Brave New World Vocab

Hedonistic

(adj.) devoted to pleasure (syn.) indulgent

Stoicism

(n.) indifference to pleasure or pain (adj.) stoic - seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain (syn.) impassive, unemotional

Ennui

(n.) the feeling of being bored by something tedious (syn.) boredom, tedium

Solecism

a socially awkward or tactless act

Impropriety

being improper or unsuitable

Odious

detestable, repulsive, arousing or deserving hatred

Benevolence

disposition to do good; an act of kindness

Didactic

excessively instructive

Malice

feeling the need to see others suffer

Imperious

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

Inexorable

impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

Indecorous

lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct

Surreptitious

marked by quiet, stealthy, or clandestine means

Post Posthumous

occuring after a person's death

Viviparous

producing live young and not eggs

Pneumatic

relating to or using air or a similar gas

Furtive

secret and sly or sordid (skanky)

Lethargy

showing an unusual lack of energy

Atonement

the act of making amends for sin or wrongdoing

Prognostication

to foretell. to predict according to indications and signs