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Fahrenheit 451 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abruptly | suddenly |
| abyss | void |
| adders | snakes, serpents |
| ballistics | science of the motion of projectiles in flight |
| bestial | beast - like |
| buckling | yielding; collapsing |
| cacophony | harsh or painful sound |
| centrifuge | machine that uses spinning to simulate gravitational forces |
| clarified | made clear |
| clenching | tightening |
| condensations | abridgment, summaries |
| conjure | beg, entreat |
| dictum | order; pronouncement of law or a rule |
| dike | dam |
| erected | constructed |
| fathoms | distances (1 fathoms = 6 feet) |
| feigning | faking |
| Gibbering | babbling |
| gilt | golden |
| gorging | greedily eating |
| arsonist | someone who sets fire to buildings |
| beatific | blissful |
| cadenced | rhythmic; measured |
| certitude | certainty |
| chaff | worthless things; worthless part |
| contemptible | worthy of hate |
| discourse | conversation |
| dispersing | scattering |
| diverted | turned away |
| enameled | painted |
| insidious | treacherous |
| linguist | those who study language |
| manifested | asserted; made known |
| moor | boggy area |
| parried | warded off a punch |
| perfunctorily | briefly |
| praetorian | resembling the roman imperial body guard |
| welter | chaotic mass |
| subside | slow; then stop |
| verbiage | too many words used yo convey too little meaning |