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Friday, November 7, 2014
Vocab Fall List 8
ruinous - disastrous or destructive
quavered - shake or tremble in speaking
certitude - absolute certainty or something is the case
notch - a V-shaped cut
perspired - give out sweat through the pores of the skin, result of
heat
manifested - clear or obvious to the eye or mind
latrine - a toilet or outhouse
uttered - make a sound with one's voice
parried - ward off especially with a counter move
conscious - aware of and responding to one's surrounding awake
feigning - pretend to be affected by
leisurely - acting or don at leisure; unhurried or relaxed
conjure - make appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere
anesthetized - administer an anesthetic to a person or animal
tyranny - cruel and oppressive government or rule
dreary - dull, bleak, and lifeless
grotesque - comically or repulsively ugly or distorted
reckoning - the action or process of calculating or estimating
Friday, October 17, 2014
Vocab Fall List 7
pratfall - a fall onto one's buttocks
bewilderedly - completely puzzled, confused
titillation - to simulate by touching lightly, tickle
Theremin- an early electronic musical instrument controlled
without physical contact
tabloids - a type of journalism
centrifuge - a machine with a rapidly rotary container that applies
centriful fuge to its contacts
haltingly - faltering or hesitating in speech
probing - physically explore or examine what it does in an
instrument
stagnant - having no current or flow and often an unpleasant
smell
cacophony - a harsh discordant mixture of sounds
bewilderedly - completely puzzled, confused
titillation - to simulate by touching lightly, tickle
Theremin- an early electronic musical instrument controlled
without physical contact
tabloids - a type of journalism
centrifuge - a machine with a rapidly rotary container that applies
centriful fuge to its contacts
haltingly - faltering or hesitating in speech
probing - physically explore or examine what it does in an
instrument
stagnant - having no current or flow and often an unpleasant
smell
cacophony - a harsh discordant mixture of sounds
Friday, October 10, 2014
Vocab Fall List 6
tatters - irregular torn pieces of cloth, paper, or other material
merely - just, only
vast - of very great extent or quantity
parlor - a room in a private home set for entertainment for guests
abruptly - sudden or unexpected
refracted - of water, air, or glass make a change of direction when in an angle
immense - extremely large or great
imperceptibly - impossible to perceive
ventilator - blows air into your airways
olfactory - relating to the sense of smell
Friday, October 3, 2014
Fahrenheit 451 pg.3-20
This book is kind of odd because the way people live in the book is way different from our society today. Its against the law to read books and firemen start fires instead of putting out fires. People are more private about there stuff. its amazing how the author wrote the book long ago but was able to predict the future of our society so well.
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