Fahrenheit 451 Part One - 1

Mrs. Maeyaert (United States of America)
Fahrenheit 451
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  1. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  2. phoenix
    a legendary bird that burned to death and emerged reborn
  3. subconscious
    just below the level of awareness
  4. refract
    subject to change in direction of a propagating wave
  5. marionette
    a figure operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
  6. mausoleum
    a large burial chamber, usually above ground
  7. stratum
    one of several parallel layers of material
  8. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  9. conjure
    summon into action or bring into existence
  10. proboscis
    a long flexible snout as of an elephant
  11. olfactory
    of or relating to the sense of smell
  12. ballistics
    the science of flight dynamics
  13. trajectory
    the path followed by an object moving through space
  14. shin
    the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
  15. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  16. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
Created on Fri Mar 24 15:23:23 EDT 2017 (updated Fri Mar 24 15:24:32 EDT 2017)

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