Vocabulary Dictionary
1: Melodious
To have a pleasing melody
Link: http://melodicalhearts.org/
Chapter 21, Page 93
“Over the years, they had tuned the walk, prying up an A board and nailing it here, lifting up and F board and pounding it back down there until the walk was as near onto being melodious as weather and two entrepreneurs could fashion it.”
2: Calliope
A keyboard musical instrument resembling an organ and consisting of a series of whistles sounded by steam or compressed air.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odMCKR54VRc
Chapter 19, Page 88
“Will stopped. The music turned in his head. Stunned, he squinched his eyes. ‘Jim, the music that the calliope played when Mr. Cooger got younger---.’”
3: Pockmarks
A mark, pit, or depressed scar caused by smallpox or acne; also: an imperfection or depression like a pockmark.
Link: http://www.livestrong.com/article/77568-treatment-acne-pock-mark-scars/
Chapter 18, Page 73
“’Curious?’ This second man was tall as a lamp post. His pale face, lunar pockmarks denting it, cast light on those who stood below. His vest was the color of fresh blood………..”
4: Desolate
Devoid of inhabitants and visitors.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF7szeC9mtY
Chapter 15, Page 64
“And Jim held him and he held her and pulled her free of the silently rushing mirrors coming in coming in from the desolate seas.”
5: Reverberation
To continue in or as if in a series of echoes.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YGik_MmrgE
Chapter 13, Page 55
“Any shadows, at the entrance, might stir reverberations the color of fright, unravel deep-buried moons.”
6: Tapestry
A heavy handwoven reversible textile used for hangings, curtains, and upholstery and characterized by complicated pictorial designs.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ0QrIT7WiY
Chapter 12, Page 52
“In the night he felt the men rush to unseen tasks. He sensed the balloon, like a great fat spider, fiddling with the lines and poles, tearing a tapestry in the sky.”
7: Gesticulation
The use of motions of the limbs or body as a means of expression.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EVgm1M8bBA
Chapter 11, Page 45
“There, on the world’s rim, the lovely snail-gleam of the railway tracks ran, flinging wild gesticulations of lemon or cherry-colored semaphore to the stars.”
8: Handbill
A small printed sheet to be distributed (as for advertising) by hand.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht-3NwQQ1iA
Chapter 8, Page 35
“Will wanted to say, ‘Hey, what’d you think of the handbill…?’ But dad was cramming the handbill deep in the chair upholstery.”
9: Guillotine
A machine for beheading by means of a heavy blade that slides down in vertical guides.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM-169xrYpQ
Chapter 7, Page 32
“Me, thought will, seeing the guillotine flash, the Egyptian mirrors unfold accordions of light, and the sulphur-skinned devil-man sipping lave, like gun-powder tea.”
10: Montgolfier
Joseph-Michel 1740–1810 & his brother Jacques-Étienne 1745–1799 Fr. inventors & balloonists
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2jPDAU4l-o
Chapter 7, Page 31
“’Who cares? A thousand and one wonders! See! Mephistophele, The Lava Drinker! Mr. Electrico! The monster Montgolfier?’”
11: Demented- Driven to behave irrationally due to anger, distress, or excitement
“The Dwarf, bearing his demented and wildly lighted eyes, made his way south on main street.”
Chapter 36 page 182
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWVe0JbMh6c
12: Steel Lattice grille- A grating of metal, wood or another material used as a screen, divider, or barrier
“Clutching the steel lattice grille, he peered down into the pit.”
Chapter 36 Page 182
http://www.kees.com/products/registers-grilles-diffusers/architectural-stamped-lattice-grilles.htm
13: Clamor-Shout loudly and insistently
“The crowd’s appreciative clamor faded”
Chapter 47 page 243
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIWRw6ETTNg
14: Palsy-Affect with paralysis and involuntary tremors
“Will was taken with slight palsy.”
Chapter 47 page 250
http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/brain/cerebral_palsy.html
15: Squandered-Waste in a reckless and foolish manner
“And then, at last, he gave the maze, the mirrors, and all Time ahead, beyond, around, Above, Behind, Beneath or squandered inside himself, the only answer possible.”
Chapter 49 Page 258
http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2013/03/06/100-billion-usd-in-aid-squandered-in-afghanistan.html
16: Cymbaled- A musical instrument consisting of a slightly concave round brass plate that is either struck against another one or struck with a stick
“The reflected dead men were gone, buried under the cymbaled slide, the splash and surfing of glass at his feet.”
