Brave New World 1

short and broad

squat

a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions;

hatchery

to stare angrily; (of light, colour, etc) to be very bright and intense;

glare

If sb or sth is _____ in a piece of cloth, they are loosely covered by it.

draped

an artist's jointed model of the human form, on which drapery is arranged to get the proper effect;

lay figure

Sb or sth that is _____ is pale in an unattractive or unnatural way.

pallid

a rough condition of the skin, resembling that of a plucked goose, induced by cold or fear;

gooseflesh

If you describe a place as _____, you mean that it looks cold, empty, and unattractive;

bleak

(esp of weather) of or characteristic of winter; lacking cheer or warmth; bleak

wintry

A _____ is a long stripe or mark on a surface which contrasts with the surface because it is a different colour;

streak

extremely pleasurable, esp to the taste or smell; very attractive;

luscious

a part of a building, wall, etc, that recedes

recession

a process of changing behavior by rewarding or punishing a subject each time an action is performed until the subject associates the action with pleasure or distress

conditioning

hardly at all; only just;

scarcely

a speech in a play in which an actor speaks to himself or herself and to the audience, rather than to another actor;

soliloquy

lacking experience of life; immature;

callow

If you describe someone as_____, you think they have no courage or respect for themselves;

abject

to write or draw in a hasty or illegible manner;

scribble

if a piece of information comes_____, it comes directly from the person who knows best or knows most about it, and so you are sure it is true

from the horse's mouth

to make (something) one's strict rule, habit, or practice;

make a point of doing sth