F 451 pages 63-68

Jessica T.
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  1. faintly
    to a faint degree or weakly perceived
    "What?" Beatty looked faintly suprised.
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  2. merely
    and nothing more
    But my uncle says that was merely rationalizing it.
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  3. incinerator
    a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse)
    Then, moaning, she ran forward, seized a book, and ran toward the kitchen incinerator.
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  4. bewildered
    extremely confused and uncertain what to do
    Montag lay back against the wall And then slowly sank to a crouching position and began to nudge the books, bewilderly, with his thumb, his forefinger.
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  5. ventilator
    a device that introduces fresh air or expels foul air
    He was shivering and he wanted above all to shove the books up through the ventilator...
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  6. insistent
    demanding attention
    He crouched and then he sat and the voice of the front door spoke again, more insistently.
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  7. peer
    look searchingly
    He pened the book halfway and peered at it.
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  8. halt
    cause to stop
    He spoke the words haltingly and with a terrible self- consciouness.
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  9. compute
    make a mathematical calculation
    "It is computed that eleven thousand have at several times have suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end."
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  10. crouch
    the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
    He crouched and then he sat and the voice of the front door spoke again, more insistently.
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Created on Wed Apr 25 23:00:08 EDT 2012

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