Brave New World
Vocabulary #’s 1-15
Pallid
• What does pallid sound like to you?
• Definition:
• Pale; lacking color; lacking liveliness
luscious
• What does luscious mean to you?
• Definition:
• Having a delicious taste or smell
abject
• What does abject mean to you?
• Definition:
• Sunk to a low state
genial
• What does genial mean to you?
• Definition:
• Favorable to growth or comfort
proliferate
• What does proliferate mean to you?
• Definition:
• Reproducing freely; multiply
paradoxically
• What does paradoxically
mean to you?
• Definition:
• Not being the
normal/usual kind;
contradictory
burgeoned
• What does
burgeoned mean to
you?
• Definition:
• Send forth new
growth; flourish
prodigious
• What does
prodigious
mean to you?
• Definition:
• Extraordinary
bulk or quantity
viviparous
• What does this
mean to you?
• Definition:
• Producing live
young instead of
eggs.
tremulous
• What does
tremulous mean
to you?
• Definition:
• Having tremors
ruddy
• What do you think
ruddy means?
• Definition:
• Having a healthy
reddish color
vivacious
• What do you think
vivacious means?
• Definition:
• Lively in temper,
conduct or spirit
pituitary
• Where do you think
the pituitary gland
is?
• Definition:
• An endocrine gland
that secretes
hormones
peritoneum
• What do you think
the peritoneum is?
• Definition:
• to stretch thin;
smooth transparent
membrane over
pelvic viscera
Sultry
• What do you think
sultry means?
• Definition:
• very hot and
humid; hot with
passion or anger
Image Citations
Pallid: news.cnet.com
Luscious: teacakebakeshop.com
Abject: insidesocial.com
Genial: farm4.static.flickr.com
Proliferate: photocabulary.com
Paradoxically: jumpthecurve.com
Burgeoned: huffingtonpost.com
Prodigious: ogband.org
Image Citations:
Viviparous:
christianclassicalliberalist.files.wordpress.com
Tremulous:
wendyusuallywanders.files.wordpress.com
Ruddy: i.ehow.com
Vivacious: www.gauteng.net
Pituitary: www.rickrichards.com
Peritoneum: pit.edu
Sultry: 2.bp.blogspot.com;
www.dominicanrepublicrealestate.ca/