Chapter 50 page 260
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UnFlKCi9P8
17: Cloistered- Kept away from the outside world; sheltered
“The library , then , at seven-fifteen, seven-thirty, seven-forty-five of a Sunday night, cloistered with great drifts of silence and transfixed avalanche of books poised like the cuneiform stones of eternity on shelves, so high the unseen snows of time fell all year there.”
Chapter 38 page 188
http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/pope-live-cloistered-monastery
18: Cuneiform- Denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit.
“The library , then , at seven-fifteen, seven-thirty, seven-forty-five of a Sunday night, cloistered with great drifts of silence and transfixed avalanche of books poised like the cuneiform stones of eternity on shelves, so high the unseen snows of time fell all year there.”
Chapter 38 page 188
http://www.ancientscripts.com/cuneiform.html
19: Phrenologists- relating to phrenology
“These laid the scum on the lonely ponds from which came vinegar gnats to snuff up noses, mosquitoes to ride summer night flesh and sting forth those bumps that carnivl phrenologists dearly love to prophesy upon.”
Chapter 39 page 200
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGEPnhhXB9A
20: Marimba- A deep-toned xylophone of African origin.
“Now, that tent show plays my bones like a marimba.”
Chapter 39 page 202
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7JvPy74IOc
21: Milk Thistle - any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers
"And the first boy, with hair as blond-white as milk thistle, shut up one eye..." (Bradbury 17).
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/milkthistle/ataglance.htm
22: Ironmongery - the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop
"So the salesman jangled and and clanged his huge leather kit in which oversized puzzles of ironmongery lay unseen but which his..." (Bradbury 16).
http://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/
23: Hex - an evil spell
"Boys, you got to be ready in every dialect with every shape and form to hex the St. Elmo's fires, the balls of blue light that prowl the earth like sizzling cats" (Bradbury 24).
https://www.hexwitch.com/
24: Jangle - make a sound typical of metallic objects
"So the salesman jangled and clanged his huge leather kit..." (Bradbury 17).
http://www.allmusic.com/style/jangle-pop-ma0000012349
25: Sass - an impudent or insolent rejoinder
"I got the only lightning rods in the world that hear, feel, know, and sass back any storm, no matter what tongue, voice, or sign" (Bradbury 24).
http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Sassy-and-Lively
To have a pleasing melody
Link: http://melodicalhearts.org/
Chapter 21, Page 93
“Over the years, they had tuned the walk, prying up an A board and nailing it here, lifting up and F board and pounding it back down there until the walk was as near onto being melodious as weather and two entrepreneurs could fashion it.”
2: Calliope
A keyboard musical instrument resembling an organ and consisting of a series of whistles sounded by steam or compressed air.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odMCKR54VRc
Chapter 19, Page 88
“Will stopped. The music turned in his head. Stunned, he squinched his eyes. ‘Jim, the music that the calliope played when Mr. Cooger got younger---.’”
3: Pockmarks
A mark, pit, or depressed scar caused by smallpox or acne; also: an imperfection or depression like a pockmark.
Link: http://www.livestrong.com/article/77568-treatment-acne-pock-mark-scars/
Chapter 18, Page 73
“’Curious?’ This second man was tall as a lamp post. His pale face, lunar pockmarks denting it, cast light on those who stood below. His vest was the color of fresh blood………..”
4: Desolate
Devoid of inhabitants and visitors.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF7szeC9mtY
Chapter 15, Page 64
“And Jim held him and he held her and pulled her free of the silently rushing mirrors coming in coming in from the desolate seas.”
5: Reverberation
To continue in or as if in a series of echoes.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YGik_MmrgE
Chapter 13, Page 55
“Any shadows, at the entrance, might stir reverberations the color of fright, unravel deep-buried moons.”
6: Tapestry
A heavy handwoven reversible textile used for hangings, curtains, and upholstery and characterized by complicated pictorial designs.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ0QrIT7WiY
Chapter 12, Page 52
“In the night he felt the men rush to unseen tasks. He sensed the balloon, like a great fat spider, fiddling with the lines and poles, tearing a tapestry in the sky.”
7: Gesticulation
The use of motions of the limbs or body as a means of expression.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EVgm1M8bBA
Chapter 11, Page 45
“There, on the world’s rim, the lovely snail-gleam of the railway tracks ran, flinging wild gesticulations of lemon or cherry-colored semaphore to the stars.”
