Chapter 14 — Vocabulary
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley — key words and definitions
Vocabulary Words from Chapter 14
- senility
- The condition of physical and mental deterioration associated with old age
- galloping
- Progressing rapidly and uncontrollably (used medically to describe fast-advancing illness)
- stupor
- A state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility, often induced by drugs or shock
- luminous
- Emitting or reflecting light; bright or shining
- conditioning
- The process of training or accustoming a person to behave in a certain way through repeated exposure
- lucidity
- A brief period of clear thinking or awareness, especially during illness or confusion
- indignation
- Strong displeasure or anger at something considered unjust or offensive
- decanting
- In the World State, the process of artificially producing and "birthing" humans from bottles
- morbid
- Having an unhealthy interest in disturbing or unpleasant subjects, especially death
- abject
- Extremely bad, wretched, or degrading; experienced to the maximum degree
- oblivion
- The state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening around one
- pallid
- Pale, especially because of poor health or lack of vitality
- aberrant
- Departing from an accepted standard; abnormal or deviant
- desensitization
- The process of making someone less sensitive or reactive to something, especially through repeated exposure
- filial
- Relating to or due from a son or daughter; characteristic of a child's relationship to a parent