Chapter 15 — Vocabulary
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley — key words and definitions
Vocabulary Words from Chapter 15
- vestibule
- An entrance hall or lobby of a building.
- docility
- Willingness to be taught or led; submissiveness.
- commensurate
- Corresponding in size, extent, or degree; proportionate.
- interchangeable
- Able to be exchanged or substituted for one another without difference.
- exhilarated
- Feeling very happy, animated, or elated.
- nadir
- The lowest point; the point of greatest adversity or despair.
- pacification
- The act of bringing peace or calm; the suppression of unrest.
- hypnopaedic
- Relating to learning or conditioning that occurs during sleep.
- complicit
- Involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong; participating in wrongdoing.
- crystallize
- To take on a definite, clear form; to become fixed or concrete.
- exculpation
- The act of clearing someone from blame or fault.
- subjugation
- The act of bringing someone under domination or control; conquest.
- catalyst
- A person or event that precipitates change or action.
- anomalies
- Things that deviate from what is standard, normal, or expected.
- totalitarianism
- A system of government that is centralized, dictatorial, and requires complete subservience to the state.