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Gatsby Vocabulary
Chapters 5 and 6
Question | Answer |
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harrowed | distressed |
defunct | dead or extinct |
distraught | extremely troubled |
vestige | trace |
swathed | surrounded; enveloped |
disheveled | disarranged and untidy |
corrugated | shaped in parallel grooves and ridges |
laudable | praiseworthy |
initiative | ability to act without being urged |
notoriety | state of being widely but unfavorably known or discussed |
insidious | more dangerous than seems evident |
meretricious | attractive in a flashy way |
conceits | witty or fanciful thoughts or expressions |
ineffable | too overwhelming to be expressed or described in words |
ramifications | arrangements |
turgid | pompous |
contingencies | possible occurrences |
debauchee | self-indulgent person |
substantiality | strong, solid, firm |
antecedents | one's ancestry, past life |
lethargic | abnormally dull |
euphemisms | uses of words or phrases that are less direct but considered less distasteful than the words or phrases they replace |
menagerie | collection of wild or strange animals kept in cages for exhibition |
dilatory | slow or late in doing things |
elongating | to extend the length of |
postern | private or side entrance |
pompadour | man's style of hairdressing |
nebulous | indistinct, vague |
incarnation | endowment with a human body |