vocab list 1
Delegate: definition
What is a person sent or authorized to represent others - representative, deputy, etc.
Mortify: definition
What is to humiliate or shame; vex belittle
Expatriate: synonyms
What is emigrant, exile, banish, expel, migrant, refugee
What is soma?
What is a drug that helps to escape pain, discomfort, embarrassment, sadness or anger and to enhance joy, arousal, and an overall sense of well being
What does Ralph represent?
What is leadership, law, and organization
Obliterate: synonyms
What is destroy, wipe out, exterminate, etc.
Omission: definition
What is something that has been left out, not included, or neglected; the act of leaving something out or the state of having been omitted
Roots: path
What is feeling, suffering
How are people classified?
What is Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon
What does Jack represent?
What is dictatorship & savagery
Abjure: definition
What is to renounce or give up under oath
Minutiae: definition
What is precise details; small or trifling matters; useless information
Pensive: definition
What is adj. involved in serious or deep thought
What book does Popé bring for John?
What is Shakespeare
What does Piggy represent?
What is science and logic
Roots: leg, lect
What is law, gather, choose, read
Roots: neg
What is no, not, deny
Impediment: antonyms
What is advantage, benefit, aid, assistance
How does Lenina handle the disgust of her visit to the Reservation when she returns home?
What is she takes an overdose and goes on a “soma vacation” where she sleeps for 18 hours
What does Simon represent?
What is a god-like power and saintliness
Since I have a small budget, I have to be ( ) about my purchases and not recklessly spend my money
What is judicious
Intermittent: definition
What is adj. coming and going; irregular
Pacifism: definition
What is n. opposition to war or violence of any kind
How does Huxley use Shakespeare throughout the book with John?
What is it’s a way for John to express his emotions and feelings to others
What does the Conch represent?
What is law & order