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Gatsby Vocab Ch1
The Great Gatsby Chapter 1 Vocabulary
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| to make believe; pretend; fake doing something | feign |
| A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever or amusing way | epigram |
| Behaving or thinking one is superior to others | supercilious |
| The feeling that a person or a think is beneath consideration, worthless or deserving scorn. | contempt |
| pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion. | wan |
| Talk or exchange of remarks in a good-humored teasing way | bantering |
| A person who sees or anticipates the worst. | pessimist |
| Distrusting, criticizing, or mocking the motives of others | cynical |
| a recurring element in literature (an idea that is repeated throughout the work) | motif |
| mental struggle arising from opposing demands or impulses | internal conflict |
| comparison that usually uses the words "like" or "as" (wily as a fox) | simile |
| comparison between two things to show how one resembles the other in some way (all the world's a stage) | metaphor |
| extravagant exaggeration (chocolate is the best thing ever) | hyperbole |