Fahrenheit 451 Vocabulary
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| tamped | packed down
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| tallow | hard animal fat used for candles
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| stratum | layer
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| mausoleum | a large stately tomb or the building that houses it
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| distilled | purified or concentrated
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| conjure | to summon, or call up, as if by magic
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| stolid | having or revealing little emotion
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| refracted | deflected from a straight path
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| imperceptible | impossible to detect by ordinary senses
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| pulverized | reduced to powder
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| melancholy | sadness;gloominess
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| capillary | fine; small in diameter
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| multifaceted | having many faces
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| ballistics | the study of the dynamics of projectiles
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| erected | set up; established
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| proclivities | predisposition;tendencies
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| odious | arousing strong dislike or displeasure
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| ravenous | extremely hungry;greedy for gratification
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| pratfall | humiliating failure;a fall on the backside
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| dictum | authoritative pronouncement
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| noncombustible | does not burn easily
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| tactile | relating to the sense of touch
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| cadenced | with a rhythmic flow
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| retaliation | returning like for like
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| receptacle | a container that holds matter
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| cowardice | ignoble fear in the face of danger
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| simultaneously | happening at the same time
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| manifested | showed;revealed
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| verbiage | wordiness
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| smoldering | burning with little smoke and no flame
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| indecisive | not able to make a decision
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| grotesque | bizarre;distorted
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| limned | described
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| juggernaut | overwhelming advancing sight crushing all in its path
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| cardamom | italian herb
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| pedants | those who flaunt their knowledge
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| pyre | a pile of combustible materials for burning a corpse
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| stolid | having or revealing little emotion
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| refracted | deflected from a straight path
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| imperceptible | impossible to detect by ordinary senses
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| pulverized | reduced to powder
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| melancholy | sadness;gloominess
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| capillary | fine; small in diameter
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| multifaceted | having many faces
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| ballistics | the study of the dynamics of projectiles
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| erected | set up; established
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| proclivities | predisposition;tendencies
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| odious | arousing strong dislike or displeasure
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| ravenous | extremely hungry;greedy for gratification
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| pratfall | humiliating failure;a fall on the backside
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| dictum | authoritative pronouncement
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| noncombustible | does not burn easily
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| tactile | relating to the sense of touch
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| cadenced | with a rhythmic flow
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| retaliation | returning like for like
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| receptacle | a container that holds matter
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| cowardice | ignoble fear in the face of danger
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| simultaneously | happening at the same time
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| manifested | showed;revealed
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| verbiage | wordiness
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| smoldering | burning with little smoke and no flame
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| indecisive | not able to make a decision
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| grotesque | bizarre;distorted
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| limned | described
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| juggernaut | overwhelming advancing sight crushing all in its path
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| cardamom | italian herb
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| pedants | those who flaunt their knowledge
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| pyre | a pile of combustible materials for burning a corpse
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