Brave New World, Ch. 4

Elise R.
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  1. salutation
    an acknowledgment or expression of good will
  2. gape
    look with amazement
  3. simian
    relating to or resembling an ape or a monkey
  4. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  5. habitual
    commonly used or practiced
  6. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  7. cordial
    politely warm and friendly
  8. notorious
    known widely and usually unfavorably
  9. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  10. loll
    be lazy or idle
  11. cockchafer
    any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult
  12. hectare
    a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares
  13. vitrify
    change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat
  14. crucible
    a vessel used for high temperature chemical reactions
  15. incandescent
    emitting light as a result of being heated
  16. aphid
    any of various small plant-sucking insects
  17. furtive
    secret and sly
  18. contempt
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  19. corporeal
    having material or physical form or substance
  20. chronic
    long-lasting or characterized by long suffering
  21. beneficent
    doing or producing good
  22. bestial
    resembling an animal, especially by being vicious or cruel
  23. derision
    the act of treating with contempt
  24. lustrous
    reflecting light
  25. agile
    moving quickly and lightly
  26. forcible
    impelled by physical force especially against resistance
  27. emphatic
    spoken with particular stress
  28. indefatigable
    showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality
  29. waylay
    wait in hiding to attack
  30. implore
    beg or request earnestly and urgently
  31. resolute
    firm in purpose or belief
  32. reproach
    express criticism towards
  33. hullabaloo
    disturbance usually in protest
  34. turbine
    an engine that causes a bladed rotor to rotate
  35. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
Created on Mon Jul 23 23:29:23 EDT 2012

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