Fahrenheit 451 Vocab 1 Flashcards by DeLaney Heppner | Brainscape

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Ballistics

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The study of the dynamics of projectiles

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Capillary

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Fine, delicate, small in diameter

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Dictum

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An authoritative pronouncement

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Erected

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To set up build; establish

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Imperceptibly

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Impossible to detect by ordinary senses

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Melancholy

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Sad or extremely gloomy

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Multifaceted

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Having many faces or aspects; diverse and complex

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Noncombustible

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Does not easily burn

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Odious

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Arousing strong dislike or displeasure

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Pratfall

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Humiliating failure or fall on the buttocks

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Proclivities

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A strong inherent preference or inclination towards something

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Pulverized

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Reduced to powder

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Ravenous

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Extremely hungry or greedy for gratification

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Refracted

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Deflected from a straight path

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Stolid

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Having of revealing little emotion

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Tactile

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Relating to the sense of touch