Fahrenheit 451 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Contrasedative

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Not calming or soothing.

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Olfactory

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Pertaining to the sense of smell.

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Abstract

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Thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances.

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Odious

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Deserving or causing hatred; highly offensive; repugnant.

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Centrifuge

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An apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities.

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Radical

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Of or going to the root or origin; thoroughgoing or extreme, especially as regards change from accepted or traditional forms.

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Deserving of contempt.

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Contemptible

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Loud enough to be heard.

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Subaudible

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Bringing or tending to bring ruin.

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Ruinous

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Consisting of ruins.

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Ruinous