Fahrenheit 451 Vocabulary: Part II and III – Definitions Working Definition
Part II profusion insidious contemptible perpetuate aesthetic perfunctory rend obscure Part III oblivion pedant scythe desolate prattled incessant extravagant abundance treacherous, secretly dangerous earning scorn, dislike or disdain to prolong the existence of related to beauty or art acting routinely to tear violently, to split hard to see, vague state of being forgotten one who pays too much attention to academics and book learning a tool for cutting, mowing deserted; barren babbled uninterrupted parry censorious feint abstracted luxuriant saccharine serene stoke to deflect or to ward off a blow critical a false appearance; a fake punch lost in one’s own mind abundant in growth; fertile overly sweet attitude calm; placid to stir up; to feed