The Great Gatsby Vocabulary
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Latin | English |
|---|---|
| privy |  hidden from general view or use |
| levity | lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner |
| fractiousness | unruly, quarrelsome |
| unobtrusively | not aggressive or noticeable |
| divan | a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall) |
| commensurate | equal in extent; of the same size |
| complacency | self-satisfaction esp. when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| corroborated | to support with evidence or authority; make more certain |
| peremptory | offensively self-assured or admitting of no contradiction |
| contiguous | adjacent, contingent, being in actual contact |
| impetuously | marked by force and violence of movement or action, impulsive passion: Precipitate |
| vehemently | marked by forceful energy: Powerful |
| denizen | inhabitant, one that frequents a place |
| contingency | something liable to happen as an adjunct to or result of something else. Possible, unpredictable, accidental |
| convivial | relating to, occupied with or fond of feasting, drinking and good company |
| discordant | disagreeing, quarrelsome |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause dely: Tardy |
| din | the act of making a noisy disturbance |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion: Hint |
| languid | weak, sluggish in character |
| subterfuge | deception |
| punctilious | careful |
| supercilious | proud |
| somnambulatory | walk when asleep |
| redolent | exuding fragrance: scented |
| truculent | cruel, savage, deadly |
| pasquinade | a lampoon posted in a public place, satire |
| nebulous | indistinct, vague, relating to a number of clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| vinous | relating to wine, showing the effects of the use of wine |
| magnanimous | showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit |
| vicariously | serving instead of someone or something else |
| adventitious | a rising or occurring sporadically or in other than the usual location |
| provincial | person of local or restricted interests or outlook. lacking urban polishor refinement. superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| libertine | unusually disparaging: a free thinker especially in religious matters |
| prig | thief |
| garrulous | talkative, wordy |
| fortuitously | accidental, lucky, fortunate. Occurring by chance |
| amorphous | having no definite form/ chapeless, unclassifiable |
| indiscreet | not descreet, imprudent or lacking wisdom or good judgment |
| caravansary | hotel, inn |
| anemic | lacking force, vitality, or spirit. lacking interest or savor |
| incarnation | a concrete of actual form of a quality or concept |
| portentous | eliciting amazement or wonder. being a grave or serious matter. relating to or constituting an omen or sign |
| expostulation | discuss or examine |
| meretricious | relating to a prostitute. falsely attractive. superficially significant |
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