Brave New World Chapter 12 Wordlist

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  1. squalidly
    in a sordid or squalid way
    Absence, say, of Susan's,
    Absence of Egeria's
    Arms and respective bosoms,
    Lips and, ah, posteriors,
    Slowly form a presence;
    Whose? and, I ask, of what
    So absurd an essence,
    That something, which is not,
    Nevertheless should populate
    Empty night more solidly
    Than that with which we copulate,
    Why should it seem so squalidly?
  2. carotene
    yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants
    Pale, distraught, abject and agitated, he moved among his guests, stammering incoherent apologies, assuring them that next time the Savage would certainly be there, begging them to sit down and take a carotene sandwich, a slice of vitamin A pâté, a glass of champagne-surrogate.
  3. Zuni
    a member of the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico
    It was only in Zuñi that the Savage could adequately express what he felt about the Arch-Community-Songster.
  4. copulate
    engage in sexual intercourse
    Absence, say, of Susan's,
    Absence of Egeria's
    Arms and respective bosoms,
    Lips and, ah, posteriors,
    Slowly form a presence;
    Whose? and, I ask, of what
    So absurd an essence,
    That something, which is not,
    Nevertheless should populate
    Empty night more solidly
    Than that with which we copulate,
    Why should it seem so squalidly?
  5. Egeria
    small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants
    Absence, say, of Susan's,
    Absence of Egeria's
    Arms and respective bosoms,
    Lips and, ah, posteriors,
    Slowly form a presence;
    Whose? and, I ask, of what
    So absurd an essence,
    That something, which is not,
    Nevertheless should populate
    Empty night more solidly
    Than that with which we copulate,
    Why should it seem so squalidly?
  6. wheedle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
    "Just to please me," Bernard bellowingly wheedled.
  7. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
    "And yet," said Helmholtz when, having recovered breath enough to apologize, he had mollified the Savage into listening to his explanations, "I know quite well that one needs ridiculous, mad situations like that; one can't write really well about anything else.
  8. magnanimity
    nobility and generosity of spirit
    Touched, Bernard felt himself at the same time humiliated by this magnanimity–a magnanimity the more extraordinary and therefore the more humiliating in that it owed nothing to soma and everything to Helmholtz's character.
  9. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
    At "sole Arabian tree" he started; at "thou shrieking harbinger" he smiled with sudden pleasure; at "every fowl of tyrant wing" the blood rushed up into his cheeks; but at "defunctive music" he turned pale and trembled with an unprecedented emotion.
  10. sepulchral
    of or relating to a chamber that is used as a grave
    (His voice became sepulchral.)
Created on Thu Sep 08 21:59:55 EDT 2011

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