9th Vocab - F451 - List 2

9th Vocab - F451 - List 2

melancholy

• (mel-uhn-kol-ee)

• noun

• a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression

• derivatives: melancholies

• “And the men with the cigarettes in their straight-lined mouths, the men with the eyes ofpuff adders, took up their load of machine and tube, their case of liquid melancholyandthe slow dark sludge of nameless stuff, and strolled out the door” (16).

obligated

• (ob-li-gey-tid)

• verb

• to be bound morally or legally; to be required to do something by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity

• derivatives: obligate, obligating

• “He held it in his hand, feeling obligated” (19).

olfactory

• (ol-fak-tuh-ree, ol-fak-tree)

• adjective

• pertaining to the sense of smell

• derivatives: none

• “Nights when things got dull, which was every night, the men slid down the brass poles and set ticking combinations in the olfactory system of the Hound and let loose rats inthe firehouse areaway” (24-25).

incinerator

• (in-sin-uh-rey-ter)

• noun

• a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc.,to ashes

• derivatives: incinerate

• “The pawn was then tossed in the incinerator” (25).

proclivities

• (proh-kliv-i-teez)

• noun

• natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity;predisposition

• derivatives: proclivity

• “Were all firemen picked then for their looks as well as their proclivities?” (33).

odious

• (oh-dee-uhs)

• adjective

• deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable; highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting

• derivatives: odiously, odiousness

• “Beatty, Stoneman, and Black ran up the sidewalk, suddenly odious and fat in their plump fireproof slickers” (35).

objectivity

• (ob-jek-tiv-i-tee)

• noun

• the state or quality of being uninfluenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased

• derivatives:objective

• “He slapped her face with amazing objectivity and repeated the question” (36).

accusation

• (ak-yoo-zey-shuhn)

• noun

• a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame

• derivatives: accusations, accuse

• “She made the empty rooms roar with accusation and shake down a fine dust of guilt that was sucked in their nostrils as they plunged about”(37).

bombarded

• (buhm-bahr-did)

• verb

• to attack or batter with artillery fire, bombs, or otherwise assail vigorously

• derivatives: bombard, bombarding

• “Books bombarded his shoulders, his arms, his up-turned face” (37).

ravenous

• (rav-uh-nuhs)

• adjective

• extremely hungry, famished, voracious

• derivatives: ravenously

• “His hands were ravenous” (41).

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Montag is _____ by books in the burning house. They fall on him heavily, like bombs.

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Montag feels _____ to care for Mildred. Although they do not love each other, he still thinks he has a duty to her.

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Firemen burn everything. They even burn rodents in the _____ after the Hound has finished with them.

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The fire is _____ . It is always hungry for more books.

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Mildred, Montag's wife, is often _____ or depressed.

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Most firemen have a _____ toward burning things. They enjoy setting things on fire.

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Beatty approaches book-burning with _____ . He refuses to become personally or emotionally involved in his work, even if it includes the loss of human life.

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People who love books think the firemen are _____ . The firemen are repellant and almost disgusting to them.

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The old woman throws a look of _____ at the firemen. She claims they are responsible for doing something wrong.

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The Hound's _____ system is very sensitive, enabling it to track people by their scent over great distances.