fahrenheit 451 vocab 4

Question 1

inability to be bent or be forced out of shape

Answer 1

RIGIDITY

Question 2

not able to be understood; not intelligible

Answer 2

INCOMPREHENSIBLE

Question 3

never ending or changing

Answer 3

PERPETUAL

Question 4

a cover for the blade of a knife or sword

Answer 4

SHEATH

Question 5

a feeling of being perplexed and confused

Answer 5

BEWILDERMENT

Question 6

polite, friendly, likable

Answer 6

CHARMING

Question 7

having been briefly immersed in boiling water, especially in order to remove the skin or to prepare it for further cooking

Answer 7

BLANCHED

Question 8

scratch or grope around with one’s fingers to find, collect, or hold on to something

Answer 8

SCRABBLE

Question 9

administer an anesthetic to (a person or animal), especially so as to induce a loss of consciousness

Answer 9

ANESTHETIZED

Question 10

voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong

Answer 10

PENANCE

Question 11

restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion)

Answer 11

STIFLE

Question 12

a person who is present at an event, meeting, or function

Answer 12

ATTENDANTS

Question 13

the state or quality of being rare

Answer 13

RARITY

Question 14

the likelihood of something happening or being the case

Answer 14

PROBABILITY

Question 15

displaying or proceeding from a lack of careful consideration of the possible consequences of an action

Answer 15

RASH

Question 16

mark or stain (something)

Answer 16

BLOT

Question 17

situated far from the main centers of population; distant

Answer 17

REMOTE

Question 18

burn or scorch the surface of (something) with a sudden intense heat

Answer 18

SEAR

Question 19

send a painful or damaging shock through (something, especially a part of the body)

Answer 19

JAR

Question 20

a place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted

Answer 20

QUARRY