Fahrenheit 451 Part 1 Vocabulary

Mrs. Lee (United States of America)
This is vocabulary for Part 1 of Fahrenheit 451
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  1. vent
    a hole for the escape of gas, air, or liquid
    He stood looking up at the air-conditioning vent in the hall for a long time.
  2. cataract
    disease that involves the clouding of the lens of the eye
    He felt her there, he saw her without opening his eyes, her hair burnt by chemicals to a brittle straw, her eyes with a kind of cataract unseen but suspect far behind the pupils, the reddened pouting lips, the body as thin as a praying mantis from dieting, and her flesh like white bacon.
  3. feign
    make believe with the intent to deceive
    A child feigning illness, afraid to call because after a moment's discussion, the conversation would run so: "Yes, Captain, I feel better already.
  4. responsibility
    the social force that binds you to a course of action
    It was her responsibility, she should have thought of that.
  5. know-how
    the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something
    They only need understanding, to know how the wheels run.
  6. appeal
    earnest or urgent request
    "Once, books appealed to a few people, here, there, everywhere.
  7. triple
    having three units or components or elements
    Double, triple, quadruple population.
  8. quadruple
    having four units or components
    Double, triple, quadruple population.
  9. population
    the people who inhabit a territory or state
    Double, triple, quadruple population.
  10. digest
    convert food into absorbable substances
    But many were those whose sole knowledge of Hamlet (you know the title certainly, Montag; it is probably only a faint rumour of a title to you, Mrs. Montag) whose sole knowledge, as I say, of Hamlet was a one-page digest in a book that claimed: 'now at least you can read all the classics; keep up with your neighbours.'
  11. winding
    the act of twisting
    "Classics cut to fit fifteen-minute radio shows, then cut again to fill a two-minute book column, winding up at last as a ten- or twelve-line dictionary resume.
  12. exaggerate
    enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
    I exaggerate, of course.
  13. knowledge
    the result of perception, learning, and reasoning
    But many were those whose sole knowledge of Hamlet (you know the title certainly, Montag; it is probably only a faint rumour of a title to you, Mrs. Montag) whose sole knowledge, as I say, of Hamlet was a one-page digest in a book that claimed: 'now at least you can read all the classics; keep up with your neighbours.'
  14. intellectual
    of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
    Out of the nursery into the college and back to the nursery; there's your intellectual pattern for the past five centuries or more."
  15. headline
    the title or caption of a newspaper article
    One column, two sentences, a headline!
  16. publisher
    a person engaged in issuing periodicals or books or music
    Whirl man's mind around about so fast under the pumping hands of publishers, exploiters, broadcasters, that the centrifuge flings off all unnecessary, time-wasting thought!"
  17. exploiter
    a person using something or someone selfishly or unethically
    Whirl man's mind around about so fast under the pumping hands of publishers, exploiters, broadcasters, that the centrifuge flings off all unnecessary, time-wasting thought!"
  18. centrifuge
    an apparatus that separates particles from a suspension
    Whirl man's mind around about so fast under the pumping hands of publishers, exploiters, broadcasters, that the centrifuge flings off all unnecessary, time-wasting thought!"
  19. neglected
    lacking a caretaker
    English and spelling gradually neglected, finally almost completely ignored.
  20. displace
    cause to move, usually with force or pressure
    "The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at. dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour."
  21. philosophical
    relating to the investigation of existence and knowledge
    "The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at. dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour."
  22. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
    "The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at. dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour."
Created on Mon Aug 26 21:49:32 EDT 2013

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