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Gatsby Chapter6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| laudable | deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable |
| insidious | intended to entrap or trick |
| repose | peace; tranquility; calm |
| debauch | an uninhibited spree or party |
| antecedent | a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon |
| ingratiate | to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others by deliberate effort |
| perturb | to throw into great disorder; derange; bother; annoy |
| dilatory | tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy |
| desolate | barren or laid waste; devastated; deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; solitary; lonely |
| elusive | hard to express or define; cleverly or skillfully evasive |