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Fahrenheit 451 Vocabulary Unit 1. Phoenix. a legendary Arabian bird said to set fire to itself and rise anew from the ashes every 500 years . pedestrian. Commonplace or dull. Refract. The turning or bending of any wave. Cataract. A loss in the transparency of the lens of the eye.
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Phoenix a legendary Arabian bird said to set fire to itself and rise anew from the ashes every 500 years
pedestrian Commonplace or dull
Refract The turning or bending of any wave
Cataract Alossinthetransparencyofthe lens of the eye
Capillary resemblingahair;slender
Olfactory pertaining to the sense of smell
Proboscis A long, flexible snout or trunk, as of an elephant
Ballistics the study of the flight dynamics of projectiles
Proclivities natural or habitual inclination or tendency
odious deserving or causing hatred
Abyss a bottomless pit
Sieve a device for separating lumps
Centrifuge rotating machines that separate
Feign to make believe; pretend
Suffused to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.