FH451 Vocab

Montag notices he has never seen a fireman that doesn't look like him. (Black hair, black brows, a fiery face, and a blue-steel

shaved but unshaved look)

Montag wonders if all firemen are hired for their proclivities? What does proclivites mean?

• Natural inclinations or tendenciees

• Based on facts

• Unequal

Something that you can easily do incessantly:

• Breathe

• Eat

• Come to school

If you are feeling RAVENOUS, the only thing you want is:

• Relax

• Food

• Entertainment

The woman lights the match in contempt of all of them. What does contempt mean?

• The feeling that someone of something is not worthy of respect or approval

• Thinking that someone is the best

• To be confused or puzzeled

A good synonym for BEWILDERED:

• Amuse

• Fight

• Puzzled

Fear that makes you unable to do what is right or expected; lack of courage

• Cowardice

• Advantageous

• Manifest

Delicate and complicated designs, often made of wire

• Dismay

• Filigree

• Mobilize

Kitchen tool with many small holes, used to separate smaller particles from larger ones; strainer

• Suffuse

• Knife

• Sieve

• Spoon

Speech/writing with too many or more difficult words than needed

• Verbiage

• Treason

• Manifest

Montag feels guity that his conscience manifested itself and stole books. Manifested means?

• Clear or Obvious

• Hidden

• Evil