Farneheit 451 pgs. 93-98 Apolonia B.

apolonia B.
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  1. monstrous
    abnormally large
    They were like a monstrous chandelier tinkling in a thousand chimes...
    pg.93 para:2 line:7
  2. Vesuvius
    a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast
    ... like a native fleeing an eruption of Vesuvius.
    pg.93 para:2 line:4
  3. simultaneously
    at the same instant
    On one wall a woman smiled and drank orange juice simultaneously.
    pg.93 line:32
  4. incense
    make furious
    ... trying to get enough of the raw incense and special dust of the place into his lungs...
    pg.95 line:17
  5. perspiration
    salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
    The perspiration gathered with the silence...
    pg:95 line:35
  6. agony
    intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
    No use going through all that agony for a baby.
    pg:96 line:14
  7. ruinous
    extremely harmful; bringing catastrophe
    "Caesarians or not, children are ruinous; you're out of your mind," said Mr.Phelps.
    pg:96 line:20
  8. possessed
    influenced by a powerful force such as a strong emotion
    "what possessed the 'Outs' to run him?..." said Montag
    pg:97 line:5
  9. jabber
    talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
    "Oh god the way the jabber about people and their own children..." said Montag
    pg:98 line:1
  10. quaver
    a tremulous sound
    "I'm going home" quavered Mrs.Bowles
    pg:98 line:15
Created on Thu Apr 26 19:34:33 EDT 2012 (updated Mon Apr 30 14:13:21 EDT 2012)

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