English- Brave New World Vocab

Surrogate

One appointed to act in place of another

Deferential

showing deference; deferent; respectful.

imperative

absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable:

Maudlin

tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental:

Pneumatic

of or relating to air, gases, or wind.

Ruminating

to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly

Atonement

reparation for an offense or injury : satisfaction

Satiety

the state of being satiated; surfeit.

Blasphemy

impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.

Scathing

bitterly severe, as a remark

Magnanimous

generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or less powerful person.

Ingratiating

charming; agreeable; pleasing.

Vindictively

disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful.

Staidness

marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint

Negligence

the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect

Subversive

tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.

-ary

that, which; someone to something that belongs to ; of, related to; one who

-ate

to make, to act; one who, that which

at-ive

tending to or performing

-ous

having the quality of

-able

able to make

-ation

an action or process

-ferous

producing

-ice

one who, that which

-cide

kill

-ion

an action or process; state, quality, act

-ous

having the quality of

-ance

state, quality, act

-ic

like, related to