Brave New World vocab quiz 1

soliloquize

talk to oneself

callow

young and inexperienced

burgeon

grow and flourish

centrifugal

tending to move away from the middle

enumerate

specify individually

ingenuous

lacking in sophistication or worldliness

mutation

any event that changes genetic structure

predestined

established or arranged in advance unalterably

caustic

capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

posthumous

occurring or coming into existence after a person's death

spasmodic

occurring in spells and often abruptly

inculcate

teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

aperture

a usually small man-made opening

rudimentary

being in the earliest stages of development

maudlin

very sentimental or emotional

immoral

deliberately violating principles of right and wrong

effusive

extravagantly demonstrative

inscrutable

difficult or impossible to understand

incongruous

lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness

axiomatic

evident without proof or argument

primal

serving as an essential component or having existed from the beginning.

suppression

withholding or withdrawing some writing from circulation

renounce

turn away from; give up

simian

relating to or resembling an ape or a monkey

ruminate

chew the cuds

incandescence

light emission by a body as its temperature is raised

corporeal

characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit