Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Brave New World Lexicon Chapter ONE

Chapter One



1) hatchery- a place where embryos are hatched under artificial conditions ( book spefic)
2) pallid- lacking colour or brightness
3) wintriness- of or characteristic of winter
4) callow- inexperienced and immature
5) prominent- sticking out
6) floridly- red or flushed
7) zealous- great energy or enthusiasm
8) Ova- a female reproductive cell which can develop into an embryo if fertilized by a male cell
9) excised- cut out
10) optimum- most likely to lead to a favorable outcome
11) salinity- containing salt
12) receptacle- a container
13) spermatozoa- the male sex cell of an animal, that fertilizes the egg
14) proliferate- reproduce or grow rapidly
15) arrests-stops or delays
16) susceptible- easily influenced or harmed by a particular thing
17) burgeoned- grow or increase rapidly
18) viviparous- giving birth to live young
19) largesse- generosity
20) scores- a set of twenty
21) indefinitely- not clearly defined
22) pituitary- a gland at the base of the brain controlling growth and development
23) peritoneum- the membrane lining the abdominal cavity
24) sultry- hot and humid
25) placenta- an organ in the womb of a pregnant mammal supplying nourishment to the fetus through the umbilical cord.
26) centrifugal- a force which appears to cause something moving round a centre to fly outwards

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