DRHS-JACKSON'S FAHRENHEIT 451 VOCAB WEEK 1 (7TH HOUR)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 STOLID | not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive |
| GORGING | stuffing oneself with food, filling to the brim |
| FLUE | a channel in a chimney that allows smoke and flames to pass to the outside |
| WAFT | be driven or carried along, as by the air |
| PEDESTRIAN | a person who travels by foot |
| REFRACT | To deflect sound or light, or bend from a straight path |
| IMPERCEPTIBLE | impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses |
| PULVERIZE | make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust |
| MELANCHOLY | characterized by or causing or expressing sadness |
| HEARTH | an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built |
| PROBOSCIS | a long flexible nose or trunk |
| INCINERATOR | a furnace for burning garbage and other waste |
| BALLISTICS | the trajectory of an object in free flight |
| PROCLIVITY | a natural or habitual inclination or tendency |
| CENTRIFUGE | an apparatus that spins quickly to separate particles |
| PANTOMIME | a performance using gestures and body movements without words |
| LUMINESCENT | emitting light not caused by heat; glowing |
| PRATFALL | a comical fall on the behind; a humiliating mishap or error |
| PHOENIX | a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix |
| MULTIFACETED | having many aspects or sides |
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