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Brave New World set 6
Chapters 16-18
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Literature
10th Grade
06/10/2015

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Impunity (n.)

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- exemption from punishment

 

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parenthetically (adv.)

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as if in parenthesis; aside

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gesticulate (v.)
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to make movements with your hands or arms, to express something or to emphasize what you are saying. 

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postulate (n)

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an idea that is suggested or accepted as a basic principle before a further idea is formed or developed from it

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luminous (adj.)

 

 

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emitting light; enlightened

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flagrantly (adv.)

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in a big way; obviously; conspicuously

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pneumatic(adj.)

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filled with air

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compunction (n)

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regret, remorse

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