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Gatsby 51-114
Vocab Test 3: Fitzgerald "The Great Gatsby" 51-114
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| indignantly | characterized by displeasure |
| succulent | full of juice; juicy |
| juxtaposition | placing side by side |
| unfathomable | incomprehensible |
| jauntily | smartly trim, as in clothing |
| demoniac | pertaining to a demon; demonic |
| confounding | to cause to become perplexed |
| postern | a back door or gate |
| jonquils | a type of ornamental plant |
| disheveled | messed up, like the hair |
| corrugated | to draw or bend into alternate ridges |
| laudable | commendable |
| insidious | intended to entrap or beguile |
| reveries | a state of dreaming or fanciful musing |
| cordial | courteous and gracious; warm |
| foliage | the leaves of a plant |
| profusion | abundance; great quality |
| oblivion | the state of being completely forgotten or unknown |
| euphemisms | substituting a mild term for something considered offensive |
| obtrusive | protruding, projecting |
| menagerie | a collection of wild animals, usually for exhibition |
| affront | a personally offensive act or word |
| morbid | suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude |
| tumultuous | marked by disturbance and uproar |
| portentous | amazing; of the moment |
| vicariously | received in place of another; acting or serving like a substitute |
| rancor | malice; hatred |
| tangible | touchable |
| magnanimous | noble; generous in forgiving injury or an insult |
| expostulation | to reason with someone in order to attempt to correct their belief |
| incoherent | not making sense |
| truculent | fierce; cruel; savagely brutal |
| insidious | intended to entrap or beguile |
| malice | hatred; opposite of goodwill |
| stratum | layers or levels |
| redolent | having a pleasant odor |
| benediction | an utterance of good wishes |
| corroborate | to make more certain; to confirm |
| tactful | skilled |
| garrulous | talkative; wordy |
| pneumatic | pertaining to air, gases, or the wind |
| fortuitously | luckily |
| amorphous | not having a set shape |
| adventitious | extrinsic |
| pasquinade | a satire or lampoon, especially one posted in a public place |
| ulster | a heavy Irish overcoat |
| unpunctual | not on time |
| embroidered | decorated |
| hastily | with haste |
| vain | overly concerned about appearance |
| scrutinized | looked at carefully |
| reverent | religious; showing respect to |
| bulbous | bulb-shaped; bulging |
| quivered | shook |
| resolves | To make a firm decision about. |
| gayeties | festivities |
| vestibules | a small entrance hall or passage |
| complacent | self-satisfied; often too-pleased with one’s self and achievements despite looming danger |
| inquisitions | investigations |
| sullen | showing irritation or ill humor through silence |
| unutterable | things which must not be said |
| provincial | belonging to some particular province; local |
| raspingly | harshly; gratingly (as of a voice) |
| aesthetic | relating to beauty |
Created by:
tim.reynolds11
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