Vocab For "Fahrenheit 451"

Question 0

Imperceptible

Answer 0

Very slight or gradual; barely noticeable

Question 1

Venomous

Answer 1

Poisonous

Question 2

Mausoleum

Answer 2

A stately tomb or burial place

Question 3

Pulverize

Answer 3

To reduce to dust or powder

Question 4

Melancholy

Answer 4

A depressed or gloomy state of mind

Question 5

Odious

Answer 5

Hateful or offensive

Question 6

Cataract

Answer 6

A furious rush or downpour of water

Question 7

Feign

Answer 7

To put in the appearance of

Question 8

Pratfall

Answer 8

A comic fall onto the rear end

Question 9

Serenity

Answer 9

Peacefulness

Question 10

Gibber

Answer 10

To talk Ina. Confused or meaningless way

Question 11

Subside

Answer 11

To lessen

Question 12

Intuitively

Answer 12

To know by instinct

Question 13

Profusion

Answer 13

A great quantity or amount

Question 14

Insidious

Answer 14

Intended to entrap or mislead

Question 15

Verbiage

Answer 15

Over abundance of words

Question 16

Oracle

Answer 16

Someone who can look into the future

Question 17

Mannikin

Answer 17

A dummy used to display clothes

Question 18

Quarry

Answer 18

Something hunted

Question 19

Juggernaut

Answer 19

A large, destructive object that crushes everything in its path

Question 20

Ricochet

Answer 20

To bounce off of something from force of impact

Question 21

Luminosity

Answer 21

Brightness

Question 22

Incriminate

Answer 22

To name others as involved in a crime

Question 23

Fragmentary

Answer 23

Broken; incomplete

Question 24

Scythe

Answer 24

A tool with a large curving blade used to cut (hay, wheat) by hand

Question 25

Pedant

Answer 25

A person who makes an excessive display of learning

Question 26

Metropolis

Answer 26

A large busy city