Brave New World Vocab Ch.4-6

annihilating

wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction

asceticism

self-denial, especially refraining from worldly pleasures

atonement

the act of making amends for sin or wrongdoings

benevolence

disposition to do good

consummation

the act of bringing to completion or fruition

deplorable

of very poor quality of condition

derision

the act of treating with contempt

imminent

close in time; about to occur

imperiously

in a manner showing arrogant superiority

inscrutable

difficult or impossible to understand

perennially

in a perennial manner; repeatedly

plaintive

expressing sorrow

repulsive

offensive to the mind or senses

satiety

being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more

simian

relating to or resembling an ape of a monkey

solecism

a socially awkward or tactless act

stoicism

an indifference to pleasure or pain

suppression

withholding or withdrawing some writing from circulation

surreptitious

marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

zenith

the highest point of something