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Ch.1 Great Gatsby
Vocabulary for chapter one of The Great Gatsby
Term | Definition |
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Feign | To imitate deceptively; to make believe; pretend |
Supercilious | Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy |
Conscientious | Meticulous; careful; painstaking; particular |
Incredulous | Indicating or showing unbelief |
Reciprocal | Mutual; corresponding; matching; complementary; equivalent |
Wan | Of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color |
Complacent | Often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied |
Intimation | make known subtly and indirectly; hint |
Infinite | indefinitely or exceedingly large |
Anon | In a short period of time |