Fahrenheit​ ​451​ ​ ​SAT​ ​Vocabulary​ ​Test​ ​Part​ ​I
“The​ ​Hearth​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Salamander”
Name:​ ​_______________________
Directions:​ ​For​ ​each​ ​sentence​ ​below​ ​determine​ ​the​ ​correct​ ​SAT​ ​vocabulary​ ​word​ ​from​ F
​ ahrenheit​ ​451​ ​by​ ​Ray​ ​Bradbury.
Word​ ​Bank: bestial
cacophony centrifuge
dictum
melancholy odious
phoenix
proclivities pulverized ravenous
stagnant
stolid
stratum
tactile
1. While​ ​the​ ​house​ ​harboring​ ​books​ ​burned,​ ​Montag’s​ ​____________​ ​exterior​ ​did
not​ ​give​ ​away​ ​the​ ​truth,​ ​and​ ​helped​ ​to​ ​cover​ ​up​ ​the​ ​fact​ ​that​ ​he​ ​was​ ​beginning​ ​to
feel​ ​sympathetic​ ​towards​ ​book​ ​readers.
2. The​ ​_____________​ ​is​ ​appropriately​ ​associated​ ​with​ ​the​ ​firemen​ ​in​ ​Fahrenheit
451​,​ ​as​ ​they​ ​believe​ ​that​ ​through​ ​their​ ​destructive​ ​flames​ ​a​ ​new​ ​society​ ​is​ ​built.
3. ​ ​The​ ​soccer​ ​team​ ​was​ ​__________________​ ​by​ ​the​ ​heavy​ ​defender​ ​that​ ​ruined
any​ ​chance​ ​they​ ​had​ ​at​ ​getting​ ​through​ ​to​ ​the​ ​goal.
4. ​ ​The​ ​lowly​ ​servant​ ​dreamed​ ​of​ ​one​ ​day​ ​reaching​ ​a​ ​____________________​ ​of
society​ ​much​ ​higher​ ​than​ ​hers,​ ​where​ ​she​ ​would​ ​be​ ​part​ ​of​ ​the​ ​country’s​ ​royal
family.
5. After​ ​failing​ ​his​ ​Algebra​ ​test,​ ​his​ ​______________​ ​spirit​ ​could​ ​not​ ​even​ ​be​ ​lifted
by​ ​his​ ​team’s​ ​win​ ​later​ ​that​ ​afternoon.
6. All​ ​book​ ​editors​ ​seem​ ​to​ ​have​ ​the​ ​_________________​ ​to​ ​nit-pick​ ​even​ ​the​ ​most
minor​ ​of​ ​errors.​ ​They​ ​all​ ​behave​ ​as​ ​if​ ​the​ ​author’s​ ​work​ ​should​ ​already​ ​be​ ​perfect.
7. It​ ​is​ ​ironic​ ​that​ ​the​ ​firemen​ ​in​ ​Fahrenheit​ ​451​ ​have​ ​the​ ​most
__________________​ ​job,​ ​yet​ ​they​ ​are​ ​greatly​ ​valued​ ​by​ ​the​ ​society​ ​in​ ​which
they​ ​live.
8. During​ ​the​ ​summer​ ​break,​ ​the​ ​classroom​ ​air​ ​was​ ​___________________​ ​since
no​ ​one​ ​had​ ​opened​ ​the​ ​door​ ​or​ ​turned​ ​on​ ​the​ ​air​ ​conditioner​ ​all​ ​vacation.
9. Since​ ​I​ ​forgot​ ​my​ ​lunch​ ​at​ ​home​ ​today,​ ​I​ ​was​ ​________________​ ​when​ ​I​ ​got
home​ ​and​ ​I​ ​devoured​ ​an​ ​entire​ ​pizza.
10. ​ ​The​ ​paint​ ​spinner​ ​used​ ​__________________​ ​force​ ​to​ ​move​ ​the​ ​paint​ ​from​ ​the
center​ ​to​ ​the​ ​outside​ ​of​ ​the​ ​container.
Fahrenheit​ ​451​ ​ ​SAT​ ​Vocabulary​ ​Test​ ​Part​ ​I
“The​ ​Hearth​ ​and​ ​the​ ​Salamander”
Name:​ ​_______________________
Directions:​ ​For​ ​each​ ​sentence​ ​below​ ​determine​ ​the​ ​correct​ ​SAT​ ​vocabulary​ ​word​ ​from​ F
​ ahrenheit​ ​451​ ​by​ ​Ray​ ​Bradbury.
11. A​ ​________________​ ​of​ ​sounds​ ​were​ ​heard​ ​when​ ​the​ ​two​ ​cars​ ​collided.
12. The​ ​______________​ ​dog​ ​attack​ ​brutally​ ​killed​ ​the​ ​bunny.
13. Touch​ ​and​ ​feel​ ​books​ ​are​ ​my​ ​favorite​ ​due​ ​to​ ​their​ ​_______________​ ​pages.
14. ​ ​Following​ ​the​ ​terror​ ​attack,​ ​the​ ​government​ ​issued​ ​a​ ​strict​ ​__________________
regarding​ ​permissible​ ​proximity​ ​to​ ​sacred​ ​monuments.