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The Great Gatsby 7-9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| indiscreet | not discreet, imprudent, lacking in judgement, not wise, secrative |
| explicable | capable of being explained, answered |
| presumptuous | ready to presume in conduct or thought, In a rude and confident way |
| aesthetic | concerned with notions such as beautiful and the ugly, style |
| boisterous | rough and noisy, clamorous |
| porentuos | marvelous, amazing, ominously signifigant |
| solidarity | community of feeling, purpose, unified, joined |
| vicarious | suffered in place of another |
| inviolate | free from injury, descretion, safe |
| garroulous | excessively talking, rambling |
| strata | a layer of materials, naturally or artificially formed |
| pneumatic | operating by air, gas or wind |
| elocution | a persons manner of speaking or reading aloud in public |
| fortuitous | happening or produced by chance, accidental |
| interminable | incapable of being terminated, unending |
| transitory | lasting a short time, change |
| wan | sickly, lacking in color |