Vocabulary and Part of Speech: Fahrenheit 451 Key Terms

Accelerate

To move faster and gain speed.

Proclivity

An inclination toward something, motives.

Flue

A passageway that conveys flame or hot gases.

Illumination

Spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.

Heritage

A tradition, a characteristic manner, previous actions.

Stolid

Showing no sensibility, unemotional.

Rivulet

A small stream.

Tyranny

Oppressive power.

Cacophony

Chaotic mixture of sound.

Tactile

Perceivable by touch.

Insidious

Harmful yet enticing

Fervor

Intense feeling or emotion

Dilate

To become widened

Subside

To become less, settle

Perfunctory

Lack of interest or enthusiasm

Apathy

Lack of feeling or emotion

Dichotomy

Something with contradictory qualities

Mimicry

A resemblance between two objects

Oblivion

The state of being forgotten

Transience

Lasting for a short amount of time

Conflagration

A large disastrous fire

Desolate

Barren wasteland

Retaliation

To get revenge

Sustain

To support or nourish

Incredulous

Skeptical, unwilling to accept the truth

Introspection

Examining one's own thoughts and feelings

Mausoleum

A large tomb

Allegiance

A devotion to a group or cause

Manifest

To make evident by showing

Cataclysm

Catastrophe