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Fahrenheit 451 Vocab
Fahrenheit 451 Part I
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Phoenix | a mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness |
| Salamander | a mythical being, especially a lizard or other reptile, thought to be able to live in fire |
| Marionette | a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs |
| Pulverized | to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding |
| Stratum | a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another |
| Contrasedative | against tending to calmly or soothly |
| Olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| Proboscis | the trunk of an elephant |
| Morphine | white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium |
| Procaine | a compound used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic |
| Ballistic | relating to projectiles or their flight |
| Trajectory | the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight |
| Abstract | thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances |
| Proclivities | natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition |
| Odious | deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable |
| Centrifuge | an apparatus that rotates at high speeds and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities |
| Cacophony | harsh discordance of sound; dissonance |
| Luminescent | emitting light that is not caused by incandescence and that occurs at a temperature below that of incandescent bodies |
| Radical | of or going to the root of origin; fundamental |
| Feigning | the act of pretending or putting on a show in order to deceive |
| Pratfall | a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating |
| Intellectual | appealing to or engaging the intellect |
| Theremin | a musical instrument with electronic tone generation, the pitch and tone volume being controlled by the distance between the player’s hands and two metal rods serving as antennas |
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