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The Great Gatsby-VW1

First Set of Vocabulary Words for the Great Gatsby

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susceptible to injury or attack Vulnerable
self-restraint Reserved
a false appearance, a fake punch to occupy defenses allowing a real blow. Feigned
excessive frivolity, flippancy levity
to steal and to use another's writings as one's own plagiaristic
something damaged or defaced marred
to prolong the existence of something perpetual
out of the ordinary, odd bizarre
sharpness of perception acute
to blame for something; a disgrace reproach
wild or disturbing activity turbulence
haughty, vain and arrogant supercilious
unruly fractiousness
having unfulfilled longing or yearning wistfully
a distant view seen through an opening vista
sharp or irritating to the taste or smell, acrid pungent
extreme happiness ecstasy
skillful, adroit deft
mutual, interacting reciprocal
slow, sluggish, listless, weak languid
savagery ferociously
ardent showing great emotion, impassioned fervent
given to faultfinding, sneering, and sarcasm; exhibiting mocking disbelief cynical
deserted, without inhabitants, barren desolate
surpassed, exceeded transcendent
a doctor who specializes in treatment of the eyes oculist
lavish, luxurious sumptuous
arrogant, excessively proud and vain haughtily
a lack of concern of feeling, indifference apathetically
uninterrupted incessant
very many; more than can be counted innumerable
high-pitched or piercing (sound) shrill
intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy disdain
having more than one meaning; unclear, uncertain ambiguously
loud and harsh sounding strident
to decorate garnished
wasteful, a person given to extravagance prodigality
a current of air or water moving contrary to the main current (circularly) eddies
forcefully expressing emotion or conviction vehemently
believing on slight evidence, gullible credulity
profound knowledge, intellectual depth profound
state of being very fat corpulent
fond of good company and of festivity convivial
stylish and lively in manner or appearance jauntiness
lack of competence or judgement ineptly
a small stream, brook rivulets
to tear violently, to split rent
anger as a result of something unjust indignant
ill will or evil intentions malevolence
removed in thought from the immediate situation, lost in one's own mind abstractedly
not fully worked out, provisional, uncertain tentatively
a gradual increase in volume and intensity crescendo
piercing, incisive, and keen poignant
insulting or contemptuous behavior insolent
occasionally occurring sporadic
stressing precise following of instructions, details, codes or conduct punctilious
like a maze, very convoluted and intricate labyrinth
upsetting, frustrating disconcerting
to bring out a response, to evoke elicited
difficult to see, vague obscured
abundant in growth, very fertile luxuriated
a sleepwalker somnambulist
to place close together or side by side juxtaposition
very juicy succulent
completely occupied or absorbed engrossed
very pale and sickly wan
no longer existing, dead defunct
unyielding regardless of reason or logic obstinate
remnants, traces, remains vestige
to cause one to become confused confounding
bent into folds corrugated
less than or barely sufficient, meager scanty
Created by: mandilyn4
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