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

2. 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

3. 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