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Vocabulary
Brave New World
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Wintriness | of or characteristic or winter |
| Bouillon | a clear, usually seasoned broth made by straining water in which beef, chicken, etc., has been cooked, or by dissolving a commercially prepared bouillon cube or cubes in hot water |
| Posthumous | arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death |
| Asunder | into separate parts; in or into pieces |
| Viviparous | bringing forth living young rather than eggs, as most mammals and some reptiles and fishes |
| Ambergris | an opaque, ash-colored secretion of the sperm whale intestine, usually found floating on the ocean or cast ashore: used in perfumery |
| Indefatigable | incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring |
| Peritoneum | the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera |
| Vengeance | infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge |
| Dolychocephalic | long-headed; having a cephalic index of 75 and under |