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Brave New World Vocab. 1-10
Brave New World 1st Vocab Group
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English
10th Grade
11/28/2012

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Utopia
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A perfect society
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Heredity
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The transmission of genetic characters from parent to offspring
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Viviparous
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Gives a live birth
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Consumption
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The act of consuming,as by use,decay,or destruction
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Promiscuous
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Involving indiscriminate mingling, especially having a number of partners
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Morphia
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An alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain
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Unatoned
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To make amends or reparation
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Console
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To alleviate or lesson the grief; sorrow, or dissapointment
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Cajolery
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Blandishment: flattery intended to persuade
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Precipitous
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1.Dangerously high or steep.
2.(of a change for the worse) Sudden and dramati
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Intimate
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Associated in close personal relations
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Patronize
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1.Treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority.
2.Frequent (a store, theater, restaurant, or other establishment) as a customer
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Pensive
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Dreamily or wristfully thoughtful
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Heinous
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(Of a person or wrongful act, esp. a crime) Utterly odious or wicked.
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Impropriety
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The quality or condition of being improper
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