Picker F451 Vocab List 1

F451 Vocab

Censorship

The practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and suppressing unacceptable parts.

Centrifuge

A machine that uses force to separate substances or parts of substances.

Dictum

A statement or well-known remark that expresses an important idea or rule.

Feigning

Pretending to feel or be affected by

Fevor

A strong feeling of excitement and enthusiasm.

Heresy

A belief or option that does not agree with the official belief or opinion of a particular religion.

Hysterical

Exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotion excess.

Imperceptibility

Not perceptible by a sense or by the mind; impossible to see or notice.

Irritable

Becoming angry or annoyed easily.

Luminescent

Emitting light

Melancholy

A sad mood or feeling.

Multifaceted

Having many different parts.

Obligated

Legally or morally bound to do something.

Odious

Causing hatred or strong dislike.

Peculiar

Not usual or normal.

Proclivities

Tendency to do or like something that is usually bad.

Quibble

To argue or complain about small, unimportant things.

Refracted

Altered or distorted

Stolid

Showing little or no emotion.

Waft

To move or go lightly