Fahrenheit 451 - Section 2 Vocabulary List

  1. Abstract : thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances
  2. Vague : not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed
  3. Erect : upright in position or posture
  4. Mourn : to feel or express sorrow or grief
  5. Proclivity : natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition:
  6. Asylum : an institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, orphans, or other persons requiring specialized assistance
  7. Hesitate : to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination
  8. Attic : the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret
  9. Accusing : to charge with the fault, offense, or crime (usually followed by of)
  10. Bombard : to attack or batter with artillery fire
  11. Thereon : on or upon that or it
  12. Devotion : profound dedication; consecration
  13. Slaughter : the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food
  14. Staggering : tending to stagger or overwhelm
  15. Clumsily : awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace
  16. Condemnation : the act of condemning
  17. Heresy : opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system
  18. Ravenous : extremely hungry; famished; voracious
  19. Abyss : a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm
  20. Jargon : the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade,profession, or group
  21. Startle : to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm
  22. Stagnant : not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
  23. Gibbering : to speak inarticulately or meaninglessly
  24. Gushed : to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement
  25. Concussion : Pathology. injury to the brain or spinal cord due to jarring from a blow, fall, or the like
  26. Centrifuge : an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream
  27. Mantis : any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having along prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer
  28. Odor : the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell
  29. Radical : of or going to the root or origin; fundamental
  30. Rational : agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible
  31. Smolder : to burn without flame; undergo slow or suppressed combustion
  32. Tabloid : a newspaper whose pages, usually five columns wide, are about one-half the size of a standard-sized newspaper page
  33. Fidgeted : to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently

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