L.A Fahrenheit 451 Vocab

Sadness, depression of the spirits; gloom

Of water or air; motionless and often having an unpleasant smell

A mythological bird that destroys itself in a fire and is born again; a symbol of immortality

Cacophony

incapable of igniting are burning

The path of an object moving under the action of a given forces

Bestial

habitual tendencies to do something usually does discreditable; inclinations or predisposition

Exploitation

dictum

Ballistics

Pretending to be affected by feelings,injuries or a state of mind

Relating to the sense of smell

Condemnation

A strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid

Stolid

quibble

to climb quickly up or down by grouping with one's arms and legs

Belief or opinion profoundly at odds with what is generally excepted

Ravenous

Multi-faceted

Nomadic

to call to the mind (as if by magic)

Odious

Puppet worked by strings

deflect a ray of light that entered water, air or glass at an angle

building used to house a tomb or tombs

Proboscis

Stratum

A machine with rapidly rotating containers use chiefly to separate liquids from solids