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  1. strumpet
    a woman adulterer
    Impudent strumpet!”
  2. rakishly
    in a rakish manner
    On the threshold, in a white acetate-satin sailor suit,and with a round white cap
    rakishly tilted over her left ear, stood Lenina.
  3. Malthusian
    of or relating to Thomas Malthus or to Malthusianism
    “I wonder if you’d mind giving me my Malthusian belt.”
  4. appall
    strike with disgust or revulsion
    Faint almost to impercep-
    tibility, but appalling, she suddenly heard the gneding of his teeth.
  5. civet
    cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes
    Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten
    my imagination.”
  6. ingratiate
    gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
    “John!” ventured a small ingratiating voice from the bathroom.
  7. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
    Be
    more abstemious, or else .”
  8. sententiously
    in a pithy sententious manner
    “Well, you must persevere,” said Fanny sententiously.
  9. ingratiating
    capable of winning favor
    “John!” ventured a small ingratiating voice from the bathroom.
  10. soma
    alternate name for the body of a human being
    leaning towards nothing at all-well, there is a reason, even with half a gramme of soma circulating in one’s blood...
Created on Sat Sep 03 03:28:36 EDT 2011 (updated Mon Sep 12 00:25:47 EDT 2011)

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