Fahrenheit 451 Part 3: Burning Bright Vocabulary

Question 1

The physical property of being stiff and resisting bending

Answer 1

Rigidity

Question 2

Incapable of being explained or accounted for

Answer 2

Incomprehensible

Question 3

Tear or be torn violently

Answer 3

Rend

Question 4

Move in a twisting or contorted motion

Answer 4

Writhe

Question 5

Wearing or provided with clothing

Answer 5

Clad

Question 6

A journey taken for pleasure

Answer 6

Excursion

Question 7

Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

Answer 7

Waver

Question 8

Become wider

Answer 8

Dilate

Question 9

The state of being disregarded or forgotten

Answer 9

Oblivion

Question 10

Become smaller or lose substance

Answer 10

Dwindle

Question 11

Forsaken by owner or inhabitants

Answer 11

Deserted

Question 12

In a manner marked by keen caution and watchful prudence

Answer 12

Warily

Question 13

Move or draw together at a certain location

Answer 13

Converge

Question 14

A person who pays too much attention to formal rules

Answer 14

Pedant

Question 15

Administer or bestow, as in small portions

Answer 15

Allot

Question 16

An attack by dropping explosive devices

Answer 16

Bombardment

Question 17

Break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity

Answer 17

Disintegrate

Question 18

A bleak atmosphere

Answer 18

Desolation

Question 19

Speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly

Answer 19

Prattle

Question 20

Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite

Answer 20

Pyre