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Great Gatsby
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Debauch | Corrupt, destroy someones morals |
| Feign | pretend to be affected by something (FAKE) |
| Formidable | fear, respect, awe at someone or something b/c that person is powerful |
| Irreverent | To disrespect family traditions (LACK OF RESPECT) |
| Humidor | an airtight container for keeping cigars or tobacco |
| Strident | Loud or harsh a lot of emphasis |
| Eastatic | extremely happy |
| Permeate | to spread through something |
| Laudable | deserving of praise and admiration |
| Derange | someone who is crazy, mad |
| Nebulous | Cloud like, not clear |
| Knickerbocker | a New Yorker |
| Surmise | making a general claim about something without having proof |
| Contiguous | touching along a boundary or a point physical |
| Complacent | thinking you are in a better place then others when you are really not. Showing satisfaction with ones self |
| Apathetic | showing a lack of action, concern, interest, feelings |
| Somnambulatory | walking or doing other actions in your sleep |
| Vehement | actions or emotions that are intense |
| Vacuous | lack of intelligence / mindless |
| Dilatory | something or someone that causes delay (SLOW) slow to act |
| Rancor | a feeling of hate towards events that happened in the past |
| Garrulous | habit of talking a lot |