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BNW vocab 1+2
Vocab for weeks I and 2 of Brave New World
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Language - English
10th Grade
05/01/2008

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Callow
Definition
young without experience
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Prodigious
Definition
very great in an impressive way
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Deferential
Definition
Respectful treatment
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Posthumous
Definition
happening/printed after someone's death
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Gratuitous
Definition
unnecessary or unwanted
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Maudlin
Definition
talking/behaving in a sad/silly/emotional way
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Surreptitious
Definition
done secretly or quickly because you don't want to be noticed
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Simian
Definition
Similar to a monkey
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Atonement
Definition
something you do to show you are sorry for something you did wrong
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Asceticism
Definition
belief of living without ans physical pleasures or comfort
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Derisively
Definition
showing that you think someone or something is silly/stupid
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Solecism
Definition
mistake in the use of written or spoken language
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Precipitous
Definition
very sudden
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Innocuous
Definition
not offensive/harmful/dangerous
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PLaintive
Definition
describes a high and sad sound (yelp)
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Emphatically
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expressing an opinion in a strong way for emphasis
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Patronizing
Definition
someone who talks to you in a way that shows he thinks you are less important
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Eminence
Definition
quality of being famous or important
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Ignominy
Definition
event or situation that makes you feel ashamed or embarrassed especially in public
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Intrinsically
Definition
being part of someone's nature/character
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