great gatsby vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 unobtrusively | in a way that attracts little or no attention |
| infinitesimal | very small |
| complacency | self-satisfaction; smugness |
| corroborate | to confirm |
| peremptory | dictatorial, imperious |
| contiguous | having a common boundary or edge |
| anemic | lacking vigor or energy |
| indeterminate | not precisely determined or established |
| rakish | jaunty; stylish; sporty; morally corrupt; dissolute; Ex. He wore his hat at a rakish and jaunty angle. |
| hauteur | overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors |
| harlequin | fancifully varied in color, decoration, etc |
| innuendo | a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) |
| prodigality | extravagance |
| vehement | marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions |
| homogeneity | the quality of being of uniform throughout in composition or structure |
| staid | (adj.) serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct |
| vacuous | devoid of significance or point |
| florid | excessively decorated or embellished |
| corpulent | excessively fat |
| echolalia | babble; the habit of repeating what other people say |
| inept | generally incompetent and ineffectual |
| din | the act of making a noisy disturbance |
| chasm | deep breach; wide gap or rift |
| subterfuge | a deceptive stratagem or device |
| punctilious | very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety |
| retributions | the act of correcting for your wrongdoing |
| incredulity | disbelief |
| somnambulatory | related to sleep walking |
| nebulous | cloudy or cloudlike; hazy, vague, indistinct |
| insidious | working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way |
| meretricious | based on pretense |
| conceit | a fancy; a whim; fanciful notion |
| reveries | (noun) daydream; state of being lost in one's thoughts |
| debauchee | a person given to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures |
| menagerie | the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition; a varied group of people |
| dilatory | inclined to waste time and lag behind |
| incarnation | a new personification of a familiar idea |
| caravansary | large inn or hotel |
| portentous | of momentous or ominous significance |
| vicariously | experiencing something by imagined participation in another's experience |
| rancor | bitter resentment or ill-will |
| magnanimous | noble and generous in spirit |
| expostulation | the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest |
| truculent | aggressively hostile |
| luminosity | n. The quality of giving or radiating light. |
| redolent | serving to bring to mind |
| garrulous | given to much talking, tediously chatty |
| pneumatic | relating to air; worked by compressed air |
| fortuitous | occurring by happy chance |
| amorphous | lacking definite form; no define shape |
| adventitious | (adj.) resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired, not congenital |
| pasquinade | a satire or lampoon, esp. one posted in a public place |
| pander | to give or promise what is wanted in order to please someone |
| aesthetic | concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
| commensurate | proportionate |
| orgastic | at the height of emotional excitement |
| elude | escape, either physically or mentally |
| acute | sharper, severe in effect; sensitive to slight details |
| pungent | mentally stimulating or appealing; penetrating power to taste or smell |
| languid | relaxed; lacking in vigor or vitality |
| privy | participating in the knowledge of something private or secret |
| feign | to put on an appearance of; used as an excuse |
| supercilious | arrogant; scornful. |
| levity | lightness of mind, character, behavior |
| bouyed | to keep afloat or support |
| abortive | failing to succeed |
| fractiousness | readily angered |
| wistful | characterized by melancholy, longing or yearning |
| divan | sofa or couch usually without arms or a back |
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