1. Fahrenheit 451 Vocabulary Unit 1

2. Phoenix
a legendary Arabian bird said to set fire to itself and rise anew from the ashes every 500 years

3. pedestrian
Commonplace or dull

4. The turning or bending of any wave
Refract
The turning or bending of any wave

5. A loss in the transparency of the lens of the eye
Cataract
A loss in the transparency of the lens of the eye

6. resembling a hair; slender
Capillary
resembling a hair; slender

7. Olfactory
pertaining to the sense of smell

8. A long, flexible snout or trunk, as of an elephant
Proboscis
A long, flexible snout or trunk, as of an elephant

9. the study of the flight dynamics of projectiles
Ballistics
the study of the flight dynamics of projectiles

10. natural or habitual inclination or tendency
Proclivities
natural or habitual inclination or tendency

11. deserving or causing hatred
odious
deserving or causing hatred

12. Abyss
a bottomless pit

13. Sieve
a device for separating lumps

14. rotating machines that separate
Centrifuge
rotating machines that separate

15. Feign
to make believe; pretend

16. to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
Suffused
to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.