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Great Gatsby Vocab
Vocabulary from the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fiztgerald
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Privy | belonging or relating to a person in one's individual rather than official capacity; secret; private |
| Levity | lack of steadiness:changeableness |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true:not credulous:skeptical |
| intimation | to make known especially publicly or formally: announce; to communicate delicately and indirectly: hint |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| apathetically | having little or no interest or concern: indifferent |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption |
| vehemently | marked by forceful energy: powerful |
| ascertain | to make certain, exact, or precise: to find our of learn with certainty |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| benediction | the invocation of a blessing; especially: the short blessing with which public worship is concluded |
| harrowed | hurt;wound;cause pain or torment to |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| nebulous | hazy, vague, confused |
| laudable | worthy of praise: commendable |
| insidious | awaiting a chance to entrap:treacherous:harmful but enticing:seductive |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words:indescribable |
| portentous | indicating evil to come;ominous;threating;amazing; extraordinary |
| magnanimous | showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind; unselfish |
| expostulation | earnest protest; friendly remonstrance |
| garrulous | pointlessly or annoyingly talkative; wordy |
| fortuitously | occuring by chance: fortunate, lucky |
| commensurate | in the proper proportion; of the same size or extent; equal |
| complacent | pleased with oneself or what one has; self-satisfied |
| feign | put on a false appearance of; fake; make believe; pretend |
| supercilious | proud; showing scorn or indifference because of feeling of superiority |
| conscientious | careful to do what one know is right; done with care to make it right |
| reciprocal | in return; mutual |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous; derisively mocking |
| decadent | characterized by or appealing to self-indulgence; marked by decay or decline. |
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