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1. Fahrenheit 451
Vocabulary for part 1, "The Hearth and the Salamander" for Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.
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| abyss | a very deep gap or hole |
| ballistics | the study of the flight of bullets or hurled objects |
| cacophony | harsh, jarring sounds |
| centrifuge | a machine that separates particles in a liquid by rapidly whirling the liquid |
| cartographer | a mapmaker |
| conjure | to summon or call up, as if by magic |
| cower | to cringe in fear |
| distilled | purified or concentrated |
| feigning | pretending |
| luminescent | glowing |
| mausoleum | a large, stately tomb or building |
| nomadic | traveling; wandering |
| noncombustible | not capable to igniting and burning |
| olfactory | relating to the sense of smell |
| pagan | not christian; heathen |
| pratfall | a comical fall on the behind; a humiliating mishap |
| proboscis | a long snout (nose) |
| rationalize | to offer a self-serving but incorrect reason |
| ravenous | greedy; extremely hungry |
| stratum | layer |
| tactile | related to the sense of touch |
| tallow | hard animal fat used to make candles |
| tamped | packed down |
| titillation | excitiment, stimulation |
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BCC adjuct |
Brookdale Community College |
| Lincroft, NJ |
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