Set: Brave New World Vocab List 3

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Term Definition
Hierarchy Organization of a political system into higher and lower ranks of power
Castes Divisions of Society based on differences of race, wealth, family, employment, etc.
Magnamity State of being usually generous to others.
Estrangement State of being separated and hateful, where once was love
Harbinger one who pioneers or intitates a change; a forerunner
Mollified Soothed or reduced in intensity
Adage an old, wise phrase
Exasperation a state of being annoyed or irritated
Ingratiating quality of being pleasnt in order to gain favor
Flaccid Lacking normal firmness
Crescendo a gradual increase of force or loudness
Menial hunble, uninteresting, and unimportant
Carapace a bony or shell-like covering over the head or back of the animal
Anethetize to cause to lose feeling; to cause numbness
Propagation the act of spreading a message to a great number of people
Queue a line of people waiting for something
Subversive Quality of trying to destroy those in power
illicit not permitted
Pneumatic filled with air or gas
Allegiance devotion or loyalty to a group, person, or cause
Hermitage a place where a recluse lives or has lived
Crucifixion Extreme or painful unishment or suffering
Loathesome Extremely disgusting ot repellent
Weal a mark on the skin
incongruous not harmonious or compatible
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Terms 25
Creator tylerhowarth
Created February 13, 2007
Groups None
Tags brave, new, world, sonoma, lyons, tyler, howarth
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