Brave New World Chapter 9

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  1. octoroon
    an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent
    Punctually, on the following morning, at ten o’clock, the green-uniformed octoroon
    stepped out of his helicopter.
  2. soma
    alternate name for the body of a human being
    As soon as they got back to the rest-house, she
    swallowed six half-gramme tablets of soma, lay down on her bed, and within
    ten minutes had embarked for lunar eternity.
  3. cygnet
    a young swan
    “Her eyes,” he murmured,
    “Her eyes, her hair, her cheek, her gait, her voice;
    Handlest in thy discourse O! that her hand,
    In whose comparison all whites are ink
    Writing their own reproach; to whose soft seizure
    The cygnet’s down is harsh .”
  4. vestal
    a chaste woman
    “Flies,” he remembered,
    “On the white wonder of dear Juliet’s hand, may seize
    And steal immortal blessing from her lips,
    Who, even in pure and vestal modesty,
    Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.”
  5. Marx
    founder of modern communism
    Good-morning, Mr. Marx.”
  6. insomnia
    an inability to sleep
    Long after midnight; but his insomnia had not
    been fruitless; he had a plan.
  7. deferential
    showing courteous regard for people's feelings
    His boom was deferential.
  8. resonant
    characterized by a loud deep sound
    At ten thirty-four they
    landed on the roof of the Santa Fé Post Offiee; at ten thirty-seven Bernard had
    got through to the World Controller’s Office in Whitehall; at ten thirty-seven
    he was speaking to his fordship’s fourth personal secretary; at ten forty-four he
    was repeating his story to the first secretary, and at ten forty-seven and a half
    it was the deep, resonant voice of Mustapha Mond himself that sounded in his
    ears.
  9. Whitehall
    a wide street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; site of many government offices
    At ten thirty-four they
    landed on the roof of the Santa Fé Post Offiee; at ten thirty-seven Bernard had
    got through to the World Controller’s Office in Whitehall; at ten thirty-seven
    he was speaking to his fordship’s fourth personal secretary; at ten forty-four he
    was repeating his story to the first secretary, and at ten forty-seven and a half
    it was the deep, resonant voice of Mustapha Mond himself that sounded in his
    ears.
  10. gait
    an animal's manner of moving
    “Her eyes,” he murmured,
    “Her eyes, her hair, her cheek, her gait, her voice;
    Handlest in thy discourse O! that her hand,
    In whose comparison all whites are ink
    Writing their own reproach; to whose soft seizure
    The cygnet’s down is harsh .”
Created on Wed Aug 24 09:32:45 EDT 2011

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