f41 vocab

Precise (67)

marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail.

“we cannot tell the _________ moment when friendship is formed.”

Subside (68)

become less intense, violent, or severe.

“he came back down the hall in the grey light, waiting for the tremble to ________.”

Probing (68)

inquiring closely into something; searching.

“under the doorsill, a slow, ______ sniff, an exhalation of electric steam

Immense (69)

extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree

“the bombers crossed the sky and crossed the sky over the house, grasping, murmuring, whistling like an _________, invisible fan, circling in emptiness.

Retaliation (75)

the action of returning a military attack; counterattack.

“the radio train vomited upon Montag, in ________, a great ton-load of music made of tin, copper, silver, chromium, and brass”

Patronage (71)

the support given by a patron.

“when the last liberal arts college shut for luck of students and ___________.”

Diverted (77)

cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another.

“Montag’s attention _________, turned quickly and shut the bedroom door.

Veiled (78)

expressed in an indirect way; not openly declared or expressed.

“when he isn’t making ______ references to certain commercial products that every worshiper absolutely needs.”

Joweld (78)

usually slack flesh (such as a dewlap, wattle, or the pendulous part of a double chin) associated with the cheeks, lower jaw, or throat.

“Montag’s thin, blue-______ face.

Receptacle (79)

an object or space used to contain something.

“books were only one type of _______ where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget.”

Profusion (79)

an abundance or large quantity of something.

“you’d find life under the glass, streaming past in infinite _________.”

Encloses (80)

 to close in : surround.

“but who has ever torn himself from the claw that ________ you when you drop a seed in a TV parlor?”

Leisure (81)

free time.

“number two: ______ to digest it".”

Chap (82)

a man or boy.

“but the only average _____ will ever see ninety-nine percent of them is in a book.”

Warded (84)

​to protect or defend yourself against danger, illness, attack, etc. 

“Montag ______ him off and let his hands continue.”

Delinquents (85)

(typically of a young person or that person's behavior) showing or characterized by a tendency to commit crime, particularly minor crime.

“it’s as old as history and juvenile ________.”

Welter (86)

a confused multitude of things.

“a number of metal tools lay among a _______ of microscopic wire hairs.”

Contemptible (87)

deserving scorn.

“see how safe I play it, how ___________ am I?”

Mobilized (88)

(of a country or its government) prepare and organize (troops) for active service.

“we have __________ a million men.”

Retain (89)

keep in one's memory.

“they say you _______ knowledge even when you’re sleeping, if someone whispers it in your ear.”

Accompaniment (90)

a musical part that supports or partners a solo instrument, voice, or group.

“clowns chopped off each other’s limbs to the _________ of immense incoming tides of laughter.”

Porcelain (91)

a white vitrified translucent ceramic; china.

“colorful men and women with the __________ eyes and the blood-ruby lips.”

Caesarian (92)

the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)

"I've had two children by ___________ section.”

Homely (93)

(of a person) unattractive in appearance.

“kind of small and _______ and he didn’t shave too close or comb his hair very well.”

Quavery (95)

(of a person's voice) shaky or unsteady, typically through nervousness or emotion.

“Mildred had already anticipated this in a __________ voice.”

Dispersing (98)

distribute or spread over a wide area.

“her own slow process of ________ the dynamite in her house.”

Filigree (99)

delicate and intricate ornamentation.

“the sleepy mosquito buzz and delicate _______ murmur of the old man's voice at first scolding him and then consoling him in the late hour of night.”

Invigorated (100)

give strength or energy to.

“I must admit that your blind raging ____________ me.”

Pries (101)

inquire too closely into a person's private affairs: use force in order to move or open (something) or to separate (something) from something else.

“if you need help when Beatty ________ at you, I’ll be sitting right here.”

Manifested (102)

 clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment.

“here was where the conscience first _________ itself to snatch books.”

Latrine (102)

a toilet or outhouse, especially a communal one in a camp or barracks.

“Montag had to rinse from the game to go to the ______ to wash his hands.”

Intoxicate (102)

(of alcoholic drink or a drug) cause (someone) to lose control of their faculties or behavior; poison (someone).

“there shallow draughts __________ the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.”

Oracle (103)

a priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity.

“a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself as an _________, is inborn in us.”

Discourse (104)

a serious speech, writing, or conversation on a particular topic; to speak or write formally on a particular topic; or to have a conversation.

“a kind of excellent dumb __________, Willie!"

Beatific (104)

blessedly happy.

“and you got in and we drove back to the firehouse in ________ silence.”

Tyranny (104)

cruel and oppressive government or rule; unreasonable use of power or control.

“the terrible ________ of the majority.”

Perfunctory (105)

done without much interest or effort; especially as when dispensing with a formality.

“he glanced _________ at it, and shoved it in his pocket.”

Vantage (105)

a place or position affording a good view of something.

“clutched the brass pole as if it were the last _______ point above a tidal wave passing below.”

