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Obartuck Vocab 28
Obartuck Vocabulary 28 (Brave New World - special edition 1)
Question | Answer |
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Axiomatic | (adj.) self-evidently true, or universally accepted as true |
Indefatigable | (adj.) never showing any signs of tiring or relaxing |
Alphas | (n.) the highest members of society |
Betas | (n.) the second highest members of society, allowed to interact with Alphas, but not lower groups |
Deltas | (n.) the mid-level members of society; mostly factory workers and laborers |
Epsilons | (n.) the lowest members of society (malformed and quite stupid) |
Gammas | (n.) the second lowest members of society; mostly laborers and menial workers |
Bokanovsky Process | (n.) human cloning process applied to fertilized human eggs, in vitro, which involves shocking an egg so that it divides to form up to 96 identical embryos |
Wintry | (adj.) cheerless or unfriendly |
Decant | (v.) to gently and carefully pour from one container into another |