Fahrenheit 451 Vocabulary Name____________________________________ Period____

The words below must be defined IN THE CONTEXT IT IS USED IN THE NOVEL (page numbers are provided) You are responsible for the spelling and definition of these words. Yes, there will be tests and quizzes!

Part One: The Hearth and the SalamanderPg. # Word POS Definition3 1. venomous Adj Poisonous; malicious or mean

4 2. waft V Carry over water, or through air

7 3. illuminate V To make brighter or lighter

11 4. imperceptible Adj Impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses

22 5. inclined Adj Tending toward one direction or preference

25 6. olfactory Adj Relating to the sense of smell

33 7. proclivity N A natural tendency to behave in a particular way

39 8. condemn V Express complete disapproval of

41 9. ravenous Adj Urgently eager for food; craving satisfaction or gratification

42 10. fathom N Depth measured for the ocean

45 11. cacophony N An unpleasant noise

50 12. feign V To give a false appearance of; pretend

58 13. breach V To break

59 14. censor V To cover inappropriate content; to suppress

61 15. combustible Adj Capable of being burned

Part Two: The Sieve and the SandPg. # Word POS Definition73 16. teeming

76 17. suffused

79 18. gorge

81 19. strewn

83 20. intuitive

83 21. profusion

86 22. insidious

90 23. complement

103 24. invigorate

104 25. hone

107 26. torrent

107 27. oracle

107 28. discourse

108 29. perfunctory

109 30. vantage

Part Three: Burning BrightPg. # Word POS Definition115 31. perpetual

115 32. aesthetic

120 33. anesthetized

125 34. plummeting

133 35. quarry

134 36. objectively

135 37. stationary

138 38. ricochet

147 39. gingerly

148 40. converge

149 41. simultaneous

152 42. incriminate

154 43. resolve

157 44. convoluted

162 45. incessantly