https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2 Jackie Canales, Christopher Baldwin, Diego Martinez en-us 2017-01-19 01:49:51 UTC 2025-11-19 14:30:03 UTC hello@padlet.com wendylizbeth https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149929101 1. Atonement(n)
A) The reconciliation of God and humankind through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ .
Reparation for an offense or injury.
B)Reparation, expiation for sin.
C)Atone(v.)
Atonable(adj.)
E) Etymology: Early 16th century (denoting unity or reconciliation, especially between God and man) from Medieval Latin.
F) There is no atonement in the World State because for them they are always right.]]> 2017-01-27 16:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149929101 wendylizbeth https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149931538 P2. Atrophy(n.)
A) a wasting away or progressive decline .
B)  Waste away, wither, shrivel.
C) Atrophied (adj.)
Atrophying (v.)
E) Etymology: late 16th century: from French atrophier (verb), atrophie (noun), from late Latin atrophia, from Greek, ‘lack of food
F) Sentence: If the Epsilons stop loving the country sports, the manufacturers will have an atrophy.]]> 2017-01-27 16:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149931538 wendylizbeth https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149932346 3. Cliché(n.)
A) Something that has become overly familiar or commonplace 
B)Old, commonplace.
C) Cliched (adj.)
E) Etymology: mid 19th century: French, past participle (used as a noun) of clicher ‘to stereotype.’
F)Sentence: Helicopters are cliché for the Alphas and Betas.

]]> 2017-01-27 16:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149932346 wendylizbeth https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149932769 4. Clientele (n.)
A) A body of clients.
B) Another way to say it: customers.
C) Client (noun)
E) Etymology: mid 16th century (in the sense ‘clientship, patronage’) from Latin and French.
F) Sentence: The Epsilons are the clientele for the manufacturing of the sporting goods.

]]> 2017-01-27 16:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149932769 wendylizbeth https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149933051 5. Dexterity (n.)
A) Skill or quickness in mental or physical activity.
B) Talent, skill, ability.
C) Dexterous (adj.)
Ambidextrous (adj.)
E) From Middle French dextérité, from Latin dexteritas, from dexter ("on the right").
F) The Alpha Pluses like Bernard and Helmhotz are dexterous in the World State.]]> 2017-01-27 16:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149933051 wendylizbeth https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149933488 6. Diacritical (adj.)
A) Capable of distinguishing.
B) Discriminating, distinction.
C) Diacritic (n.)
E) Greek diakritikos seperative, from diakrinein to distinguish, from dia- + krinein.
F) The World State's embryos are not diacritical embryos during the Bokanovsky's Process ]]> 2017-01-27 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149933488 wendylizbeth https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149934357 7. Effulge (v.)
A) To shine forth, to radiate.
B) Advise, brighten.
C) Effulgence (n.)
Effulgent (adj.)
E) Latin effulgêre, from ex- +fulgêre, to shine, flash.
F) Helmhotz's eyed effulged a peculiar fire.

]]> 2017-01-27 16:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149934357 wendylizbeth https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149934928 8. Gumption(n.)
A) Enterprise, initiative 
B)Initiative, ingenuity
C)Gumptious(adj)
E) Etymology:early 18th century (originally Scots): of unknown origin.
F) The DHC most likely shows a lot of gumption being that he's the director of the center.]]> 2017-01-27 16:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149934928 wendylizbeth https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149935276 9. Habiliments(n.)
A) Characteristic apparatus or dress of an occupation or occasion 
B)Clothing.
C)Habilimental(adj)
Habilimental(adj)
E) Etymology:late Middle English (in the general sense ‘outfit, attire’): from Old French habillement, from habiller ‘fit out
F)Every game in the World State is filled with a complexed habiliment because they believe in consumption and production.]]> 2017-01-27 16:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149935276 wendylizbeth https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149936873 10. Intransigent(adj.)
A) Characterized by refusal to compromise or abandon an extreme position or attitude 
B)Uncompromising, obdurate
C) Intransigence(n)
Intransigently(adv)
E) Etymology: late 19th century: from French intransigeant, from Spanish los intransigentes (a name adopted by the extreme republicans in the Cortes, 1873–74)
F) Because of his position in the world state, the D.H.C. probably has a major sense of intransigent mindset.


