Dictionary

1. Wintriness:Refers to the winter season

·         “Wintriness responded to wintriness.” (pg 3)

·         Everything had a wintriness aspect, it was cold and white.

2. Zealous:Enthusiastic and eager

·         “(…) and the more zealous students recorded his intentions in their notebooks: Begin at the beginning.” (pg 5)

·         The most zealous fans of Shakira won VIP tickets for her concert.

3. Bustle:Refers to an activity; busy activity

·         “In the Bottling Room all was harmonious bustle and ordered activity.” (pg 9)

·         In Valentine’s Day, waitressing at that restaurant is a very bustle activity.

4. Waggishly:To act with a witty or joking behavior

·         “Embryos are like photograph film” said Mr. Foster waggishly, as he pushed open the second door.” (pg 11)

·         He never talks serious; he always acts too waggishly.

5. Sultry:Kind of weather; very hot and humid

·         “And in effect the sultry darkness into which the students now followed him was visible and crimson.” (pg 11)

·         The sultry woods of Amazonas are a place that tourists visit very commonly.

6. Nuisance:Something that annoys you or causes trouble for you

·         ““In the vast majority of cases, fertility is merely a nuisance.” (pg 13)

·         Sports have always been a nuisance for me.

7. Sewage:Waste and liquid from toilets

·         “We decant our babies as socialized human beings, as Alphas or Epsilons, as future sewage workers or future…” (pg 13)

·         Sewage always smells very bad.

8. Wedded:Wedded to something; to strongly believe in it; an important part of you

·         “Coolness was wedded to discomfort in the form of hard X-rays.” (pg 16)

·         I can see that you really are wedded to your professional career.

9. Endorse:To like; to use something

·         “Later on their minds would be made to endorse the judgment of their bodies.” (pg 16)

·         Have you endorsed these new computers?

10. Ticklish:Situation that needs to be dealt carefully

·         “Doing repairs on the outside of a rocket in mid-air is a ticklish job.” (pg 17)

·         Analyzing DNA must be a very ticklish job.

11. Shrubs:A bush

·         “(…) squatting silently in twos and threes among the flowering shrubs.” (pg 23)

·         I don’t have shrubs in my garden.

12. Lawn:A stretch of open, grass-covered land

·         “Naked in the warm June sunshine, six or seven hundred little boys and girls were running with shrill yells over the lawns (…).” (pg 23)

·         My country club is 80% lawn.

13. Squatting:To settle an unoccupied land without legal claim

·         “(…) squatting silently in twos and threes among the flowering shrubs.” (pg 23)

·         There’s a lot of squatting in Bogota.

14. Shrill:High-pitched and piercing in tone or sound

·         “Naked in the warm June sunshine, six or seven hundred little boys and girls were running with shrill yells over the lawns (…).” (pg 23)

·         Alex can make a very shrill sound with his guitar.

15. Nightingale: Any of various other nocturnal songbirds of the genus Luscinia

·         “The roses were in bloom, two nightingales soliloquized in the boscage, a cuckoo was just going out of tune among the lime trees.” (pg 23)

·         My ringtone is a nightingale.

16. Soliloquized: To utter or put into the form of a soliloquy

·         “The roses were in bloom, two nightingales soliloquized in the boscage, a cuckoo was just going out of tune among the lime trees.” (pg 23)

·         The main character soliloquized three minutes at the end of the movie.

17. Cuckoo: Any of various related birds of the family Cuculidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a slender body

·         “The roses were in bloom, two nightingales soliloquized in the boscage, a cuckoo was just going out of tune among the lime trees.” (pg 23)

·         My grandma had a cuckoo in her dinner room.

18. Fringe: Something that resembles such a border or edging

·         “On the fringe of the little group stood a stranger-a man of middle height, black-haired, with a hooked nose, full red lips, eyes very piercing and dark.” (pg 25)

·         John is very afraid of the fringe in buildings.

19. Sleek:Tri and graceful; finely contoured; streamlined

            ·         “Towards those clusters of sleek colours (…).” (pg 20)
      ·         He has a sleek Mercedes-Benz.

 20. Briskly:Marked by speed, liveliness, and vigor; energetic

            ·         “Lenina Crowne walked briskly towards the door.” (pg 25)
      ·         Mark kicked briskly the ball.

21. Blush:To feel shame or embarrassment, to redden

            ·         “Several of the boys blushed.” (pg 23)

            ·         Your behavior makes me blush for your poor mother.

22. Disbelief: Refusal or reluctance to believe
      ·         “(…) echoed the students in a chorus of loud disbelief.” (pg 25)
      ·         I disbelief the ideas of Karl Marx.

23. Overwhelmed:To overcome completely in mind or feeling

·         “The poor boy was overwhelmed with confusion.” (pg 24)

·         She was overwhelmed by remorse.

24. Limp:To walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame

·         “The right limp over the edge of the bed (...)” (pg 25)

·         An economy that limps along at a level just above total chaos.

25. Grating:A fixed frame of bars

·         “Through a round grating in the side of a box a voice speaks softly.” (pg 25)

·         The grating in the floor is getting smaller because of dirt.

26. Lurks:To lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush

·         “Feeling lurks in that interval of time.” (pg 44)

·         A wolf is always lurks.

27. Stifling:Suffocating; oppressively close

·         “Few small rooms, stiflingly over-inhabited by man (...)” (pg 38)

·         The stifling atmosphere of the cavern.

28. Gurgle:To flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current

·         “(…) or gurgling out of a hundred baths.” (pg 36)

·         The water gurgled form the bottle.

29. Nodded:To make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command

·         “Fanny nodded her sympathy and understanding.” (pg 43)

·         He nodded when his boss said him to leave.

30. Briskly: Marked by speed, liveliness, and vigor; energetic 

·         “Lenina Crowne walked briskly towards the door.” (pg )

·         Mark kicked briskly the ball.