Oryx & Crake Week 8 Vocab

___, ___, ___ and ___ are conundrums, i.e., significantly serious difficult questions, enigmas or dilemmas.

___, ___, ___ and ___ depict people or animals hobbling, i.e., limping, walking with difficulty, staggering or stumbling.

___, ___, ___ and ___ depict people or animals behaving preternaturally, i.e., in ways that exceed what is natural, usual or ordinary.

___, ___, ___ and ___ depict people or things that are pristine, i.e., pure, unspoiled, uncorrupted, unpolluted, fresh, clean, immaculate or like new.

___, ___, ___ and ___ depict fiascos, i.e., complete or total failures, disasters, catastrophes, messes or debacles caused by man and negatively affecting the majority of people involved in the event, or a large majority of people and even the flora and fauna of the planet.

___, ___, ___ and ___ depict mayhem, i.e., chaos, pandemonium, havoc or madness.

___, ___, ___ and ___ depict innate, i.e., inborn, natural, instinctive and unlearned behaviors.

___, ___, ___ and ___ depict people experiencing bliss, i.e., joy, extreme happiness, elation, rapture or euphoria.

___, ___, ___ and ___ depict people gazing, i.e., staring, gaping or looking fixedly or vacantly at someone or something.

___ and ___ depict people complying with, i.e., abiding by, obeying, following or respecting the law, established protocols or mutual agreements.