Fahrenheit 451 Vocabulary

Question 1

unemotional; lacking sensitivity

Answer 1

stolid

Question 2

very slight, gradual, or subtle

Answer 2

imperceptibly

Question 3

sadness

Answer 3

melancholy

Question 4

having many aspects

Answer 4

multifaceted

Question 5

emitting light not caused by heat

Answer 5

luminecent

Question 6

to pretend

Answer 6

feign

Question 7

living room

Answer 7

parlor

Question 8

a place where there is protection

Answer 8

asylum

Question 9

natural tendencies to behave a certain way

Answer 9

proclivities

Question 10

extremely unpleasant; repulsive

Answer 10

odious

Question 11

the expression of very strong disapproval; censure

Answer 11

condemnation

Question 12

to understand or coprehend

Answer 12

fathom

Question 13

not moving

Answer 13

stagnant

Question 14

machine that separates substances by whirling them

Answer 14

centrifuge

Question 15

A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds

Answer 15

cacophony

Question 16

Acting without words

Answer 16

pantomime

Question 17

a utensil for sifting or straining

Answer 17

seive

Question 18

act of returning an injury or wrong

Answer 18

retaliation

Question 19

intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous

Answer 19

insidious

Question 20

the crime of betraying one’s country

Answer 20

treason

Question 21

something that completes or makes perfect

Answer 21

complement

Question 22

to fill with strength and energy

Answer 22

invirgorate

Question 23

Excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules

Answer 23

pedantic

Question 24

reveal its presence or make an appearance

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manifest

Question 25

an overabundance of words; excessive wordiness

Answer 25

verbiage

Question 26

extended verbal expression in speech or writing

Answer 26

discourse

Question 27

dominance through threat of punishment and violence

Answer 27

tyranny

Question 28

emitting light without appreciable heat

Answer 28

phosperescent

Question 29

never ending or changine

Answer 29

perpetual

Question 30

voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

Answer 30

penance

Question 31

to be unsteady in purpose; waver

Answer 31

faltar

Question 32

a meeting of people to receive spiritualistic messages

Answer 32

seance

Question 33

to make one look guilty

Answer 33

incriminate

Question 34

a long-handled, bladed instrument used for harvesting crops

Answer 34

scythe

Question 35

confusion

Answer 35

bewilderment

Question 36

to rebound at least once from a surface

Answer 36

ricochet

Question 37

concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

Answer 37

aesthetic

Question 38

a feather; a rising column of smoke, dust, or water

Answer 38

plume

Question 39

Twisting and turning in pain

Answer 39

writhing