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F451 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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imperceptibly | in a way that is so slight, gradual, or subtle as not to be perceived. |
marionette | puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its joints |
accumulate | to collect or gather |
contrasedative | against something tending to calm or soothe |
olfactory | pertaining to the sense of smell |
morphine | pain reliever or sedative |
trajectory | the curve described by a projectile |
ballistics | science of projectiles such as bullets, shells, or bombs |
proclivities | natural inclinations or tendencies |
odious | extremely unpleasant: repulsive |
centrifuge | device that rotates at high speed and separates substances |
cacophony | harsh discordance of sound |
feigning | faking or imitating deceptively |
pratfall | humiliating blunder or defeat |
luminescent | emission of light |
theremin | musical instrument with electronic tone generation |
intuitively | knowing without reason |
suffused | saturated; gradually spread through or over |
insidious | proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects |
contemptible | despicable and vile |
ruinous | disastrous or destructive |
manifested | display or show (quality or feeling) by ones act or appearance; demonstrate |
quavered | (of a persons voice) shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion |
welter | move in a tubular fashion |
incomprehensible | not able to be understood; not intelligible |
liquefaction | process of becoming a liquid |
fugitive | a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest. |
phantom | apparition or ghost, a figment of the imagination |
valise | a small overnight bag for short trips |
penance | voluntary self-punsihment in order to atone for something |
oblivion | the state of being disregarded or forgotten |