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Great Gatsby Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Incessant | continuing without interruption |
Ravenously | Extremely hungry; voracious |
pervaded | to be present throughout; permeate |
amorphous | lacking definite form; shapeless |
holocaust | reat destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life |
adventitious | not inherent but added extrinsically; accidental |
superfluous | being beyond what is required or sufficient |
deferred | to put off; postpone |
jaunty | having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk |
distort | to twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape |
transitory | existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary |
incoherent | lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; not coherent |
sumptuous | a size or splendor suggesting great expense |
facet | one of numerous aspects, as of a subject |
vacuous | devoid of matter; empty |