Fahrenheit 451 , a Dystopian Novel by Ray Bradbury Terms Flashcards

This is vocabulary that appears in the first portion of Ray Bradbury's book, Fahrenheit 451.

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Abyss
A deep immeasurable space or cavity- unfathomable
Ballistics
The science of bullets, shells, and bombs
Cacophony
Harsh discordance of sounds
Cartographer
A person who makes maps
Centrifuge
An instrament that rotates at a high speeds and separates substances
Conjure
To produce by an invocation or spell
Cower
To crouch in fear or shame
Distilled
Gone through a process of purification
Feigning
Imitating or deceiving
Luminescent
Emitting light
Mausoleum
A burial place
Nomadic
The behavior of wandering as if not having a home
Noncombustible
Not flammable, cannot burn
Olfactory
Organs that sense smell
Pagan
One who recognizes many gods, polytheistic