Advanced English 10

VOCABULARY   —   Fahrenheit 451

You may use any dictionary or web site to get your definitions.   Include the PART OF SPEECH and the DEFINITION.   Sentence assignment will be to select 25 words of your choice…..words that are really new to you and write an original sentence that is: 1) at least seven words long,

2) shows a clear understanding of the word in context 3) underline the vocabulary word, and 

4) you can also use a form of the word with: s, ed, ing, ly. 

Example: The politician always gave a lucid speech.   This is NOT an acceptable sentence.

Using several charts and graphs, the candidate was able to speak lucidly to the group on the environment.

VOCABULARY   —   Fahrenheit 451

pages 3-68

            phoenix                       

salamander                  

olfactory                      

morphine

            ballistics                       

trajectory                     

marionette                   

pulverized

            stratum                        

contrasedative             

proboscis                    

procaine

            abstract                       

proclivities                   

odious                         

centrifuge

            cacophony                   

luminescent                  

radical                         

feigning

            pratfall                         

intellectual                    

theremin                      

pages 71-110

            cadence                       

suffused                       

retaliate                       

romantic

            intuitively                     

insidious                      

welter                          

contemptible

            subaudible                   

ruinous            

quavered                     

manifested

            parried                        

rebut                           

beatific                        

tyranny

            perfunctory                  

phosphorescent

pages 113-165

            incomprehensible         

liquefaction                  

fugitive             

quarry

            phantom                      

limned                         

grotesque                    

juggernaut

            pedants                       

status quo                    

incessant

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