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Fahrenheit 451 Vocab
terms 1-20
| abruptly | suddenly |
| abyss | void |
| adders | snakes, serpents |
| ballistics | science of the motion of projectiles in flight |
| bestial | Beast-like |
| buckling | yielding; collapsing |
| cacophony | harsh/painful sound |
| centrifuge | machine that uses spinning to simulate gravitational forces |
| clarified | made clear |
| clenching | tightening |
| condensations | abridgments, summaries |
| conjure | beg; entreat |
| dictum | order; pronouncement of law or a rule |
| dike | dam |
| erected | constructed |
| fathoms | distances (1 fathom = 6ft) |
| feigning | faking |
| gibbering | babbling |
| gilt | golden |
| gorging | greedily eating |