9th Vocab - F451 - List 2

(mel-uhn-kol-ee)

noun

a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression

derivatives: melancholies

“And the men with the cigarettes in their straight-lined mouths, the men with the eyes ofpuff adders, took up their load of machine and tube, their case of liquid melancholyandthe slow dark sludge of nameless stuff, and strolled out the door” (16).

(ob-li-gey-tid)

verb

to be bound morally or legally; to be required to do something by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity

derivatives: obligate, obligating

“He held it in his hand, feeling obligated” (19).

(ol-fak-tuh-ree, ol-fak-tree)

adjective

pertaining to the sense of smell

derivatives: none

“Nights when things got dull, which was every night, the men slid down the brass poles and set ticking combinations in the olfactory system of the Hound and let loose rats inthe firehouse areaway” (24-25).

(in-sin-uh-rey-ter)

noun

a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc.,to ashes

derivatives: incinerate

“The pawn was then tossed in the incinerator” (25).

(proh-kliv-i-teez)

noun

natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity;predisposition

derivatives: proclivity

“Were all firemen picked then for their looks as well as their proclivities?” (33).

(oh-dee-uhs)

adjective

deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable; highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting

derivatives: odiously, odiousness

“Beatty, Stoneman, and Black ran up the sidewalk, suddenly odious and fat in their plump fireproof slickers” (35).

(ob-jek-tiv-i-tee)

noun

the state or quality of being uninfluenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased

derivatives:objective

“He slapped her face with amazing objectivity and repeated the question” (36).

(ak-yoo-zey-shuhn)

noun

a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame

derivatives: accusations, accuse

“She made the empty rooms roar with accusation and shake down a fine dust of guilt that was sucked in their nostrils as they plunged about”(37).

(buhm-bahr-did)

verb

to attack or batter with artillery fire, bombs, or otherwise assail vigorously

derivatives: bombard, bombarding

“Books bombarded his shoulders, his arms, his up-turned face” (37).

(rav-uh-nuhs)

adjective

extremely hungry, famished, voracious

derivatives: ravenously

“His hands were ravenous” (41).