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Great Gatsby voc
great gatsby vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| irritability | fractiousness |
| pretended | feigned |
| free from obligation | exempt |
| odd, grotesque | bizarre |
| playful teasing | bantering |
| self-satisfaction | complacency |
| hint | intimation |
| lonely | desolate |
| haughty | supercilious |
| adjoining | contiguous |
| indifferent | apathetic |
| listless | languid |
| disdainful pride | hauteur |
| extravagance | prodigality |
| forcefully | vehemently |
| willingness to believe | credulity |
| skeptical of goodness and sincerity | cynical |
| to make sure | ascertain |
| sociable | convivial |
| artificial | affection |
| precise | punctilious |
| maze | labyrinth |
| confusing | disconcerting |
| ominous | sinister |
| preoccupied | abstracted |
| side by side placement | juxtaposition |
| at the same time | simultaneous |
| no longer existing | defunct |
| unsuccessful | abortive |
| agitated | distraught |
| a trace of something no longer existing | vestige |
| to vary | fluctuate |
| disturbing | turbulent |
| swollen | turgid |
| a possible event | contingency |
| abundance | profusion |
| nothingness | oblivion |
| leisurely stroll | saunter |
| slow | dilatory |
| offense | affront |
| bottomless pit | abyss |
| sacred, intact | inviolate |
| periodic | intermittent |
| overly bold | presumptuous |
| awesome | formidable |
| without stopping | incessant |
| hungrily | ravenously |
| spread throughout | pervaded |
| confirm | corroborate |
| overly talkative | garrulous |
| formless | amorphous |
| complete destruction | holocaust |
| accidental | adventitious |
| excessive | superfluous |
| yielded | deferred |
| stylish | jaunty |
| twist out of shape | distort |
| temporary | transitory |
| disordered, unconnected | incoherent |