Fahrenheit 451 vocab sheet 1

Question 0

symbolic

Answer 0

serving as a symbol

Question 1

venomous

Answer 1

poisonous evil mean

Question 2

minstrel

Answer 2

comedian

Question 3

flue

Answer 3

chimney basically

Question 4

merely

Answer 4

just, only

Question 5

tireless

Answer 5

having/showing great effort/energy

Question 6

Phoenix

Answer 6

unique bird

Question 7

fragile

Answer 7

easily broken

Question 8

flattering

Answer 8

full of promise/compliments

Question 9

illumination

Answer 9

lighting. clarification

Question 10

boulevards

Answer 10

a wide street in a town or city lined with trees

Question 11

irritable

Answer 11

easily gets annoyed

Question 12

accusing

Answer 12

indicating a believe someone’s guilt

Question 13

certainty

Answer 13

firm conviction that something is the case

Question 14

subconscious

Answer 14

influence ing a mind

Question 15

marionette

Answer 15

puppet manipulated from above

Question 16

penetrate

Answer 16

pierce or pass into

Question 17

tallow

Answer 17

fatty tissue. suete of animals

Question 18

thimble

Answer 18

small cap usually of metal

Question 19

tamped

Answer 19

force in or be drawn by repeated rather light

Question 20

pulverized

Answer 20

reduce to dust or powder

Question 21

accumulated

Answer 21

gather. collect

Question 22

impersonal

Answer 22

not personal

Question 23

contrasedative

Answer 23

works to contract or counteract effects of a sedative

Question 24

drapes

Answer 24

cloth. loosely on someone

Question 25

hypnotic

Answer 25

sleep inducing

Question 26

cataract

Answer 26

lens of vision becomes blurry

Question 27

lozenge

Answer 27

diamond shape

Question 28

apprenticeship

Answer 28

position of apprentice

Question 29

homemaker

Answer 29

home manager