Fahrenheit 451 Vocabulary Check your definition! There will be a quiz Friday.

Week 1 Venomous (adj): Poisonous; malicious Minstrel (noun): a comedic musician or poet Lubricate (verb): to apply something oily or greasy to avoid friction Waft (verb): to carry lightly over the air or water Illuminate (verb): to make light Refract (verb): to deflect something (usually light) Imperceptible (adj): not easy to sense (see, smell, hear) Mausoleum (noun): a large, gloomy room (like a tomb) Cataract (noun): an eye condition where the lens is clouded Inclined (verb): leaning in the direction of; having a tendency Nectar (noun): the juice from a fruit or from a flower that is sweet Olfactory (noun): pertaining to the sense of smell Proboscis (noun): a long flexible appendage (like an elephant trunk

Week 2 Vocabulary Proclivity (N) – natural inclination (She has a proclivity for art.) Condemn (N) – Expressing a strong disapproval Ravenous (Adj) – very, very hungry! Fathom (V) – come to understand Centrifuge (Adj) – moving away from the center Cacophony (N) – Sounds that are discordant and loud Feign (V) – to pretend Pratfall (N) – a humiliating defeat Breach (V) – to break or rupture Censor (V) – to forbid the public distribution of Combustible (Adj) – capable of catching on fire