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The Great Gatsby
chapter 3 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| permeate | spread throughout (something); pervade. "the aroma of soup permeated the air" |
| innuendo | an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one. "she's always making sly innuendoes" |
| erroneous | wrong; incorrect. "employers sometimes make erroneous assumptions" |
| vehement | showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense. "her voice was low but vehement" |
| cordial | warm and friendly. "the atmosphere was cordial and relaxed" strongly felt. "I earned his cordial loathing" |
| impetuous | acting or done quickly and without thought or care. "her friend was headstrong and impetuous" |
| vacuous | having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless. "a vacuous smile" |
| corpulent | (of a person) fat. "a short, somewhat corpulent man" |
| provincial | of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded. "the whole exhibition struck one as being very provincial" |
| din | a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise. "the fans made an awful din" |
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