Mohini Patel - Brave New World - Chapter 11

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  1. brachycephalic
    having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80
    And, in effect, eighty-three almost noseless black brachycephalic Deltas were
    cold-pressing.
  2. titillation
    a tingling feeling of excitement
    He liited a hand to his mouth;
    the titillation ceased; let his hand fall back on the metal knob; it began again.
  3. capriccio
    an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
    The scent organ was playing a delightfully refreshing Herbal Capriccio- rippling arpeggios of thyme and lavender, of rosemary, basil, myrtle, tarragon; a
    series of daring modulations through the spice keys into ambergris; and a slow
    return through
  4. arpeggio
    a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession
    The scent organ was playing a delightfully refreshing Herbal Capriccio- rippling arpeggios of thyme and lavender, of rosemary, basil, myrtle, tarragon; a
    series of daring modulations through the spice keys into ambergris; and a slow
    return through
  5. cadge
    obtain or seek to obtain by wheedling
    Henry Foster went out of his way to be friendly;
    Benito Hoover made him a present of six packets of sex-hormone chewing-gum;
    the Assistant Predestinator came out and cadged almost abjectly for an invitation to one of Bernard’s evening parties.
  6. palpitate
    beat rapidly
    Thenceforward she
    remained in her little room on the thirty-seventh floor of Bernard’s apartment
    house, in bed, with the radio and television always on, and the patchouli tap
    just dripping, and the soma tablets within reach of her hand- there she remained; and yet wasn’t there at all, was all the time away, infinitely far away, on
    holiday; on holiday in some other world, where the music of the radio was a
    labyrinth of sonorous colours, a sliding, palpitating labyrinth, that led (by what...
  7. masticate
    bite and grind with the teeth
    “The day’s soma ration,” Bernard answered rather indistinctly; for he was masticating a piece of Benito Hoover’s chewing-gum.
  8. provost
    a high-ranking university administrator
    Dr. Gaffney, the Provost, and Miss Keate, the Head Mistress, received them as
    they stepped out of the plane.
  9. demur
    politely refuse or take exception to
    Dr. Shaw at first demurred; then let her
    have what she wanted.
  10. aquiline
    curved down like an eagle's beak
    The fifty-six four-spindle chucking and turning machines were being manipulated by fifty-six aquiline and ginger Gammas.
Created on Tue Aug 30 22:01:00 EDT 2011 (updated Wed Aug 31 08:22:01 EDT 2011)

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