8: Handbill
A small printed sheet to be distributed (as for advertising) by hand.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht-3NwQQ1iA
Chapter 8, Page 35
“Will wanted to say, ‘Hey, what’d you think of the handbill…?’ But dad was cramming the handbill deep in the chair upholstery.”
9: Guillotine
A machine for beheading by means of a heavy blade that slides down in vertical guides.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM-169xrYpQ
Chapter 7, Page 32
“Me, thought will, seeing the guillotine flash, the Egyptian mirrors unfold accordions of light, and the sulphur-skinned devil-man sipping lave, like gun-powder tea.”
10: Montgolfier
Joseph-Michel 1740–1810 & his brother Jacques-Étienne 1745–1799 Fr. inventors & balloonists
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2jPDAU4l-o
Chapter 7, Page 31
“’Who cares? A thousand and one wonders! See! Mephistophele, The Lava Drinker! Mr. Electrico! The monster Montgolfier?’”
11: Demented- Driven to behave irrationally due to anger, distress, or excitement
“The Dwarf, bearing his demented and wildly lighted eyes, made his way south on main street.”
Chapter 36 page 182
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWVe0JbMh6c
12: Steel Lattice grille- A grating of metal, wood or another material used as a screen, divider, or barrier
“Clutching the steel lattice grille, he peered down into the pit.”
Chapter 36 Page 182
http://www.kees.com/products/registers-grilles-diffusers/architectural-stamped-lattice-grilles.htm
13: Clamor-Shout loudly and insistently
“The crowd’s appreciative clamor faded”
Chapter 47 page 243
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIWRw6ETTNg
14: Palsy-Affect with paralysis and involuntary tremors
“Will was taken with slight palsy.”
Chapter 47 page 250
http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/brain/cerebral_palsy.html
15: Squandered-Waste in a reckless and foolish manner
“And then, at last, he gave the maze, the mirrors, and all Time ahead, beyond, around, Above, Behind, Beneath or squandered inside himself, the only answer possible.”
Chapter 49 Page 258
http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2013/03/06/100-billion-usd-in-aid-squandered-in-afghanistan.html
16: Cymbaled- A musical instrument consisting of a slightly concave round brass plate that is either struck against another one or struck with a stick
“The reflected dead men were gone, buried under the cymbaled slide, the splash and surfing of glass at his feet.”
Chapter 50 page 260
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UnFlKCi9P8
17: Cloistered- Kept away from the outside world; sheltered
“The library , then , at seven-fifteen, seven-thirty, seven-forty-five of a Sunday night, cloistered with great drifts of silence and transfixed avalanche of books poised like the cuneiform stones of eternity on shelves, so high the unseen snows of time fell all year there.”
Chapter 38 page 188
http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/pope-live-cloistered-monastery
18: Cuneiform- Denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit.
“The library , then , at seven-fifteen, seven-thirty, seven-forty-five of a Sunday night, cloistered with great drifts of silence and transfixed avalanche of books poised like the cuneiform stones of eternity on shelves, so high the unseen snows of time fell all year there.”
Chapter 38 page 188
http://www.ancientscripts.com/cuneiform.html
19: Phrenologists- relating to phrenology
“These laid the scum on the lonely ponds from which came vinegar gnats to snuff up noses, mosquitoes to ride summer night flesh and sting forth those bumps that carnivl phrenologists dearly love to prophesy upon.”
Chapter 39 page 200
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGEPnhhXB9A
20: Marimba- A deep-toned xylophone of African origin.
“Now, that tent show plays my bones like a marimba.”
Chapter 39 page 202
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7JvPy74IOc
21: Milk Thistle - any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers
"And the first boy, with hair as blond-white as milk thistle, shut up one eye..." (Bradbury 17).
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/milkthistle/ataglance.htm
22: Ironmongery - the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop
"So the salesman jangled and and clanged his huge leather kit in which oversized puzzles of ironmongery lay unseen but which his..." (Bradbury 16).
http://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/
23: Hex - an evil spell
"Boys, you got to be ready in every dialect with every shape and form to hex the St. Elmo's fires, the balls of blue light that prowl the earth like sizzling cats" (Bradbury 24).
https://www.hexwitch.com/
24: Jangle - make a sound typical of metallic objects
"So the salesman jangled and clanged his huge leather kit..." (Bradbury 17).
http://www.allmusic.com/style/jangle-pop-ma0000012349
25: Sass - an impudent or insolent rejoinder
"I got the only lightning rods in the world that hear, feel, know, and sass back any storm, no matter what tongue, voice, or sign" (Bradbury 24).
http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Sassy-and-Lively