Brave New World Vocabulary3 Flashcards

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Elated

A

very happy about something , having elevated spirits

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2
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Demur

A

to hesitate, delay, object

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3
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Impudent

A

disrespectful, characterized by improper, bold behavior

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4
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Paradoxical

A

something that appears false

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5
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Surreptitiously

A

secretly

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6
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Transcended

A

surpassed

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7
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Perpetuate

A

to prolong the existence of something

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8
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oblique

A

indirect, evaisve

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9
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chaste

A

morally pure

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10
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bequeath

A

to hand down, to give or to leave

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11
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moribund

A

being in the state of dying

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12
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reparation

A

the act of making amends

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13
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irresolute

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uncertain about how to proced

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14
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sublime

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supreme or outstanding

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15
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subversive

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liable to overturn or overthrow a government

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