Brave new world vocab

Vocabulary Terms

13) Abject

• Completely without pride or dignity. Miserable, the lowest kind.

14) Genial

• friendly and cheerful

15) Proliferate

• Definition: Increase rapidly in numbers; multiply to spread.

16) Paradoxically

• Definition: Seemingly absurd or self-contradictory; a contradiction in terms.

17) Burgeoned

• Definition: Begin to grow or increase rapidly; to flourish; coming into being.

18) Prodigious

• Definition: Impressively great in extent, size, or degree; very big.

19) Viviparous

• Definition: Producing living young instead of eggs from within the bodies of mammals; producing offspring.

20) Tremulous

• Definition: Shaking or quivering slightly.

21) Ruddy

• Definition: Having a healthy red color (often referring to someone's face).

22) Vivacious

• Definition: Attractively lively and animated.

23) Peritoneum

• Definition: The serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and covering the abdominal organs.

24) Sultry

• Definition: Hot and humid (referring to weather); can also express a sexual nature; could mean hot with passion or anger.