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Fahrenheit 451 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| stolid | not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive |
| phoenix | a mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth and live through another cycle of years |
| pulverized | to demolish or crush completely |
| stratum | a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another |
| melancholy | a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression |
| proclivities | natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition |
| odious | deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable |
| ravenous | extremely hungry; famished; voracious |
| stagnant | not flowing or running, as water, air, etc |
| centrifuge | an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream |
| cacophony | harsh discordance of sound; dissonance |
| dictum | an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion |
| bestial | of, pertaining to, or having the form of a beast |
| tactile | of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch |
| profusion | abundance; abundant quantity |
| insidious | intended to entrap or beguile |
| contemptible | deserving of or held in contempt; despicable |
| din | a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor |
| certitude | freedom from doubt, especially in matters of faith or opinion; certainty |
| fold | an enclosure for sheep |
| perfunctory | lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic |
| perpetual | continuing or enduring forever; everlasting |
| aesthetic | the philosophical theory or set of principles governing the idea of beauty at a given time and place |
| rend | to separate into parts with force or violence |
| blanched | to make pale, as with sickness or fear |
| obscured | not clear to the understanding; hard to perceive |
| oblivion | the state of being completely forgotten or unknown |
| pedants | a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning |
| scythe | an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand |
| desolation | a barren place of devastation |
| prattled | to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble |
| mural | a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling |
| incessantly | continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending |
| abstracted | lost in thought; deeply engrossed or preoccupied |
| censorious | severely critical; faultfinding; carping |
| feint | a feigned or assumed appearance |
| flourish | an act or instance of brandishing |
| luxuriant | richly abundant, profuse, or superabundant |
| metaphorically | a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance |
| parry | to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert |
| saccharine | of the nature of or resembling that of sugar |
| stoke | to poke, stir up, and feed (a fire) |
| serene | calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled |
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