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Great Gastby 7-9 Vocab
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11th Grade
09/27/2012

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lapse
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a slip or error, often of a trivial sort; failure
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insistent
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emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent
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tentative
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unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant
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tumult
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uproar; disorder; highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling
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portentous
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ominous; predictive of future bad events
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irreverent
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not respectful; critical of what is generally accepted or respected
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vicarious
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taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute
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rancor
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resentment or ill will; hatred; malice
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formidable
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of great strength; forceful; powerful
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harrowing
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extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous
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contingency
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dependence on chance or on the fulfillment of a condition; uncertainty
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expostulation
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a reasoning with someone against a thing that person intends to do or has done
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truculent
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fierce; cruel; savagely brutal
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humidor
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a container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco
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indiscernible
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cannot be seen or perceived clearly; imperceptible
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garrulous
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excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters
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forlorn
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desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable
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derange
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to make insane
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surmise
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to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess
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superfluous
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being more than is sufficient or required; excessive; unnecessary or needless
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elocution
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a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public
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unutterable
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unspeakable; beyond expression
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