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Fahrenheit 451 Unit 2 Quiz on 2-6-09
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cadence | a beat, time or measure of rhythmical motion or activity. |
| desolation | barren wasteland; a desolate place |
| heresy | denial of a revealed truth by a baptized member of the roman catholic church |
| mausoleum | a stately and magnificent tomb;usually in the form of a small building |
| pedants | one who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules |
| proclivities | an inclination or predisposition toward something; tendency |
| seance | a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead |
| simile | a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in "she like the wind" |
| stratum | a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another |
| patronage | the position, encouragement, influence, or support of a patron |