F451 Vocab 1

Question 1

abstract

Answer 1

disassociated from any specific instance

Question 2

ballistics

Answer 2

the science of the motion of projectiles in flight

Question 3

flue

Answer 3

an enclosed passageway for directing a current

Question 4

cacophony

Answer 4

harsh or jarring sound

Question 5

centrifuge

Answer 5

a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects

Question 6

feigning

Answer 6

to give a false appearance of

Question 7

luminescent

Answer 7

the low-temperature emission of light (as by a chemical or physiological process)

Question 8

morphine

Answer 8

a bitter crystalline addictive used as an analgesic and sedative

Question 9

noncombustible

Answer 9

incapable of igniting and burning when subjected to fire

Question 10

intellectual

Answer 10

developed or chiefly guided by the intellect rather than by emotion or experience

Question 11

odious

Answer 11

arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance; hateful

Question 12

olfactory

Answer 12

of or relating to the sense of smell

Question 13

pratfall

Answer 13

1. a fall on the buttocks
2. a humiliating mishap or blunder

Question 14

proboscis

Answer 14

any of various elongated or extensible tubular processes

Question 15

procaine

Answer 15

a crystalline hydrochloride used as a local anesthetic

Question 16

proclivities

Answer 16

a strong inherent inclination toward something objectionable

Question 17

radical

Answer 17

very different from the usual or traditional

Question 18

tapicoca

Answer 18

a usually granular preparation of cassava starch used especially in puddings and as a thickening in liquid food

Question 19

theremin

Answer 19

a purely melodic electronic musical instrument typically played by moving the hands in the electromagnetic fields surrounding two projecting antennae

Question 20

trajectory

Answer 20

the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space