Great Gatsby Chapters 1-5
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flygirl154 on February 28, 2012
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vocab from chapters 1-5 in the Great Gatsby
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26 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 feigned | not genuine |
| levity | lightness of manner |
| supercilious | expressive of contempt |
| fractiousness | the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline |
| reciprocal | mutual; shared; interchangeable |
| extemporizing | speaking on the spur of the moment without preparation |
| peremptorily | in an imperative and commanding manner |
| transcendent | beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding |
| contiguous | very close or connected in space or time |
| apathetically | showing little or no emotion or animation |
| strident | unpleasantly loud and harsh |
| cataracts | strong rapids |
| permeate | penetrate mutually or be interlocked |
| innuendo | an indirect (and usually malicious) implication |
| prodigality | excessive spending |
| caterwauling | a shrill, discordant sound |
| subterfuges | a deceptive stratagem or device |
| punctilious | marked by precise accordance with details |
| luxuriated | enjoy oneself in a luxurious way; take self-indulgent delight |
| denizen | a plant or animal naturalized in a region |
| facade | the face or front of a building |
| harrowed | disturbed, distressed |
| defunct | having ceased to exist or live |
| distraught | deeply agitated especially from emotion |
| disheveled | in disarray |
| corrugated | shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges |
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