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Great Gatsby vocab
chapters 1-10
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10th Grade
06/02/2009

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epigram
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"N – any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed"
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supercilious
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Adj – full of contempt and arrogance
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fractiousness
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Adj – irritable and complaining
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contempt
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N – attitude of utter disgust or hatred
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divan
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N – backless sofa
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languidly
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Adv – sluggishly
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unobtrusively
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"Adv – not blatantly, not conspicuously"
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complacency
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N – a condition of satisfaction
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extemporizing
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V – performing something without preparation
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tangible
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Adj – able to be touched
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settee
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N – comfortable seat for two people
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sedative
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"N – a drug or other agent that induces sedation, a tranquilizing drug"
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sophisticated
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Adj – knowledgeable and cultured
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rotogravure
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N – printing process with rotary press
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peremptorily
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Adj – leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative
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corroborated
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V – to give or represent evidence of the truth of something
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libel
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N – a false and malicious published statement that damages somebody’s reputation. Libel can include pictures and any other representations that have public or permanent form
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intimation
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N – a hint
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transcendent
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Adj – better or superior in quality/achievement
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oculist
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N – optometrist (eye doctor)
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sauntered
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V – strolled
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sumptuous
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Adj – splendid or magnificent in appearance
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ectoplasm
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N – ghostly substance or a medium who is communicating with spirits
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hauteur
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N – haughty manner or arrogance
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kike
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N – a highly offensive taboo term for a Jew
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cataracts
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N – an eye disease OR a film over the eye lens OR a waterfall OR a flood
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harlequin
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Adj – having multicolored shapes
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innuendo
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N – a hint of something improper OR the interpretation of posibly slanderous language
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prodigality
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N – extravagance or the trait of spending extravagantly
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credulity
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N – gullibility
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melancholy
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Adj – feeling or causing sadness
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impetuously
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Adv – impulsively
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florid
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Adj – ornate in wording and style
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corpulent
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Adj – obese
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jauntiness
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N – a carefree nature
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obstetrical
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Adj – of childbirth
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vinous
Definition
Adj – of wine
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tantalizing
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Adj – attractive but unattainable OR inviting
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enjoined
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V – to command somebody
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caterwauling
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V – yowling or making a loud harsh noise
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punctilious
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Adj – careful about correct behavior
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somnambulatory
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Adj – carried out while sleepwalking
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denizen
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N – a resident or habitual visitor
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wan
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Adj – pale or faint
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obstinate
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Adj – stubborn
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postern
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N – the rear gate
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corrugated
Definition
Adj – with ridges and troughs
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pompadour
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N – woman's or man's hairstyle
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nebulous
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Adj – unclear
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laudable
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Adj – praiseworthy
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notoriety
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N – questionable fame
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insidious
Definition
Adj – gradual and harmful (ex: an insidious evil)
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Platonic
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Adj – relating to Plato or his philosophy
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meretricious
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Adj – superficially attractie or misleadingly plausible
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grotesque
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Adj – distored OR seeming strange/ludicrous through being out of place or unexpected OR blending realistic and fantastic
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conceits
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N – excessive self-pride
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ineffable
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Adj – indescribable
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oblivious
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Adj – unaware or forgetting
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reveries
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N – a daydream
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savory
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Adj – not sweet OR respectable
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ramifications
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N – complicating result
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turgid
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Adj – pompous and overcomplicated
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elicited
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V – provoked a reaction
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contingencies
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N – something that may happen or dependence upon a chance
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reposing
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V – to lie resting
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debauchee
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N – self-indulgently immoral person
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antecedents
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N – something coming before or ancestors
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ingratiate
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V – to seek please somebody
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profusion
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N – a great deal
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euphemisms
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N – less offensive synonym or use of inoffensive words
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menagerie
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N – wild animal exhibit or a diverse/exotic group
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dilatory
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Adj – slow or intended to cause a delay/waste of time
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caravansary
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N – desert inn for traveling caravans
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precipitately
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V – to make something happen quickly or to send somebody/something rapidly
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libertine
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N – philanderer (somebody -usually a man- who indulges in pleasures that are considered immoral and who has sexual relationships with many people)
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prig
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N – a well-behaved person
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vicariously
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Adv – living through another by imagining (ex: to live vicariously)
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sagely
Definition
Adv – wisely
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rancor
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N – resentment
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magnanimous
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"Adj – noble-spirited (very generous, kind, or forgiving)"
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presumtuous
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Adj – rude or arrogant
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portentous
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Adj – significant OR pompous
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inquest
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N – a formal investigation
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expostulation
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N – an expression of disagreement
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truculent
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Adj – aggressively defiant
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luminosity
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N – strength of light emitted
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adventitious
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Adj – from outside (added from an outside and often unexpected source rather than intrinsic)
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pasquinade
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N – a paradoy or satire
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superfluous
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Adj – more than necessary
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commensurate
Definition
Adj – equal in size or in proportion
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