Fahrenheit 451 Part 3 Vocab – Flashcards
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Valise (114)
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n. a small piece of hand luggage.
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Rigidity (114)
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n. firmness.
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Perpetual (115)
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adj. Constant; neverending.
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Gobbledygook (115)
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n. gibberish.
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Gout (116)
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n. A painful inflammation of the joints.
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Plume (117)
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n. a feather or feather-like shape.
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Illumined (117)
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adj. Illuminated; lighted up.
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Bewilderment (118)
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n. confusion.
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Clad (120)
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adj. Covered with a protective or insulating layer
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Penance (121)
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n. A voluntary act of self-mortification or devotion expressing sorrow or sin.
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Scalding (123)
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adj. Causing a burning sensation.
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Thoroughfare (124)
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n. a busy roadway of traffic.
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Plummet (125)
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v. To fall straight down, plunge.
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Falter (127)
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v. To be unsteady in purpose; waver.
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Trajectory (127)
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n. The path of a projectile or other moving body through space.
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Dilate (133)
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v. To make wider or larger.
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Sear (135)
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v. to burn or scorch.
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Séance (138)
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n. A meeting of people to receive spiritualistic messages.
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Ricochet (138)
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v. To rebound from a surface.
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Gingerly (147)
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adv. Cautiously.
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Incriminate (152)
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v. to make one look guilty.
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Pedant (153)
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n. One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules.
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Convolution (157)
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n. A form or part that is folded or coiled.
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Sloth (157)
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n. Aversion to work or exertion; laziness.
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Bombardment (158)
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n. The attack using bombs, shells, or missiles.
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Scythe (158)
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n. An implement with a long curved single edged blade and a long bend handle.
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Phoenix (163)
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n. A mythical bird in Egyptian mythology that lived for 500 years and then consumed itself by fire, later to rise renewed from its ashes
