Fahrenheit 451, Part 1 Vocabulary

John is ______ as he wanders from seat to seat during class.

• tactile

• stolid

• nomadic

• odious

Dr. King was considered a ________ as he resisted against the norms of America's social structure during the 1950s and 60s.

• cacophony

• proboscis

• stolid

• radical

People guilty of the most ______ and hated crimes spend their lives in maximum security penitentiaries (prisons).

• odious

• proclivity

• contempt

• heresy

She concealed her feeling by remaining _____ and emotionless.

• ravenous

• stolid

• tactile

• melancholy

A _____ is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal.

• capillary

• contempt

• proboscis

• cacophony

It was obvious the man was feeling _____ as he stood among the mourners.

• ravenous

• melancholy

• proclivity

• heresy

He felt nothing but _____ for her when he found out she cheated on him with his best friend.

• stolid

• heresy

• proclivity

• contempt

Just as a puppeteer pulls the strings of a ______, the man behaves exactly as his boss demands.

• cacophony

• radical

• contempt

• marionette

The women were accused of ______ as they dared to disagree with church leaders.

• radical

• heresy

• proclivity

• melancholy

A ________ of excitement could be heard among the crowd at the Something in the Water music festival.

• ravenous

• odious

• cacophony

• tactile