Fahrenheit 451, Vocabulary List
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venomous - poisonous

imperceptible - very slight or hard to notice

mausoleum - a stately tomb or burial place

pulverize - to reduce to dust or powder

melancholy - a depressed state of mind

odious - hateful, offensive

cataract - a furious rush of water

feign - to pretend

pratfall - a humiliating fall

serenity - peacefulness

gibber - to talk in a meaningless way

subside - to decrease in intensity

intuitively - known by instinct

profusion - an abundance of something

insidious - intended to entrap or mislead

verbiage - an overabundance of words

oracle - someone who can look into the future

quarry - something hunted

juggernaut - a large object that crushes everything in its path

ricochet - to bounce off something

luminosity - brightness

 

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