Vocabulary • Ch 1 - Fahrenheit 451 • Fill in the blanks

The pollution in our _________ is a growing concern for many people.

• melancholy

• environment

• conscience

• compose

She sat down at the piano to _________ a beautiful piece of music.

• recite

• critical

• compose

• hypnotize

The government imposed strict _________ship on the media.

• function

• compose

• focus

• censor

She couldn't hide her _________ when she saw her test score.

• recite

• intellectual

• dismay

• compose

She was asked to _________ a poem in front of the entire class.

• recite

• conscience

• compose

• focus

The _________ of a computer mouse is to move the cursor on the screen.

• abstract

• function

• displace

• trace

It is _________ to consider all possible options before making a decision.

• conscience

• compose

• abstract

• critical

The detective found a _________ of DNA at the crime scene.

• melancholy

• thus

• intellectual

• trace

She sat alone in her room, lost in her _________ thoughts.

• abstract

• intellectual

• focus

• melancholy

The flood caused many residents to be _________d from their homes.

• compose

• function

• conscience

• displace