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The Great Gatsby
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Feign | To fake or pretend something (Act) |
| Supercilious | Feeling superior to others (Cocky) |
| Conscientious | Your inner thought and listening to your mind (diligent) |
| Reciprocal | Returning or feeling the same (mutual) |
| Complacent | Being smug or cocky (egotistical) |
| Infintie | Very large or great in amount (Immense) |
| Intimation | Causing fear or awe (Frightening) |
| Anon | happening shortly or soon (directly) |
| contiguous | Close but not touching (near) |
| facet | an aspect of something or someone (characteristic) |
| cower | back down in fear (flinch) |
| interpose | insert between two things (intervene) |
| apathetic | showing or feeling no interest (indifferent) |
| languid | weak or faint (frail) |
| imply | suggest without blatantly saying (hinted) |
| strident | loud or harsh (rough) |
| deft | moving skillfully (nimble) |
| clad | Clothed (dressed) |
| permeate | spread around (pervade) |
| innuendo | a suggestive remark (implication) |
| erroneous | wrong (incorrect) |
| vehement | showing strong feelings (passionate) |
| cordial | friendly (warm) |
| impetuous | acting quickly without thinking (impulsive) |
| vacuous | lack of thought (mindless) |
| corpulent | fat (obese) |
| provincial | a person who lives in a province of a country (non urban) |
| din | a loud continued noise (racket) |
| knickerbocker | pants that end before the knee (Shorts) |
| fluctuate | change irregularly; usually up or down (shift) |
| sporadic | happening irregularly (infrequent) |
| divine retribution | a supernatural punishment or reward (reprisal) |
| rajah | an Indian prince or king (royalty) |
| elicit | to cause someone to respond to something (evoke) |
| valor | bravery when in danger (courage) |
| somnambulatory | someone who is asleep moving in a way that is common while awake (sleepwalking) |
| denizen | the things/people that live in a certain place (resident) |
| jaunty | cheerful and self-confident (cheerful) |
| rout | a great defeat (beat) |
| suppress | prevent a certain action or emotion (restrain) |
| innumerable | to many to count (countless) |
| ecstatic | overwhelming joy (elated) |
| reproach | look of disappointment (disapproval) |
| serf | an agricultural laborer (farmer) |
| obstinate | refusing to change an opinion (stubborn) |
| exult | show triumphant delight (rejoice) |
| hulking | a person that is large and clumsy |
| nebulous | hazy and vague (unclear) |
| laudable | deserving praise or recognition (admirable) |
| insidious | happening gradually but has harmful effects (subtle) |
| repose | resting (relaxing) |
| debauch | ruin the moral purity of something (corrupt) |
| antecedent | happening in time order (chronological) |
| ingratiate | trying to get someone to like you through pleasing them (win over) |
| perturb | make someone anxious (disturb) |
| dilatory | causing delay; being slow (lax) |
| desolate | deserted or empty (bare) |
| elusive | hard to find/catch (evasive) |
| lapse | a brief failure in memory (slip) |
| insistent | repeated demand for attention (incessant) |
| tentative | doing something without confidence (hesitant) |
| abrupt | sudden (unexpected) |
| tumult | confusion or disorder (disarray) |
| portentous | doing something in order to impress (pompous) |
| irreverent | showing a lack of respect (disrespectful) |
| vicarious | experiencing something through another person (derivative) |
| rancor | being resentful (spite) |
| formidable | getting respect by being powerful (daunting) |
| humidor | stores things at certain humidities (container) |
| indiscernible | hard to distinguish (indistinguishable) |
| settee | sitting furniture for more than one person (couch) |
| in cahoots | working together (partners) |
| divot | a hole in the ground; makes the ground uneven (hole) |
| garrulous | very talkative (chatty) |
| incoherent | not able to understand (unclear) |
| conceivable | capable of happening (believable) |
| forlorn | sad and abandoned (lonely) |
| laden | weighted down (heavy) |
| pasquinade | public display of satire (mockery) |
| derange | act irregularly (insane) |
| surmise | believe something is true without evidence (infer) |
| superfluous | more than enough (redundant) |
| elocution | clear speech (pronunciation) |
| unutterable | to awful to describe (indescribable) |
| subtle | slight change that makes it difficult to analyze (precise) |
| orgastic | exciting or stimulating (euphoric) |
| borne | transported by a certain thing (carry) |
| ceaselessly | continue without end (constant) |
Created by:
Caitlyn Dalton