]]> 2017-01-27 17:04:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/149936873 https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151631409 11. Intrepid(adj.)
A) Characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance.
B)Unafraid, heroic, brave.
C) Intrepidly (adv.)
Intrepidness (n.)
E) 17th Century from Latin intrepidus, from in-1 +trepidus fearful, timid
F) Linda is an intrepid Beta because of her braveness to adapt herself to the savage world.]]> 2017-02-04 23:46:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151631409 https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151631732 13. Melodrama(n.)
A) Characterized by extravagant action and emotion, overdramatic.
B)Hamy, actressy.
C)Melodramatic(adj)
Melodramatically(adv)
E) 19th Century: from French mélodrame, from Greek melos song + drame drama.
F) Lenina is the person with the most melodrama from the World State.

]]> 2017-02-05 00:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151631732 https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151631819 14. Parochial(adj.)
A) Confined or restricted as if within the borders of a parish; limited in range or scope.
B)Narrow-minded, small-minded.
C) Parochialism(n)
Parochialness(n)
Parochially(adv)
E) 14th Century: via Old French from Church Latinparochiālis.
F)Castes in The Brave New World all have different perceptions and parochial outlooks on their life.

]]> 2017-02-05 00:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151631819 https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151631912 15. Parody(n.)
A) A feeble or ridiculous imitation.
B) Imitation, mockery.
C) Parodiable (adj.)
Parody (v.)
Parodic (adj.)
E) Late 16th century: via late Latin from Greek parōidia ‘burlesque poem,’ from para- ‘beside’ (expressing alteration) + ōidē ‘ode.’
F) For Lenina and Fanny, Bernard is a parody of an Alpha Plus.

]]> 2017-02-05 00:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151631912 https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151632075 16. Protuberant ( v.)
A) To swell or bulge.
B) Proud, prominent.
C)Protuberant(adj)
Protuberantly(adv)
E) 17th Century: from Late Latin prōtūberāre to swell, from pro-1 + tūber swelling.
F) Leninas head was probably throbbing and felt protuberant when she arrived at the savage reservation due to her disliking of it.

]]> 2017-02-05 00:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151632075 https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151632157 17. Sedulity(n.)
A) Activity accomplished with careful perseverance
B)Industry, diligence.
C)Sedulous (adj.)
Sedulously (adv.)
 E)1530s, from Latin sedulus "attentive, painstaking, diligent, busy, zealous," probably from sedulo (adv.) "sincerely, diligently," from sedolo "without deception or guile," from se- "without, apart"
F) Henry Foster may feel a sense of sedulity after playing obstacle golf and winning!

]]> 2017-02-05 00:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151632157 https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151632198 18. Sedulous (adj.)
A) Diligent in application or pursuit
B)Careful, attentive.
C)Sedulously(adv)
Sedulity(n) 
E) Mid 16th century from Latin sedoulus 'zealous' and English -ous.
F)Bernard does sedulous work at the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre.


]]> 2017-02-05 00:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151632198 https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151632250 19. Vacillate(v.)
A) To waver in mind, will, or feeling.
B)Undecided, conflicted.
C)Vacillator(n.)
Vacillation(n.)
E) 16th Century: from Latin vacillāre to sway, of obscure origin.
F) Lenina vacillates on Bernard apperance.


]]> 2017-02-05 00:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151632250 https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151632344 20. Vacuous(adj.)
A) Empty; marked by a lack of ideas or intelligence.
B) Silly, inane, idiotic.
C)Vacuously(adv.)
Vacuousness (n.)
E) 17th Century: from Latin vacuus empty, fromvacāre to be empty.
F) The Epsilons are the most vacuous persons in the World State.

]]> 2017-02-05 00:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151632344 https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151723611 12) Meander(n.) and (v.)
A)A winding path or course.(n.)
To wander aimlessly or casually without urgent destination.(v.)
B)Curve, curl, zigzag.
C)Meanderingly(adv)
Meandering(adj)
E) 16th Century: from Latin maeander, from GreekMaiandros the River Maeander.
F) Bernard has to face a meander in order to find the truth about John and the D.H.C.]]> 2017-02-06 06:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cjackie734/3stripelifeperiod2/wish/151723611