Fahrenheit 451

Ms. Dayana (United States of America)
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  1. phoenix
    a legendary bird that burned to death and emerged reborn
  2. salamander
    terrestrial amphibian that resembles a lizard
  3. subconscious
    just below the level of awareness
  4. marionette
    a figure operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
  5. mausoleum
    a large burial chamber, usually above ground
  6. pulverized
    consisting of fine particles
  7. stratum
    one of several parallel layers of material
  8. hearth
    a built-in space in a wall where a fire can be built
  9. radical
    far beyond the norm
  10. intellectual
    of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
  11. noncombustible
    not capable of igniting and burning
  12. feigning
    pretending with intention to deceive
  13. theremin
    an electronic musical instrument
  14. pratfall
    a tumble backward, especially for comic effect
  15. cadenced
    marked by a rhythmical cadence
  16. intuitively
    in an intuitive manner
  17. welter
    a confused multitude of things
  18. suffuse
    cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
  19. romantic
    expressive of or exciting love
  20. contemptible
    deserving of scorn or disrespect
  21. retaliation
    action taken in return for an injury or offense
  22. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  23. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  24. beatific
    resembling or befitting an angel or saint
  25. phosphorescent
    emitting light without appreciable heat
  26. ruinous
    extremely harmful; bringing catastrophe
  27. parry
    impede the movement of
  28. tyranny
    government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator
  29. quaver
    give off unsteady sounds
  30. rebut
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  31. perfunctorily
    in a set manner without serious attention
  32. olfactory
    of or relating to the sense of smell
  33. procaine
    a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine
  34. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  35. luminescent
    emitting light not caused by heat
  36. proboscis
    a long flexible snout as of an elephant
  37. ballistics
    the science of flight dynamics
  38. abstract
    existing only in the mind
  39. centrifuge
    an apparatus that separates particles from a suspension
  40. morphine
    an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium
  41. trajectory
    the path followed by an object moving through space
  42. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  43. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  44. limn
    make a portrait of
  45. liquefaction
    the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid
  46. grotesque
    distorted and unnatural in shape or size
  47. fugitive
    someone who is sought by law officers
  48. quarry
    animal hunted or caught for food
  49. incomprehensible
    difficult to understand
  50. phantom
    something existing in perception only
  51. juggernaut
    a massive inexorable force
  52. pedant
    a person who is preoccupied with rules and learning
  53. status quo
    the existing state of affairs
  54. incessantly
    without interruption
Created on Tue Jul 09 16:42:13 EDT 2013

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