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

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

• focus

• critical

• environment

• censor

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

• thus

• dismay

• intellectual

• compose

The government imposed strict _________ship on the media.

• censor

• intellectual

• displace

• abstract

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

• melancholy

• censor

• recite

• dismay

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

• recite

• environment

• function

• intellectual

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

• intellectual

• focus

• compose

• function

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

• focus

• hypnotize

• critical

• recite

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

• abstract

• focus

• environment

• trace

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

• abstract

• melancholy

• hypnotize

• environment

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

• displace

• dismay

• censor

• conscience