AP Lit Brave New World Vocabulary

Admonition- noun

Warning against, scolding

Aperture- noun

An opening or gap

Atonement- noun

A way of making amends

Decant- verb

To pour from a bottle

Degenerate- verb

Deteriorate

Deprecate- verb

Belittle, express disapproval

Dissonance- noun

A clash of beliefs or a clash between beliefs and actions

Effusive- adjective

Pouring out or gushing (an effusive speech)

Emaciated- adjective

Abnormally thin

Erotic- adjective

Arousing sexual feelings or desires

Exacerbate- verb

Make worse

Foreboding- noun

Feeling of dread, ominous

Galvanize- verb

Stimulate into action

Heinous- adjective

Especially terrible

Hierarchy- noun

Rank, order

Hypnopaedia- noun

A type of classical conditioning

Impunity- noun

Freedom from punishment

Incessant- adjective

Never ceasing, constant

Incoherent- adjective

Unable to be understood

Innocuous- adjective

Harmless

Maudlin-adjective

Foolishly sentimental

Monogamy- noun

Being married to one person at a time

Persevere- verb

Keep trying

Pneumatic- adjective

Having an ample chest

Predestined- adjective

Decreed beforehand, predetermined

Premonition- noun

Forewarning

Profound- adjective

Deep in meaning

Promiscuous- adjective

Immoral, without plan or purpose, licentious

Senility- noun

Deterioration that accompanies old age

Spasmodic- adjective

Characterized by a sudden, violent shaking

Strumpet- noun

Prostitute

Subversive- adjective

Contrary to governmental rules

Synchronize- verb

Move at the same time

Synthetic- adjective

Man-made, artificial

Tactual- adjective

Relating to the sense of touch

Utopia- noun

Ideal world

Vivacious- adjective

Lively

Viviparous- adjective

Bearing or bringing forth living young

Voluptuous-adjective

Sensual, sexy