Bryant Magdael, Brave New World, Chapter 9

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  1. octoroon
    an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent
    Punctually, on the following morning, at ten o’clock, the green-uniformed octoroon stepped out of his helicopter.
  2. viscose
    a cellulose ester obtained by treating cellulose with caustic soda
    The zippers on Lenina’s spare pair of viscose velveteen shorts were
    at first a puzzle, then solved, a delight.
  3. agave
    a tropical American plant with sword-shaped leaves
    Hemard was waiting for him among the
    agaves.
  4. cygnet
    a young swan
    “Her eyes,” he murmured,
    “Her eyes, her hair, her cheek, her gait, her voice;
    Handlest in thy discourse O! that her hand,
    In whose comparison all whites are ink
    Writing their own reproach; to whose soft seizure
    The cygnet’s down is harsh .”
  5. vestal
    a chaste woman
    “Flies,” he remembered,
    “On the white wonder of dear Juliet’s hand, may seize
    And steal immortal blessing from her lips,
    Who, even in pure and vestal modesty,
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  6. acetate
    a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate
    He unfolded a pair of zippicamiknicks, blushed, put them hastily away
    again; but kissed a perfumed acetate handkerchief and wound a scarf round
    his neck.
  7. stammer
    speak haltingly
    “I ventured to think,” stammered Bernard, “that your fordship might find the
    matter of sufficient scientific interest .”
  8. deferential
    showing courteous regard for people's feelings
    His boom was deferential.
  9. resonant
    characterized by a loud deep sound
    At ten thirty-four they
    landed on the roof of the Santa Fé Post Offiee; at ten thirty-seven Bernard had
    got through to the World Controller’s Office in Whitehall; at ten thirty-seven
    he was speaking to his fordship’s fourth personal secretary; at ten forty-four he
    was repeating his story to the first secretary, and at ten forty-seven and a half
    it was the deep, resonant voice of Mustapha Mond himself that sounded in his
    ears.
  10. tinkle
    make or emit a high sound
    The smashed glass tinkled
    on the floor.
  11. detestable
    offensive to the mind
    Detestable thought!
  12. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
    Bernard meanwhile lay pensive and wide-eyed in the dark.
  13. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
    Dare to profane with his unworthiest hand that.
  14. gait
    an animal's manner of moving
    “Her eyes,” he murmured,
    “Her eyes, her hair, her cheek, her gait, her voice;
    Handlest in thy discourse O! that her hand,
    In whose comparison all whites are ink
    Writing their own reproach; to whose soft seizure
    The cygnet’s down is harsh .”
  15. reproach
    express criticism towards
    “Her eyes,” he murmured,
    “Her eyes, her hair, her cheek, her gait, her voice;
    Handlest in thy discourse O! that her hand,
    In whose comparison all whites are ink
    Writing their own reproach; to whose soft seizure
    The cygnet’s down is harsh .”
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