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Fahrenheit 451 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abyss | a very deep gap or hole, a chasm |
| Ballistics | the study of flight of bullets or other hurled objects |
| Cacophony | harsh, jarring sound; noise |
| Cartographer | Mapmaker |
| Centrifuge | a machine that separates particle in a liquid by rapidly whirling the liquid around a central axis |
| Conjure | to summon, or call up, as if by magic |
| cower | to cringe in fear |
| Distilled | purified or concentrated, as if by the process of distillation |
| Feigning | pretending |
| luminescent | glowing |
| Mausoleum | a large stately tomb or the building that housed it |
| Nomadic | traveling seasonally with no fixed home; wandering |
| Noncombustible | not capable of igniting and burning; unexciting |
| Olfactory | relating to the sense of smell |
| Pagan | not Christian, Moslem, or Jewish; pre-Christian; heathen |
| Pratfall | a comical fall on the behind; a humiliating mishap or error |
| Proboscis | a long snout or nose |
| rationalize | to offer a self-serving but incorrect reason |
| Ravenous | greedy; extremely hungry |
| Stratum | layer |
| Tactile | related to the sense of touch |
| Tallow | hard animal fat used for candles |
| Tamped | packed won |
| Titillation | excitement, stimulation, often superficial |
| Trajectory | the path of a bullet or another object hurled through space |
| Beatific | blessedly happy |
| Cadence | rhythmic; expressive |
| Certitude | certainty, confidence |
| Chaos | complete confusion |
| Complementing | going well together |
| Dentifrice | toothpaste or tooth powder |
| Discourse | lengthy discussion in speech or writing |
| Exhalation | an emission of air or vapor |
| Filigree | delicate, ornamental work made from twisted wire of gold or silver |
| Insidious | spreading harm slowly and secretly; treacherous |
| intuitively | through the senses rather than rational thought |
| invigorate | to give energy to; to animate |
| linguist | a language specialist |
| manifest | to show plainly; to reveal |
| moor | an area of poorly drained open land |
| morgue | a place where dead bodies are kept until final arrangements are made |
| oracle | a prophet; a wise person |
| patronage | support; attendance |
| perfunctorily | in a routine manner |
| phosphorescent | glowing |
| profusion | plentiful amount |
| quaver | to speak in a trembling voice |
| rebut | to refute; to offer opposing evidence |
| skepticism | a doubting or questioning attitude |
| strew | to spread; to scatter |
| suffuse | to spread through or over |
| teem | to be full of things; to swarm |
| trifle | a small amount; a little bit |
| verbiage | excess words; wordiness |
| welter | a confused mass; a jumble |
| theme: Conformity | Compliance, obedience, keeping in line with social attitudes (everyone thinks and acts the same) |
| aesthetic | relating to beauty and taste; artistic |
| avalanche | a massive slide; a large mass falling down |
| convolution | a coiled shape or part |
| desolation | the result of deviating event; ruin |
| falter | to be unsteady; to stumble |
| guild | an association of people in the same trade |
| illumine | to light up |
| limned | outlined in clear detail; painted or drawn |
| liquefaction | the act of turning to liquid firmly into something |
| litterateur | - someone devoted to the study of literature |
| metropolis | a major city |
| oblivion | the state of being forgotten |
| pedant | someone who overemphasizes or shows off his or her learning; someone who focuses unduly on minutiae |
| plummet | to fall straight down; to plunge |
| quarry | hunted animals or others |
| ricocheted | bounced from one or more surfaces |
| scapegoat | someone forced to take the blame of others |
| scythe | a bladed tool with a long bent handle, used for cutting or mow |
| smoldering | burning with little smoke and no flame |
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