Fahrenheit 451 Vocab 4

Question 1

Decrease in size or number; enter into a formal, legally binding agreement; catch a disease

Answer 1

Contracting

Question 2

Disastrous or destructive; in ruins, dilapidated

Answer 2

Ruinous

Question 3

Ornamental work of gold or silver wire formed into jewelry

Answer 3

Filigree

Question 4

Give strength or give energy to, exhilarate

Answer 4

Invigorated

Question 5

A communal outhouse or toilet

Answer 5

Latrine

Question 6

Ward off; answer a question invasively

Answer 6

Parried

Question 7

Speech or writing that uses too many words; the way something is expressed

Answer 7

Verbiage

Question 8

A priest acting as a mediator through whom advice was shared between gods and people

Answer 8

Oracle

Question 9

Claim or prove that an accusation is false

Answer 9

Rebut

Question 10

Blissfully happy

Answer 10

Beatific

Question 11

An act carried out with minimum effort

Answer 11

Perfunctory

Question 12

Having the characteristics of a gas

Answer 12

Gaseous

Question 13

The husks of corn or other seeds; chopped hay

Answer 13

Chaff

Question 14

The ability to emit light

Answer 14

Phosphorescent