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Gatsby Vocab. 7-9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| elocution | the art of effective public speaking |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| portentious | trying to seem important, serious, or impressive : |
| pneumatic | filled with air |
| amorphous | having no definite or clear shape or form |
| truculent | easily annoyed or angered and likely to argue |
| caravansary | hotel, inn |
| superfluous | beyond what is needed |
| vicarious | experienced or felt by watching, hearing about, or reading about someone else rather than by doing something yourself |
| redolent | having a strong smell |
| expostulation | to disagree with something or argue against it |
| pasquinade | satirical writing |
| contingency | an event (as an emergency) that may but is not certain to occur |
| garrulous | tending to talk a lot : very talkative |