Unit 3: Novel Study: Brave New World, Chapters 1–6

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  1. bleak
    offering little or no hope
  2. abject
    showing humiliation or submissiveness
  3. viscosity
    resistance of a liquid to flowing
  4. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  5. postulate
    take as a given; assume as an axiom
  6. gelatinous
    thick like gelatin
  7. celestial
    of heaven or the spirit
  8. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  9. elapse
    pass by
  10. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  11. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  12. torrent
    a violently fast stream of water or other liquid
  13. axiomatic
    evident without proof or argument
  14. malicious
    having the nature of threatening evil
  15. vivacious
    vigorous and animated
  16. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  17. incandescence
    light from heat
  18. zenith
    the highest point of something
  19. atonement
    the act of making amends for sin or wrongdoing
  20. benevolence
    disposition to do good
  21. exultant
    joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
  22. taut
    pulled or drawn tight
  23. satiety
    being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more
  24. scrupulously
    with careful attention and effort to do something correctly
  25. indefatigable
    showing sustained enthusiasm with unflagging vitality
  26. fulminate
    cause to explode violently and with loud noise
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