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Boskage

a mass of trees or shrubs



"The roses were in bloom, nightingales soliloquized in the boskage..."

Soma

a powerful drug used to create pleasant sensations



"there is always soma, delicious soma, half a gramme for half a holiday"

Monogamy

practice of marrying one person at a time



"Family, monogamy, romance. Everywhere exclusiveness, a narrow channeling of impulse of energy."

Pueblo

the communal dwelling of an American Indian village of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.



"a bird's eye view of ten or a dozen of the principal pueblos.."

Strumpet

prostitute



"Whore!" he shouted "Whore! Impudent strumpet!"

Surrogate

substitute



"Told them of the growing embryo on its bed of peritoneum. Made them taste the rich blood surrogate on which it bed."

Orgy-porgy

a Solidarity Service hymn and dance which is used to signify the coming together of many people into a unified oneness



"Orgy-porgy" it sang, while the toms-toms continued to beat their feverish tattoo."

Suffuse

to spread over or through the manner of fluid or light



"a new and profound significance seemed to suffuse the shining pages of the book"

Pneumatic

having health and beauty



"Oh she's a splendid girl. Wonderfully pneumatic."

Languish

to be or become weak or dispirited



"the foetuses grew and grew, or poisoned, languished into a stunted Epsilonhood."