Michelle-Ann Tan, Brave New World Chapter 8

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  1. cordiality
    a politely warm and friendly disposition or attitude
    “But of course!” he cried, making up for his
    first hesitations with an excess of noisy cordiality.
  2. decant
    pour out
    Sang “Streptocock-Gee to Banbury-T” and “Bye Baby Banting,
    soon you’ll need decanting.”
  3. epsilon
    the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
    “Oh, stuff like magnesium salts, and alcohol for keeping the Deltas and Epsilons
    small and backward, and calcium carbonate for bones, and all that sort of
    thing.”
  4. incestuous
    relating to or involving incest
    When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage
    Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed.
  5. lecherous
    given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity
    Remorseless,
    treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain.
  6. mescal
    a small spineless globe-shaped cactus
    He said the stuff in the gourd was called mescal;
    but Linda said it ought to be called soma; only it made you feel ill afterwards.
  7. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
    The words awoke a plaintive echo in Bernard’s mind.
  8. plait
    a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
    One day, when he came in from playing, the door of the inner room was open,
    and he saw them lying together on the bed, asleep-white Linda and Popé almost
    black beside her, with one arm under her shoulders and the other dark hand on
    her breast, and one of the plaits of his long hair lying across her throat, like a
    black snake trying to strangle her.
  9. soma
    alternate name for the body of a human being
    He said the stuff in the gourd was called mescal;
    but Linda said it ought to be called soma; only it made you feel ill afterwards.
  10. viscose
    a cellulose ester obtained by treating cellulose with caustic soda
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    pened; he was thinking of Lenina, of an angel in bottle-green viscose, lustrous
    with youth and skin food, plump, benevolently smiling.
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