FAHRENHEIT 451 VOCAB WORDS

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DILATE

Definition- To become larger or to being more wide open. My Sentence- Dilate the windows to let in more light.

Evidence from Text- They both looked quickly about the house and Montag felt his nostrils dilate Picture-

SEAR

Definition-To burn or scorch with intense heat.My Sentence- Sear the chicken for about 30 seconds.

Evidence from Text- What could he say in a single word, a few words, .that would sear all their faces and wake them up? Picture-

LIQUEFACTION

Definition- The act of making or becoming liquid. My Sentence-The liquefaction of the popsicle did not surprise me.

Evidence from Text-There was a hiss like a great mouthful of spittle banging a red-hot stove, a bubbling and frothing as if salt had been poured over a monstrous black snail to cause a terrible liquefaction and a boiling over of yellow foam.

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BOMBARDIER

Definition-A member of a bomber crew responsible for sighting and releasing bombs. My Sentence-The bombardier was not very good at his job.

Evidence from Text-The bombardment was to all intents and purposes finished once the jets had sighted their target, alerted their bombardier at five thousand miles an hourPicture-

QUARRY

Definition-A person or thing that is being chased or hunted. My Sentence-The quarry species is on the verge of going extinct.

Evidence from Text-Never since its first use in tracking quarry has this incredible invention made a mistake.Picture-

SCYTHE

Definition-A tool used for cutting crops, such as grass or corn, with a long curved blade at the end of a long pole. My Sentence-My dad told me that we had to get a scythe before we could do anything on the farm.

Evidence from Text-as quick as the whisper of a scythe the war was finished.Picture-

PROCAINE

Definition-A local anestheticMy Sentence-The drug procaine can be highly effective to the human body.

Evidence from Text-It made a single last leap into the air coming down at Montag from a good three feet over his head, its spidered legs reaching, the procaine needle snapping out its single angry tooth.

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CONVOLUTIONS

Definition-Coils and twistsMy Sentence-She never finished reading the novel because of the plot’s endless convolutions.

Evidence from Text-"Grandfather's been dead for all these years, but if you lifted my skull, by God, in the convolutions of my brain you'd find the big ridges of his thumbprint.

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