Fahrenheit 451 Vocabulary Week 2

What is the meaning of objectivity?

“He slapped her face with amazing objectivity and repeated the question. The oldwoman’s eyes came to a focus upon Beatty” (p.33).

• uninfluenced by personal feelings

• focusing intently on an object

• partial to one side

• distorted by emotion

What is the meaning of rollick?

“Next thing they were up in musty blackness swinging silver hatchets at doors that were, after all, unlocked, tumbling through like boys and rollick and shout” (33).

• to behave in accordance with the rules

•  to behave in a shy and subdued manner

• to move in a carefree and boisterous manner

• to maintain decorum in formal situations

What is the meaning of yammering?

“’Shut the ‘relatives’ up,’ said Beatty, looking around at everything except Montag

and his wife. This time, Mildred ran. The yammering voices stopping yelling in the

parlor” (50).

• stumbling

• rejoicing loudly

• whining or complaining loudly

• whispering in a barely audible voice

What is the meaning of drear?

“Hold steady. Don’t let the torrent of melancholy and drear philosophy drown our world” (59).

• deep; profound

• comforting; pleasant

• bleak; depressing

• cheerful; encouraging

What is the meaning of heresy?

• something rumored to be true

• opinion at odds with an accepted or belief system

• agreement made between dissenting parties

• feeling of indifference

What is the meaning of luminescent?

“But there was something else in the silence that he heard. It was like a breath

exhaled upon the window. It was like a faint drift of greenish luminescent smoke, the motion of a huge October leaf blowing across the lawn and away” (45).

• strong, distinct smell

• causing severe perceptual distortion

• dull; dim

• emitting light

What is the meaning of bewilderedly?

"Montag lay back against the wall and then slowly sank at a crouching position andbegan to nudge the books, bewilderedly, with his thumb, his forefinger” (64-65).

• with careful calculation

• in a harsh or stem manner

• in a wild and thoughtless manner

• in a confused or puzzled manner