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Fahrenheit 451 Vb
Part 1 vocabulary 1-12
Question | Answer |
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phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
salamander | a mythical animal having the power to endure fire without harm |
marionette | a puppet controlled by strings |
mausoleum | a stone building for the dead which is above ground |
pulverized | to reduce to small particles |
stratum | a bed or layer, naturally or artificially made |
contrasedative | counteracts sleeping medicine |
olfactory | related to smell |
proboscis | a long snout |
morphine | a sedative, pain killer |
procaine | local anesthetic |
ballistics | study of the flight of bullets or other hurled objects |