Brave New World Vocab

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Last updated 11:22 PM on 4/22/26
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viviparous

producing living young and not eggs

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fertilization

making productive by adding nutrients

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predestination

previous determination as if by destiny or fate

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condition

a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing

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contemptuous

expressing extreme scorn

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pneumatic

relating to or using air or a similar gas

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solitude

a state of social isolation

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solidarity

a union of interests or purposes among members of a group

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reticent

reluctant to draw attention to yourself

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feeble

pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

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indissoluble

incapable of being broken up

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embryonic

of an organism prior to birth or hatching

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habitual

commonly used or practiced

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disgruntled

in a state of sulky dissatisfaction

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innocuous

not injurious to physical or mental health

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vapid

lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest

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sublime

of high moral or intellectual value

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impending

close in time; about to occur

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multitudinous

too numerous to be counted

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perplexed

full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment

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incontrovertible

impossible to deny or disprove

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capricious

determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity

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interminable

tiresomely long; seemingly without end

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inundated

covered with water

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centrifugal

tending to move away from the middle

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penitential

showing or feeling remorse

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primordial

having existed from the beginning

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orthodoxy

the quality of adhering to what is commonly accepted

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contrite

feeling or expressing pain or sorrow

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abject

of the most contemptible kind

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inarticulate

without ir deprived of the use of speech or words

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apathy

an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

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reconcile

come to terms

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melancholy

a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

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debauchery

a wild gathering

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audacity

aggressive or outright boldnessi

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insubordination

defiance of authority

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sequester

keep away from others

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penance

voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for something

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quiescent

being quiet or still or inactive

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indifference

the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care

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desolate

providing no shelter or sustenance