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Gatsby 4 & 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bootlegger | someone who makes/sells illegal liquor, moonshiner |
| denizen | inhabitant or frequent visitor |
| disconcerting | causing an emotional disturbance, discomfiting, upsetting |
| fluctuate | rise and fall in a wavelike pattern, vacillate, waver |
| punctilious | careful, exacting, meticulous |
| sporadic | infrequent, intermittent, fitful |
| succulent | juicy, lush |
| gaudy | tastelessly showy, garish, tacky, trashy |
| harrowing | excruciating, painful, agonizing |
| nebulous | indistinct, lacking definition or clarity |
| reproach | criticism, blame, shame |
| scanty | less than enough/sufficient |
| scrutinize | examine very carefully or in detail |
| swathed | draped |
| vestige | a trace or shadow that remains afterwards |
| penitentiary | prison |
| rove | to wander |
| unfathomable | immeasurable, incomprehensible |