The Great Gatsby Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 feigned | pretended |
| levity | lack of seriousness |
| impressionability | sensitivity |
| elations | feelings of exultant joy |
| proximity | nearness |
| supercilious | full of pride or scorn |
| fractiousness | quality of unruliness, peevishness, irritability |
| compulsion | that which compels |
| incredulously | in disbelief |
| reciprocal | done, felt, given in return |
| contemptuously | scornfully |
| unobtrusively | not calling attention to oneself in a displeasing way |
| peremptorily | commandingly |
| intimation | hint; indirect suggestion |
| transcendent | extraordinary |
| contiguous | near, next |
| indeterminate | indefinite |
| apathetically | indifferently, listlessly |
| incessant | continuing or being repeated without stopping |
| strident | harsh-sounding, shrill, grating |
| cataracts | any strong floods or rushes of water |
| harlequin | of many colors; colorful |
| permeate | to penetrate and spread through |
| innuendo | an indirect remark, gesture, or reference, usually implying something derogatory |
| prodigality | quality of extreme abundance, generosity |
| apparition | anything that appears unexpectedly |
| caterwauling | making a shrill, screeching sound |
| subterfuges | any plans used to hide one's true objective or evade a difficult situation |
| punctilious | very careful about every detail of behavior or ceremony |
| labyrinth | maze |
| disconcerting | upsetting, embarrassing |
| luxuriated | grew with vigor and in great abundance |
| somnambulatory | in a sleep-walking state |
| abstraction | mental withdrawal |
| denizen | frequenter of a particular place |
| unfathomable | measureless |
| facade | the front part of a building |
| harrowed | distressed |
| defunct | dead or extinct |
| distraught | extremely troubled |
| vestige | trace |
| swathed | surrounded |
| dishevelled | disarranged and untidy |
| corrugated | shaped in parallel grooves and ridges |
| laudable | praiseworthy |
| initiative | ability to act without being urged |
| notoriety | state of being widely but unfavorable known or discussed |
| insidious | more dangerous than seems evident |
| meretriculous | attractive in a flashy way |
| conceits | witty or fanciful thoughts |
| ineffable | too overwhelming to be expressed or described in words |
| ramifications | arrangements |
| turgid | pompous |
| contingencies | possible occurrences |
| debauchee | a dissipated person |
| substantiality | reality, solidity |
| antecedents | one's ancestry |
| lethargic | abnormally dull |
| euphemisms | uses of words or phrases that are less direct but considered less distasteful that the words or phrases they replace |
| menagerie | collection of wild or strange animals in cages for exhibition |
| dilatory | slow or late in doing things |
| rooted | dug or searched with the nose |
| boisterously | noisily and exuberantly |
| disquieting | disturbing; causing uneasiness |
| inviolate | not broken or violated |
| portentous | ominously threatening |
| libertine | unrestrained, immoral person |
| vicariously | in a way that is experienced or enjoyed through imaginary sharing the the experience of another |
| presumptuous | excessively bold or arrogant; impertinent |
| expostulation | earest expression of protest or opposition |
| truculent | savage fierce |
| luminously | quality of being bright or shiny |
| despicable | to be scorned; contemptible |
| traversed | passed across; crossed |
| humidor | container equipped with a device for keeping cigars or cigarettes moist |
| extravaganza | elaborate production; spectacle |
| redolent | fragrant; suggestive of |
| ravenously | hungrily; greedily |
| corroborate | confirm; support |
| garrulous | talkative |
| fortuitously | by chance; randomly |
| holocaust | great destruction |
| adventitious | accidental |
| surmise | opinion based on little evidence; guess |
| addenda | additions |
| pandered | helped to satisfy dishonorable ambitions |
| commensurate | equal; proportionate |
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