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Fahrenheit 451Vocabulary Unit 1
Phoenix
a legendary Arabian bird said to set fire to itself and rise anew from the ashes every
500 years
pedestrian
Commonplace or dull
Refract The turning or bending of any wave
A loss in the transparency of the lens of the eye
Cataract
resembling a hair; slender
Capillary
Olfactory
pertaining to the sense of smell
Proboscis
A long, flexible snout or trunk, as of an
elephant
the study of the flight dynamics of projectiles
Ballistics
natural or habitual inclination or tendency
Proclivities
deserving or causing hatred
odious
a bottomless pit
Abyss
Sievea device for separating lumps
rotating machines that separate
Centrifuge
Feign
to make believe; pretend
to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
Suffused