F451 Voc

Question 1

Hearth

Answer 1

the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room.

Question 2

Marionette

Answer 2

a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs.

Question 3

Incinerator

Answer 3

a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc., to ashes.

Question 4

Salamander

Answer 4

any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semi terrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.

Question 5

Distill,

Answer 5

to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration.

Question 6

centrifuge

Answer 6

an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.

Question 7

Proclivity

Answer 7

natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition

Question 8

Cacophony

Answer 8

harsh discordance of sound; dissonance:

“a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails”

Question 9

Phoenix

Answer 9

(sometimes initial capital letter) a mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth and live through another cycle of years: often an emblem of immortality or of reborn idealism or hope.

Question 10

Cellophane

Answer 10

a transparent, paperlike product of viscose, impervious to moisture, germs, etc., used to wrap and package food, tobacco, etc.

Question 11

Odious

Answer 11

deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.

Question 12

Capillary,

Answer 12

pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore.

Question 13

Thimble

Answer 13

a small cap, usually of metal, worn over the fingertip to protect it when pushing a needle through cloth in sewing.

Question 14

Asylum

Answer 14

(especially formerly) an institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, orphans, or other persons requiring specialized assistance.

Question 15

Disperse

Answer 15

to drive or send off in various directions; scatter:

to disperse a crowd.

Question 16

Arsonist

Answer 16

a person who commits arson.
(arson: the malicious burning of another’s house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one’s own house or property, as to collect insurance.)

Question 17

Gimmick

Answer 17

an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal.

Question 18

Ventilator

Answer 18

a person or thing that ventilates.

ventilate:to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.

Question 19

Sieve

Answer 19

an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.

Question 20

Dentifrice

Answer 20

a paste, powder, liquid, or other preparation for cleaning the teeth.

Question 21

Linguist

Answer 21

a person who is skilled in several languages; polyglot.