Fahrenheit 451 Vocab pt. 2 Quiz

Desolution

• 
  eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly

• a state of complete emptiness or destruction

• 
  Pay attention to; ignored

• Cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which word means "
eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly"?

• Dilate

• Equate

• Devour

• Falter

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which word means "make or become wider, larger, or more open"?

• Dilate

• Divert

• Dwindle

• Desolution

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Disintegrate

• Cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another

• diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength

• Break up into small parts as the result of impact or decay

• a short journey or trip, especially one taken as a leisure activity

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which word means "
Distribute or spread over a wide area"?

• Disperse

• Earnestly

• Falter

• Excursion

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Disregard

• Cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another

• 
  Not pay attention to; ignored

• 
  A bold or extravagent gesture or action, made especially to attract attention

• Ornamental work of fine (typically gold or silver) wire formed with delicate tracery

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Divert

• lose strength or momentum
  

• 
  A bold or extravagent gesture or action, made especially to attract attention

• a state of complete emptiness or destruction

• 
  Cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Dwindle

• diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength

• 
  consider (one thing) to be the same as or equivalent to another

• a short journey or trip, especially one taken as a leisure activity

• a state of complete emptiness or destruction

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which word means "With sincere and intense conviction"?

• Earnestly

• Falter

• Excursion

• Disintegrate

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What word means "consider (one thing) to be the same as or equivalent to another"?

• Dwindle

• Equate

• Filigree

• Disregard

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4