What are some vocabulary words in Fahrenheit 451?
Full list of words from this list:
- nozzle. a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged.
- conductor. the person who leads a musical group.
- stolid. having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
- stride. walk with long steps.
- swarm. a group of many things in the air or on the ground.
- fiery.
- halt.
- propel.
What does fathoms mean in Fahrenheit 451?
Fathom (Part of speech, definition) noun, a unit equal to six feet.
What page is the word gorged on in Fahrenheit 451?
Page 79
Pargraph 5. Line 1. ….the shock inhabitant of the loud cars staring, moving back from this man with the insane gorged face…. Page 79.
What does phono color mean?
a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing. Phono-color. ” he felt he was one of the creatures electronically inserted between the slots of the phono-color walls,speaking, but the speech not piercing the Crystal barrier.”
What does phosphorescent mean in Fahrenheit 451?
used in Fahrenheit 451. 2 uses. a dim glowing light. or more technically: a fluorescence (dim light) created by a chemical reaction within a living organism; or a dim light that continues to shine from something after the bombarding radiation (stronger light that fell upon it) has ceased.
What does centrifuge mean in Fahrenheit 451?
Centrifuge (45) – device that rotates at high. speeds and separates substances. Page 3. Cacophony (45) – harsh discordance of sound; dissonance.
What does thimble mean in Fahrenheit 451?
thimble. a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing. And in her ears the little Seashells, the thimble radios tamped tight, and an electronic ocean of sound, of music and talk and music and talk coming in, coming in on the shore of her unsleeping mind.
What does cadence mean in Fahrenheit 451?
used in Fahrenheit 451. 2 uses. rhythm or recurring pattern of sounds or movements. The voices talked of everything, there was nothing they could not talk about, he knew from the very cadence and motion and continual stir of curiosity and wonder in them.
What does exotic mean in Fahrenheit 451?
exotic (adj) Definition: having to do with being bizarre.
What does pantomime mean in Fahrenheit 451?
used in Fahrenheit 451. only 1 use. a performance or expression of something through gestures and body movements without words.
What does distill mean in Fahrenheit 451?
used in Fahrenheit 451. 2 uses. to make a more pure or concentrated liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors (as is done when making whisky or some petroleum products)