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the great Gatsby
vocal
| vocab word | def(synonym) |
|---|---|
| feign | faking an emotion(phoney) |
| supercilious | thinking you are above others(arrogant) |
| conscientious | honest and good (diligent) |
| reciprocal | mutual feeling to do or feel something(correlative) |
| complacent | self-satisfaction when in unknown danger |
| infinite | never-ending(limitless) |
| intimation | subtle suggestion to an answer to a problem(threaten, hint) |
| anon | something that is happening soon(later) |
| contiguous | being infection to be around, touching along the bounders(bordering) |
| facet | a way something appears(aspect) |
| cower | hide, take shelter(recoil) |
| interpose | to between two things or people(wedge, chim in) |
| apathetic | showing lack of interest for(cold) |
| languid | lacking energy or strength to do something(limp, wea) |
| imply | to hint to something(infer) |
| strident | as loudly, confient(vocally) |
| deft | finished with trained ability(smooth) |
| clad | to cover something to protect(armor) |
| permeate | to spread throughout(transfuse) |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion(slander) |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error(inaccurate) |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy(energetic) |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval(warmhearted) |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion( |
| vacuous | lacking contents that could or should be present(unvoid,empty) |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body(plump) |
| provincial | not broad or open in views or opinions(small-minded) |
| din | loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound(blare) |
| knickerbocker | loose-fitting pants that gathered or below the knees |
| fluctuate | move or sway in a raising and falling or wavelike pattern |
| sporadic | recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances |
| divine retribution | Punishment for doing something wrong |
| rajah | a prince or king in India |
| elicit | call forth, as an emotion, Feeling, or response |
| valor | the qualities of a hero or heroine |
| somnambulatory | walk in one's sleep |
| deinizen | la plant or animal naturalized in a region |
| jaunty | in a jaunty fashionable manner |
| rout | an overwhelming defeat |
| suppress | put down by authority or force |
| innumerable | too many to be counted |
| ecstatic | feeling great rapture or delight |
| reproach | express criticism towards |
| serf | agricultural laborer bound to work on his lord's estate |
| obstinate | marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield |
| exult | the utterance of sounds expressing great joy |
| hulking | large, heavy, or clumsy |
| nebulous | acking definite form or limits |
| laudable | deserving praise |
| insidious | working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way |
| repose | a state of rest, sleep. or tranquility |
| debauch | a wild gathering involving excessive drinking |
| antecedent | gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts |
| ingratiate | gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts |
| perturb | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried |
| dilatory | wasting time |
| desolate | providing no shelter or sustenance |
| elusive | skillful at evading capture |
| lapse | drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards |
| insistent | demanding attention |
| tentative | hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion |
| abrupt | sudden and unexpected |
| tumult | a state of commotion and noise and confusion |
| portentous | of momentous or ominous significance |
| irreverent | showing lack of due respect or veneration |
| vicarious | experienced at secondhand |
| rancor | bitterness or resentfulness |
| formidable | inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large |
| humidor | airtight container for keeping cigars or tobacco moist |
| indiscernible | impossible to see or clearly distinguish |
| settee | a small sofa |
| cahoots | questionable collaboration; secret partnership |
| divot | a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway |
| garrulous | full of trivial conversation |
| incoherent | expressed in a confusing way |
| conceivable | capable of being imagined |
| forlorn | marked by or showing hopelessness |
| laden | filled with a great quantity |
| pasquinade | a composition that humorously imitates somebody's style |
| derange | throw out of mental balance: make insane |
| surmise | infer from incomplete evidence |
| superfluous | more than is needed, desired, or required |
| elocution | an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice |
| unutterable | too great, intense, or awful to describe |
| subtle | delicately complex and understated |
| orgastic | intense or unrestrained excitement |
| borne | carried or transported by the thing specifed |
| ceaselessly | continuously and without end |
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sammares
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