Question 38

latent

Answer 38

not visible, dormant

Question 39

lecher

Answer 39

one who indulges excessively in sexual activity

Question 40

luscious

Answer 40

very pleasant to the taste

Question 41

malicious

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motivated by hate or deliberate intent to harm

Question 42

melancholy

Answer 42

depression of spirits

Question 43

mosaic

Answer 43

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

Question 44

oblique

Answer 44

slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading

Question 45

odious

Answer 45

deserving hate or contempt

Question 46

orthodox

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conforming to established standards, conventional

Question 47

paradoxical

Answer 47

something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct

Question 48

patronizing

Answer 48

having a condescending attitude

Question 49

perpetuate

Answer 49

to prolong the existence of something

Question 50

pneumatic

Answer 50

pertaining to air or gas