HARSH JAIN: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Chapter 13

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  1. imperceptibility
    the property of being imperceptible by the mind or the senses
    Faint almost to imperceptibility, but appalling, she suddenly heard the gneding of his teeth.
  2. lecher
    man with strong sexual desires
    “The wren goes to’t and
    the small gilded fly does lecher in my sight.”
  3. civet
    cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes
    Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten
    my imagination.”
  4. drivel
    saliva spilling from the mouth
    “Instead
    of drivelling away about knots and vacuum cleaners and lions, and making me
    miserable for weeks and weeks.”
  5. wren
    a small active brown bird of the northern hemisphere
    “The wren goes to’t and
    the small gilded fly does lecher in my sight.”
  6. sanctimonious
    excessively or hypocritically pious
    ’If thou cost break her virgin knot before all
    sanctimonious ceremonies may with full and holy rite .”’
  7. ingratiate
    gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
    “John!” ventured a small ingratiating voice from the bathroom.
  8. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
    Be
    more abstemious, or else .”
  9. sententiously
    in a pithy sententious manner
    “Well, you must persevere,” said Fanny sententiously.
  10. scald
    burn with a hot liquid or steam
    There’s hell, there’s
    darkness, there is the sulphurous pit, burning scalding, stench, consumption;
    fie, fie, fie, pain, pain!
  11. gild
    decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
    “The wren goes to’t and
    the small gilded fly does lecher in my sight.”
Created on Fri Sep 02 11:31:03 EDT 2011

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