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Brave New World
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52
English
12th Grade
09/22/2009
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annihilating
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completely overwhelming; incapacitating
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appalling

 

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shocking
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apprehensively
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anxiously
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asset
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thing of value
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axiomatic
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self-evident; not needing proof
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benevolently
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harmlessly; in a beneficial way
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bestial
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lacking reason and intellect
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cajolery
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urging with gentle and repeated appeals; teasing or flattery
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carapace
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hard outer covering
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caste
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social class
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chronic
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continual; recurring
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compunction
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regret; remorse
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contemptuous
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disgraceful; disdainful; scornful
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decondition
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become unconditioned; revert back to old ways
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endorse
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give approval of or support to
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flaccid
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flabby; listless
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flagrantly
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obviously; conspicuously
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gesticulating
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bodily movements, particularly for communication of an idea or for emphasis
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ignominy
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disgrace
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imperceptibly
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unable to be detected by the senses
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impunity
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exemption from punishment
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inconceivable
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unbelievable
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indefatigably
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tirelessly
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indulgently
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as if doing one a favor
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inexorably
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relentlessly; without stopping
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ingratiating
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making oneself favorable to another
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insurmountable
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impossible to overcome
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intrinsically
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inherently; as a part of the nature of a thing itself
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irresolute
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undecided
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lecherous
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indulging in excessive sexual activity
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luminous
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enlightened; emitting light
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monogamy
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practice of being married to one person at a time
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moribund
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about to die
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odious
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arousing a strong dislike or disgust
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optimum
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most favorable point
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ordure
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bodily waste; excrement
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parenthetically
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as if in parentheses; aside
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patronizingly
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in a condescending manner
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plaintive
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mournful
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pneumatic
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filled with air
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postulates
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rules or ideas that are taken for granted
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precipice
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cliff
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prodigious
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impressively great
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proliferate
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multiply rapidly
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reciprocated
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returned; mutually shared
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reparation
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compensation; something to make amends
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ruminating
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meditating; thinking
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sublime
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noble; majestic; impressive
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subversive
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undermining; damaging to the authorities
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unabashed
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not disconcerted or embarrassed; calm
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unprecedented
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having never happened before
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vitrified
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made to look like glass
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