Anticipation Guide Fahrenheit 451 Vocab. Words for Quiz 1Name ______P___
What I Think / Definition / Actual1 / Adj. easily annoyed or angered
2 / N. a machine with a rapidly rotating container that spins its contents to separate fluids of different densities or liquids from solids
3 / N. firm belief that something is true
4 / Tr V. (past tense form of) to construct something
5 / Adj. poisonous, toxic
6 / N. performance where meaning is expressed through gestures accompanied by music
7 / N. lighting or light
8 / N. a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds; racket
9 / N. a duct/tube/vent for smoke and waste gases produced by a fire
10 / Adv. just, only
11 / N. a visually striking performance; an event regarded in terms of its visual impact
12 / N. a mythological bird-lived for centuries, burned itself, and rose from the ashes
13 / N. tendencies to choose or do something regularly; inclination
14 / Adj. full of praise and compliments; pleasing; gratifying
15 / Adj. indicating a belief in someone’s guilt; tone of voice
16 / Adj. extremely unpleasant; repulsive; deplorable
17 / Adj. easily broken; flimsy; not strong or sturdy
18 / Adj. Figurative, representative, suggestive
19 / N. small swirling masses so something, especially snow or leaves, moved by gusts of wind
20 / Adj. extremely hungry; very great; voracious
21 / N. a wide street in a town or city; typically it is lined with trees
22 / N. an inner feeling or voice viewed to guide a person’s behavior in right and wrong decisions
23 / N. a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm; a wide difference between people
24 / N. units of length equal to 6 feet (approx. 1.8 m); used to measure depth of water
25 / N. A musician, especially from the medieval time
26 / V. speaking rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock
27 / N. intense and passionate feeling
28 / Adj. usually pertains to a body of water that as no current and that may smell; showing no activity
29 / Adj. concerning the part of the brain that one is not fully aware of but that influences someone’s actions and feelings
30 / Adj. having or showing great effort or energy.
abyss
accusing
boulevard
cacophony
centrifuge
certainty
conscience
erected
fragile
fathoms
fervor
flattering
flue
flurry
gibbering
illumination
irritable
merely
minstrel
odious
pantomime
phoenix
proclivities
ravenous
spectacle
stagnant
subconscious
symbolic
tireless
venomous
abyss
accusing
boulevard
cacophony
centrifuge
certainty
conscience
erected
fragile
fathoms
fervor
flattering
flue
flurry
gibbering
illumination
irritable
merely
minstrel
odious
pantomime
phoenix
proclivities
ravenous
spectacle
stagnant
subconscious
symbolic
tireless
venomous
abyss
accusing
boulevard
cacophony
centrifuge
certainty
conscience
erected
fragile
fathoms
fervor
flattering
flue
flurry
gibbering
illumination
irritable
merely
minstrel
odious
pantomime
phoenix
proclivities
ravenous
spectacle
stagnant
subconscious
symbolic
tireless
venomous
abyss
accusing
boulevard
cacophony
centrifuge
certainty
conscience
erected
fragile
fathoms
fervor
flattering
flue
flurry
gibbering
illumination
irritable
merely
minstrel
odious
pantomime
phoenix
proclivities
ravenous
spectacle
stagnant
subconscious
symbolic
tireless
venomous
Abyss p. 38
Accusing p. 7
Boulevard p.6
Cacophony p. 42
Centrifugep. 42
Certainty p. 8
Conscience p.34
Erected p. 32
Fragile p.5
Fathoms p. 39
Fervor p. 34
Flattering p.5
Flue p. 2
Flurry p.32
Gibbering p. 41
Illumination p. 21
Irritable p.7
Merely p. 3
Minstrel p.2
Odious p. 33
Pantomime p.44
Phoenix p.4
Proclivities p.30
Ravenous p. 38
Spectacle p.36
Stagnant p.41
Subconscious p.8
Symbolic p.1
Tireless p. 3
Venomous p.1
Key
- Irritable
- Centrifuge
- certainty
- Erected
- Venomous
- Pantomime
- Illumination
- Cacophony
- Flue
- Merely
- Spectacle
- Phoenix
- Proclivities
- Flattering
- Accusing
- Odious
- Fragile
- Symbolic
- Flurry
- Ravenous
- Boulevard
- Conscience
- Abyss
- Fathoms
- Minstrel
- Gibbering
- Fervor
- Stagnant
- Subconscious
- Tireless