Fahrenheit 451 Vocab 3 Flashcards
The process of breathing out
Exhalation
A rhythmic sequence of notes, words, or sound
Cadenced
To spread over or through in the manner of light
Suffused
To return as payback; get revenge
Retaliation
A plentiful supply; great quantity
Profusion
A fertile soil composed of sand, silt, and some clay.
Loam
Of or resembling the Roman bodyguard
Praetorian
Treacherous; proceeding in a gradual way with harmful effects
Insidious
A person who knows and understand many languages
Linguists
A clown; a pattern of figures in different colors
Harlequin
Move in an unsteady fashion; a large number of items in no order
Welter
A cylinder on which wire, yarn, thread, or film is wound
Bobbins
Add to something in a way that enhances or improves it
Complementing
Deserving contempt or hatred; despicable
Contemptible
