Here are the definitions and text evidence for your vocabulary words from Fahrenheit 451:
Part II - The Sieve and the Sand
1. Aesthetic – Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
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2. Litterateur – A person who is knowledgeable about literature.
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3. Avalanche – A sudden overwhelming quantity of something.
• Text Evidence: “A door where a window should be, a top for a bottom, a side for a back, and then the city rolled over and fell down dead.â€
4. Metropolis – A large, busy city.
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5. Convolution – A complex or intricate shape.
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6. Oblivion – The state of being unaware or unconscious.
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7. Desolation – A state of emptiness or destruction.
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8. Pedant – A person excessively concerned with minor details or rules.
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9. Falter – To lose strength or momentum.
• Text Evidence: “Montag faltered, got a grip on the books, and forced himself not to freeze.â€
10. Plummet – To fall or drop straight down.
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11. Guild – An association of people with a common pursuit.
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12. Quarry – A thing or person that is chased or sought.
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13. Illumine – To light up.
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14. Ricocheted – To rebound off a surface.
• Text Evidence: “Behind him now twenty million silently baying Hounds, ricocheted across parlors, three-cushion shooting from right wall to center wall to left wall.â€
15. Limned – Depicted or described in painting or words.
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16. Scapegoat – A person who is blamed for the faults of others.
• Text Evidence: “They’re sniffing for a scapegoat to end things with a bang.â€
17. Liquefaction – The process of becoming liquid.
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18. Scythe – A tool with a curved blade used for cutting crops.
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Part II - The Sieve and the Sand (Continued)
19. Beatific – Blissfully happy.
• Text Evidence: “And at the very end of my dream, along I came with the Salamander and said, ‘Going my way?’ And you got in and we drove back to the firehouse in beatific silence.â€
20. Morgue – A place where dead bodies are kept.
• Text Evidence: “What about Clarisse McClellan, where do we look for her? The morgue!â€
21. Cadence – A rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words.
• Text Evidence: “His name was Faber, and when he finally lost his fear of Montag, he talked in a cadenced voice, looking at the sky and the trees and the green park.â€
22. Oracle – A source of wise counsel or prophecy.
• Text Evidence: “The folly of mistaking a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself as an oracle, is inborn in us, Mr. Valery once said.â€
23. Certitude – Absolute certainty.
• Text Evidence: “Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain.â€
24. Patronage – The support given by a patron.
• Text Evidence: “The last liberal arts college shut for lack of students and patronage.â€
25. Chaos – Complete disorder.
• Text Evidence: “‘Stick with the firemen, Montag. All else is dreary chaos!’â€
26. Perfunctorily – Done with minimal effort or reflection.
• Text Evidence: “He glanced perfunctorily at it, and shoved it in his pocket.â€
27. Dentifrice – A substance used for cleaning teeth.
• Text Evidence: “There was no Denham’s Dentifrice anywhere.â€
28. Phosphorescent – Emitting light without heat.
• Text Evidence: “He was a phosphorescent target; he knew it, he felt it.â€
29. Discourse – Written or spoken communication.
• Text Evidence: “A kind of excellent dumb discourse, Willie!â€
30. Profusion – An abundance of something.
• Text Evidence: “You’d find life under the glass, streaming past infinite profusion.â€
31. Exhalation – The process of breathing out.
• Text Evidence: “Under the doorsill, a slow, probing sniff, an exhalation of electric steam.â€
32. Quaver – To shake or tremble in speaking.
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33. Filigree – Delicate ornamental work.
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34. Rebut – To argue against.
• Text Evidence: “Using the very books you clung to, to rebut you on every hand, on every point!â€
35. Insidious – Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way with harmful effects.
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36. Strew – To scatter or spread.
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37. Intuitively – Based on instinct rather than reasoning.
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38. Skepticism – Doubt or disbelief.
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39. Invigorate – To give energy to.
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40. Suffuse – To spread through or over.
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41. Linguist – A person skilled in languages.
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42. Teem – To be full of or swarming with.
• Text Evidence: “The parlor that was dead and gray as the waters of an ocean that might teem with life.â€
43. Manifest – Clear or obvious.
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44. Trifle – A small amount or unimportant thing.
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45. Verbiage – Excessively wordy speech or writing.
• Text Evidence: “A torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths.â€
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