Gatsby Vocabulary Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| harrowed | distressed |
| defunct | dead or extinct |
| distraught | extremely troubled |
| vestige | trace |
| swathed | surrounded; enveloped |
| disheveled | disarranged and untidy |
| corrugated | shaped in parallel grooves and ridges |
| laudable | praiseworthy |
| initiative | ability to act without being urged |
| notoriety | state of being widely but unfavorably known or discussed |
| insidious | more dangerous than seems evident |
| meretricious | attractive in a flashy way |
| conceits | witty or fanciful thoughts or expressions |
| ineffable | too overwhelming to be expressed or described in words |
| ramifications | arrangements |
| turgid | pompous |
| contingencies | possible occurrences |
| debauchee | self-indulgent person |
| substantiality | strong, solid, firm |
| antecedents | one's ancestry, past life |
| lethargic | abnormally dull |
| euphemisms | uses of words or phrases that are less direct but considered less distasteful than the words or phrases they replace |
| menagerie | collection of wild or strange animals kept in cages for exhibition |
| dilatory | slow or late in doing things |
| elongating | to extend the length of |
| postern | private or side entrance |
| pompadour | man's style of hairdressing |
| nebulous | indistinct, vague |
| incarnation | endowment with a human body |
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