Fahrenheit 451 vocab III
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glitterati09 on March 14, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 beatific | blessedly happy |
| Cadence | rhythmic, expressive |
| certitude | certainty, confidence |
| chaos | complete confusion |
| complementing | going well together |
| dentifriece | toothpaste or tooth powder |
| discourse | lengthy discussion in speech or writing |
| exhalation | an emission of air or vapor |
| filigree | delicate, ornamental work made form a twisted wire of gold or silver |
| insidious | spreading harm slowly and secretly, trecherous |
| intuitively | through the senses rather then rational thought |
| invigorate | to give energy to, to animate |
| manifest | to show plainly, to reveal |
| moor | an area of porley dreained open land |
| oracle | a prophet, a wise person |
| morgue | a place where dead bodies are kept until final arrangements are made |
| patronage | support, attendance |
| perfunctorily | support, attendance |
| phosphorescent | in a routine manner |
| profusion | glowing |
| rebut | plentiful amount |
| skepticism | a doubting or quesioning attitude |
| strew | a doubting or questioning attitude |
| suffuse | to spread through or over |
| teem | to be ful of things, to swarm |
| trifle | a small amount, alittle bit |
| verbiage | excess words, wordiness |
| welter | a confused mass, a jumble |
| quaver | to speak in a trembling voice |
| linguist | a language specialtist |
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