fahrenheit 451 vocab

FAHRENHEIT 451 VOCAB.

By: Cindy Emenalo

B2- Hobbs

Definition: A puppet worked by strings.

MARIONETTE

Sentence: She was so sluggish that she acted like she was a marionette.

EVIDENCE

“What incredible power of identification the girl had; she was like the eager watcher of a marionette show, anticipating each flicker of an eyelid, each gesture of his hand, each flick of a finger, the moment before it began.”

MARIONETTE CONTINUED…

Definition: A building used to house a tomb or tombs.

MAUSOLEUM

Sentence: The huge house, old and dusty, looked like a mausoleum.

EVIDENCE

“It was like coming into the cold marbled room of a mausoleum after the moon has set.”

MAUSOLEUM CONTINUED…

Definition: An elongated sucking organ of an insect; a nose.

PROBOSCIS

Sentence: The proboscis of the large bear sensed the bear’s next meal.

EVIDENCE

“Three seconds later the game was done, the rat, cat, or chicken caught half way across the areaway, gripped by gentling paws while a four-inch hollow steel needle plunged down from the proboscis of the Hound to inject massive jolts of morphine or procaine.

PROBOSCIS CONTINUED…

Definition: Habitual tendencies to do something usually discreditable; inclinations or predispositions.

PROCLIVITIES

Sentence: The young woman had been doing this for some time now, so her proclivities were predictable.

EVIDENCE

Were all firemen picked then for their

looks as well as their proclivities?

PROCLIVITIES CONTINUED…

Definition: the study of the flight characteristics of projectiles

BALLISTICS

Sentence: We learned about ballistics in class and used airplane models.

BALLISTICS

It’s like a lesson in ballistics.

Definition: Calm and showing little emotion.

STOLID

Sentence: Sarah always had a stolid face no matter what.

STOLIDWith his symbolic helmet

numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes

all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he

flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening

sky red and yellow and black.

Definition: one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock).

STRATUM

Sentence: The top stratum of the rock I had was pink and smooth.

STRATUM

The woman on the bed was no more

than a hard stratum of marble they had

reached.

Definition: a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid

TORRENT

Sentence: A torrent that we caught fish from was right by the cabin.

TORRENT

Don't let the torrent of

melancholy and drear philosophy drown our world.