Fahrenheit 451 Vocab prt2

Question 1

Cadence

Answer 1

a modulation or inflection of the voice.

Question 2

Dismay

Answer 2

consternation and distress, typically that caused by something unexpected.

Question 3

Divert

Answer 3

cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another.

Question 4

Insidious

Answer 4

proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.

Question 5

Intuitive

Answer 5

using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning; instinctive.

Question 6

Manifest

Answer 6

display or show (a quality or feeling) by one’s acts or appearance; demonstrate.

Question 7

Perfunctory

Answer 7

(of an action or gesture) carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection.

Question 8

Profuse

Answer 8

(especially of something offered or discharged) exuberantly plentiful; abundant.

Question 9

Saccharine

Answer 9

excessively sweet or sentimental.

Question 10

Trifling

Answer 10

unimportant or trivial.

Question 11

(Who is) Faber

Answer 11

An old man that Montag met on a walk one day and caught his with a book. he’s an ex-professor and he helps Montag make up a plan to plant books in firemen’s houses.