Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Fahrenheit 451 Vocab

tatters-irregularly torn pieces of cloth, paper, or other material. 
 The poor girls clothes were in tatters.
merely-
just, only
 He merely brushed my hand, and my heart went fluttering.
parlor-
a sitting room in a private house
 We sat in the parlor and enjoyed an afternoon brunch
abrupt(ly)-
sudden and unexpected
 The mouse abruptly turned the corner and stared into the eyes of the viscous cat.
refracted-
make (a ray of light) change direction when it enters at an angle.
 The tiny diamond seemed to refract, reflect and all the absorbed light in the room
immense-
extremely large
 I have an immense debt to Tony that i still don't know how to pay.
imperceptibly-
impossible to perceive
 It is an imperceptibly, irregular possibility that there is a lion in the upstairs wardrobe.
ventilator-
an appliance for ventilating a room 
 She had to move her sick sister due to the damage done to the 4 ventilators
olfactory-
relating to the sense of smell
The onion reduced my olfactory system to mush.
 

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