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Fahrenheit 451 Vocab
Fahrenheit 451 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tamped | packed down |
| tallow | hard animal fat used for candles |
| stratum | layer |
| mausoleum | a large stately tomb or the building that houses it |
| distilled | purified or concentrated |
| conjure | to summon, or call up, as if by magic |
| stolid | having or revealing little emotion |
| refracted | deflected from a straight path |
| imperceptible | impossible to detect by ordinary senses |
| pulverized | reduced to powder |
| melancholy | sadness;gloominess |
| capillary | fine; small in diameter |
| multifaceted | having many faces |
| ballistics | the study of the dynamics of projectiles |
| erected | set up; established |
| proclivities | predisposition;tendencies |
| odious | arousing strong dislike or displeasure |
| ravenous | extremely hungry;greedy for gratification |
| pratfall | humiliating failure;a fall on the backside |
| dictum | authoritative pronouncement |
| noncombustible | does not burn easily |
| tactile | relating to the sense of touch |
| cadenced | with a rhythmic flow |
| retaliation | returning like for like |
| receptacle | a container that holds matter |
| cowardice | ignoble fear in the face of danger |
| simultaneously | happening at the same time |
| manifested | showed;revealed |
| verbiage | wordiness |
| smoldering | burning with little smoke and no flame |
| indecisive | not able to make a decision |
| grotesque | bizarre;distorted |
| limned | described |
| juggernaut | overwhelming advancing sight crushing all in its path |
| cardamom | italian herb |
| pedants | those who flaunt their knowledge |
| pyre | a pile of combustible materials for burning a corpse |
| stolid | having or revealing little emotion |
| refracted | deflected from a straight path |
| imperceptible | impossible to detect by ordinary senses |
| pulverized | reduced to powder |
| melancholy | sadness;gloominess |
| capillary | fine; small in diameter |
| multifaceted | having many faces |
| ballistics | the study of the dynamics of projectiles |
| erected | set up; established |
| proclivities | predisposition;tendencies |
| odious | arousing strong dislike or displeasure |
| ravenous | extremely hungry;greedy for gratification |
| pratfall | humiliating failure;a fall on the backside |
| dictum | authoritative pronouncement |
| noncombustible | does not burn easily |
| tactile | relating to the sense of touch |
| cadenced | with a rhythmic flow |
| retaliation | returning like for like |
| receptacle | a container that holds matter |
| cowardice | ignoble fear in the face of danger |
| simultaneously | happening at the same time |
| manifested | showed;revealed |
| verbiage | wordiness |
| smoldering | burning with little smoke and no flame |
| indecisive | not able to make a decision |
| grotesque | bizarre;distorted |
| limned | described |
| juggernaut | overwhelming advancing sight crushing all in its path |
| cardamom | italian herb |
| pedants | those who flaunt their knowledge |
| pyre | a pile of combustible materials for burning a corpse |
Created by:
dgkerwood
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