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Sieve and Sand Vocab

Vocabulary Words for Farenheit 451

QuestionAnswer
subside to sink or retreat
monologue long speech given by one person
dentifrice teeth cleanser
submission resigning to obedience
romantic one who is full of thoughts and feelings instead of being practical
receptacle container
intuitive knowing something without thinking about it
infinite endless
skepticism questioning attitude toward all knowledge
mortal facing eventual death
insidiuos more dangerous than meets the eye
contemptible deserving scorn
Cheshire Cat fictitious cat with a broad grin
simultaneously occuring at the same time
Caesarian method for delivering a baby
anticipated foreseen
certitude certainty or sureness
invigorated enlivened or made lively
manifested made apparent to the senses
parried fought off
chaos confusion or disorder
verbiage too many words
oracle a person consulted as a medium or fortune teller
rebut disagree
tyranny cruel and unjust use of power
bestial of pertaining to or having the form of a beast
vessel craft for traveling on water usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat
texture characteristic,physical structure given to material by size, shape, arrangement and proportion of its parts
profusion characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetoriun guard with respect to corruption or political venality
drone to make a dull continues low monotone sound
dispersing to drive or send off in various directions;scatter
bewildered completely puzzled or confused
manifested to show or demonstrate plainly; reveal
gilded to coat with gold, goldleaf or a gold colored substance
folly the state of quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense
discourse communication of thought by words; talk; conversation
welter state of commotion, turmoil or upheaval
sieve instrument with mesh or perforated bottom use for separating coarse from fine particle of matter, for straining liquids; a person who cannot keep a secret
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