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GG Vocab
Great Gatsby Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| feign | to pretend |
| supercilious | arrogant |
| cower | to crouch |
| vehement | intense |
| Knickerbocker | New Yorker |
| rout | disturbance |
| debauch | to corrupt |
| vicarious | serving as a substitute |
| divot | a little hole |
| elocution | oral delivery |
| levity | lack of appropriate seriousness |
| peremptorily | imperative |
| rakish | dashing |
| vacuous | empty |
| rajah | king |
| nebulous | confused |
| dilatory | tardy |
| rancor | bitter |
| garrulous | wordy |
| fractiousness | unruly |
| banter | exchange |
| intimidation | to make timid |
| innuendo | insinuation |
| corpulent | large |
| somnambulatory | to do with sleep walking |
| laudable | praiseworthy |
| portentous | momentous |
| humidor | storage for cigars |
| pasquinade | satire |
| peremptory | imperative |