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Chapter 3 Vocabulary
The Great Gatsby
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Convivial | 1 friendly; agreeable. 2 fond of feasting, drinking, and merry company; jovial. 3 of or befitting a feast; festive |
| Corpulent | large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat |
| Crescendo | 1 a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force. 2 a steady increase in force or intensity. 3 the climatic point or moment in such an increase; peak |
| Din | a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor |
| Eddies | 1 a current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, especially one having a rotary or whirling motion. 2 a small whirlpool. 3 any similar current, as of air, dust, or fog. |
| Endowing | 1 to provide with a permanent fund or source of income. 2 to furnish, as with some talent ,faculty, or quality; equip |
| Florid | 1 reddish; ruddy; rose. 2 flowery; excessively ornate; showy |
| Impetuously | 1 of, pertaining to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.., impulsive. 2 having great impetus; moving with great force; violent |
| Ineptly | 1 without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit. 2 generally awkward or clumsy; haplessly incompetent. 3 inappropriate; unsuitable; out of place. 4 absurd or foolish |
| Insolent | boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent, insulting |
| Malevolence | the quality, state, or feeling of being malevolent; ill will; malice; hatred |
| Poignant | 1 keenly distressing to the feelings. 2 keen or strong in mental appeal. 3 affecting or moving the emotions 4. pungent to the smell |
| Prodigal | 1 wastefully or recklessly extravagant. 2 giving or yielding profusely; lavish spent, his or her money or substance with wasteful extravagance; spendthrift |
| Provincial | belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local 2 a person who lives in or comes from the provinces |
| Rivulet | a small stream; streamlet; brook |
| Vacuous | 1 without contents; empty. 2 lacking in ideas or intelligence. 3 expressing or characterized by lack of ideas or intelligence; insane; stupid. 4 purposeless; idle |
| Vehemently | 1 zealous; ardent; impassioned. 2 characterized by rancor or anger; violent. 3 strongly emotional; intense or passionate. 4 marked by great energy or exertion; strenuous |
| Wan | 1 of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color. 2 showing or suggesting ill health, fatigue, unhappiness. 3 lacking in forcefulness, competence, or effectiveness |
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