Erin Baldwin, Brave New World, Chapter 5

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  1. pullulation
    asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual
    The
    approaches to the monorail station were black with the ant-like pullulation of
    lower-caste activity.
  2. telegraphically
    in a short and concise manner
    49
    50 IDPH
    “Phosphorus recovery,” explained Henry telegraphically.
  3. crematorium
    a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
    Following its southeasterly course across the dark plain their eyes were
    drawn to the majestic buildings of the Slough Crematorium.
  4. foetal
    of or relating to a fetus
    In their
    blood-coloured and foetal darkness the dancers continued for a while to circulate,
    to beat and beat out the indefatigable rhythm.
  5. decant
    pour out
    Bottle of mine, why was I ever decanted?
  6. plangent
    loud and resounding, often in a mournful way
    The President stood up, made the sign of the T and, switching on the synthetic
    music, let loose the soft indefatigable beating of drums and a choir of
    instruments-near-wind and super-string-that plangently repeated and repeated
    the brief and unescapably haunting melody of the first Solidarity Hymn.
  7. diminuendo
    a gradual decrease in loudness
    And then, in all but silence, in
    all but darkness, there followed a gradual deturgescence, a diminuendo sliding
    gradually, through quarter tones, down, down to a faintly whispered dominant
    chord that lingered on (while the five-four rhythms still pulsed below) charging
    the darkened seconds with an intense expectancy.
  8. transfigure
    completely change the nature or appearance of
    “Yes, I thought it was wonderful,” he lied and looked away; the sight of her
    transfigured face was at once an accusation and an ironical reminder of his own
    separateness.
  9. perennially
    in a perennial manner; repeatedly
    They were
    inside, here and now-safely inside with the fine weather, the perennially blue
    sky.
  10. galvanic
    pertaining to electric current by chemical action
    The President switched off the music and, with the final note of the final stanza,
    there was absolute silence-the silence of stretched expectancy, quivering and
    creeping with a galvanic life.
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