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(chapters 4-6)
The Great Gatsby Vocabulary
term | defintion |
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Punctilious | Strictly attentive to minute details of form in action or conduct |
Somnambulate | To walk or perform another act while asleep or in a sleeplike condition |
Succulent | Full of juice or sap; juicy |
Denizen | An inhabitant; a resident |
Ecstatic | Being in a state of ecstasy; joyful or enraptured |
Exultation | The act or condition of rejoicing greatly. |
laudable | deserving or worthy of praise; admirable; commendable |
Meretricious | Attracting attention in a vulgar manner |
Ineffable | too great or intense to be expressed in words; unutterable |
Genial | Having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner |
Chafe | To wear away or irritate by rubbing |
Dilatory | slow to act |