brave new world chapter 14 vocabulary

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embellished

to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn

imploring

to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat

reproach

to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure

balk

to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at)

ordure

dung; manure; excrement

sublime

elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry

imbecile

Informal. a dunce; blockhead; dolt

undefiled

Originally of morals; sexual sense is attested from mid-15c.

obstinate

firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty

incurious

not curious; not inquisitive or observant; inattentive; indifferent

irresolute

not resolute; doubtful; infirm of purpose; vacillating

constituents

serving to compose or make up a thing; component


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