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