Clenched (106)

(with reference to the fingers or hand) close into a tight ball, especially when feeling extreme anger.

“Montag stood fixing his raw eyes to the cold bright rail under his __________ fingers.”

Rigidity (108)

the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending.

“Mildred came down the steps, running, one suitcase held with a dream-like clenching _________ in her fist, as a beetle-taxi hissed to the curb.”

Incomprehensible (108)

not able to be understood; not intelligible.

“Montag drifted about as if still another ________ storm had turned him.”

Perpetual (109)

never-ending or changing; occurring repeatedly; so frequent as to seem endless and uninterrupted.

“It's _________ motion; the thing man wanted to invent but never did.”

Gobbledegook (109)

language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of abstruse technical terms; nonsense.

“Scientists give us ____________ about friction and molecules. But they don't really know.”

Sheath (111)

a protective covering, as for a knife or sword

“the fire-proof plastic _______ on everything was cut wide and the house began to shudder with flame.”

Bewilderment (112)

extremely confused and uncertain what to do. 

“his knees half-bent under the great load of tiredness and __________ and outrage.”

Blanched (113)

(of an item of food) having been briefly immersed in boiling water, especially in order to remove the skin or to prepare it for further cooking.

“They turned, their faces like _________ meat, streaming sweat.”

Scrabble (114)

an act of scratching or scrambling for something.

“He felt it __________ and seize his leg and stab the needle in for a moment before the fire snapped the Hound up in the air.”

Anesthetized (114)

“he might not be able to gain his feet at all, with an __________ leg.”

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

Penance (115)

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

“The other was like a chunk of burnt pine log he was carrying along as a __________ for some obscure sin.”

Stifle (116)

make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate.

“The thought was enough to ________ his sobbing and let him pause for air.”

Margin (118)

an amount of something included so as to be sure of success or safety.

“It would give him an extra ________ of safety if he washed up and combed his hair before he went on his way.”

Plummeting (119)

fall or drop straight down at high speed.

“like butterflies puzzled by autumn, and then they were _________ down to land, one by one.”

Gauge (120)

estimate or determine the magnitude, amount, or volume of.

“Once you started walking you'd have to _______ how fast those beetles could make it down here.”

Rarity (122)

a rare thing, especially one having particular value.

Quarry (126)

animal hunted or caught for food.

“Never since its first use in tracking _______ has this incredible invention made a mistake.”

Sear (128)

burn the surface with intense heat, or burn something unpleasant into memory.

“What could he say in a single word, a few words, that would ______ all their faces and wake them up?”

Jar (130)

strike against something with an unpleasant vibration or jolt.

“like a wind that didn't stir grass, that didn't _______windows or disturb leaf-shadows on the white sidewalks as it passed.”

Juggernaut (133)

a massive inexorable force. 

“He saw a great _______ of stars form in the sky and threaten to roll over and crush him.”

Retching (137)

make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit.

“slammed him down in salt mud and green darkness, water burning mouth and nose, _______ his stomach, screaming!”

Nettles (138)

a plant having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation.

"Half an hour later, cold, and moving carefully on the tracks, fully aware of his entire body, his face, his mouth, his eyes stuffed with blackness, his legs prickled, with burrs and ________, he saw the fire ahead."

Cadence (140)

a modulation or inflection of the voice.

“he talked in a _______ voice, looking at the sky and the trees and the green park.”

Avenged (142)

to inflict harm to return harm

“"The search is over, Montag is dead; a crime against society has been _______."

Incriminate (145)

suggest that someone is guilty.

"We're stopped and searched occasionally, but there's nothing on our persons to _________ us.”

Pedants (146)

people too concerned with academic knowledge

“we were not important, we mustn't be ______; we were not to feel superior to anyone else in the world.”

Homing (149)

 trained to fly home from a great distance and bred for long-distance racing.

“How many jokes are missing from the world, and how many ______ pigeons untouched by his hands.”

Allotted (150)

to assign or distribute in shares or portions; given amount

“to remind people that we're ________ a little space on earth and that we survive in that wilderness that can take back what it has given.”

Disintegrate (151)

break up into small parts, typically as the result of impact or decay.

“the scream of the jets that would follow, would say, after the deed, ________, leave no stone on another, perish. Die.”

Mural (153)

a painting or other work of art executed directly on a wall.

“sparkles of torn metal into a ______ hung like a reversed avalanche”

Sifting (154)

put (a fine, loose, or powdery substance) through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles.

“Silence fell down in the _______ dust, and all the leisure they might need to look around, to gather the reality of this day into their senses.”

Pyres (156)

wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite.

“someday we'll stop making the d\*\*\* funeral _____ and jumping into the middle of them.”

Wick (157)

a strip of porous material up which liquid fuel is drawn by capillary action to the flame in a candle, lamp, or lighter.

“The day was brightening all about them as if a pink lamp had been given more _______.”