| Description | Matching word |
| dishonest, cheats at Golf | Jordan |
| Seems pure and wonderful on the outside but the inside is focused on money, yellow gold | Daisy |
| out of place, goes back to Midwest where there are still values | Nick |
| Arrogant, violent, prejudiced | Tom |
| changed his name | Jay |
| Fixed World Series | Meyer Wolfsheim |
| Bootlegger | Gatsby |
| middle name Fay which means Fairy or sprite, an elflike, fairyland creature | Daisy |
| ex football star | Tom |
| light at the pier | hope |
| trapped on valley of ashes, runs a garage | George Wilson |
| has affair with Tom | Myrtle Wilson |
| connected to organized crime | Meyer Wolfshiem |
| wants the benefits her sister shares | Catherine |
| has little contact with parents | Pammy |
| the only person who is kind to Wilson | Michaelis |
| Gatsby's mentor | Dan Cody |
| the drunk boarder, one of many people who use Gatsby | Ewing Klipspringer |
| reminds reader of Gatsby's humble beginnings | Henry C. Gatz |
| Thought the "real" books were cool, went to graveside | owl eyes |
| "God" | Eckelburg's glasses |
| dispair, moral wasteland | Valley of Ashes |
| Nick almost falls in love with | Jordan Baker |
| Tom says he can't divorce because | Daisy is Catholic |
| where old money lives | East Egg |
| Where new money lives | West Egg |
| Another way Gatsby got his money | selling illegal, fake bonds |
| Thinks Gastby could have been a great man | his dad, Henry |
| Has an idealized view of life and himself | Gatsby |
| Doesn't judge Gatsby | Nick |
| moves back to the Midwest to escape moral decay | Nick |
| Symbolic of the lower class and the dression to come | Valley of Ashes |
| Symbolic of wasted morals, money | Yellow |
| Symbolic of honesty | Blue |
| Symbolic of Gatsby's hope, envy | Green |
| Symbolic of weath | Silver |
| Symbolic (ironically) of goodness and purity | White |