Brave New World Vocab Flashcards by Thomas Welborn | Brainscape

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Indulgently

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As if doing one a favor

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Prodigious

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Impressively great

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Indefatigably

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Tirelessly

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Axiomatic

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Self evident; not needing proof

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Ruminating

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Meditating; thinking

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Contemptuous

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Disdainful; disgraceful; scornful

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Plaintive

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Mournful

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Benevolently

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Harmlessly; in a beneficial way

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Cajolery

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Urging with gentle or repeated appeals; teasing or flattery

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Unabashed

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Not disconcerted or embarrassed; calm

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Reciprocated

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Returned or mutually scared

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Inexorably

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Relentlessly

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Lecherous

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Indulging in excess sexual activity

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Patronizingly

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In a condescending manner

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Imperceptibly

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Unable to be detected by the senses

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Ignominy

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Disgrace

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Intrinsically

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Inherently; as a part of the nature of the thing itself

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Vitrified

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Made to look like glass

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Subversive

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Undermining; damaging to the authorities

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Odious

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Disgust; arousing a strong dislike

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Ingratiating

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Making oneself favorable to another

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Moribund

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About to die

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Ordure

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Bodily waste; excrement

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Irresolute

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Undecided

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Carapace

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Hard outer covering

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Impunity

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Exempt from punishment

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Parenthetically

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As if in parenthesis; aside

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Postulates

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Things taken for granted without proof necessary

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Luminous

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Emitting light; enlightened

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Flagrantly

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In a big way; obviously; conspicuously

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Pneumatic

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Filled with air

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Compunction

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Regret; remorse