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Great Gatsby Vocabulary Lists
Vocabulary Lists 1, 2 & 3 for The Great Gatsby.
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English
10th Grade
04/24/2006

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ineffable
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Incapable of being expressed; indescribable or unutterable.
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turgid
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Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent.
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dilatory
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Intended to delay.
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caravansary
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A large inn or hostelry.
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contingency
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Something incidental to something else.
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inviolate
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Not violated or profaned; intact.
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truculent
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Expressing bitter opposition; scathing.
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grail
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The object of a prolonged endeavor.
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sharper
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A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
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garrulous
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Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative.
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fortuitously
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Happening by accident or chance.
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adventitious
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Not inherent but added extrinsically.
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pasquinade
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A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
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ulster
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A loose, long overcoat made of heavy, rugged fabric and often belted.
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redolent
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Having or emitting fragrance; aromatic.
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provincial
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Limited in perspective; narrow and self-centered.
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echolalia
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The often pathological repetition of what is said by other people as if echoing them.
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vinous
Definition
Of, relating to, or made with wine.
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enjoin
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To direct or impose with authority and emphasis.
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caterwauling
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To make a shrill, discordant sound.
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subterfuge
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Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity.
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somnambulate
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To walk or perform another act while asleep or in a sleeplike condition.
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denizen
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One that frequents a particular place.
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meretricious
Definition
Attracting attention in a vulgar manner.
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conceit
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An ingenious or witty turn of phrase or thought.
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privy
Definition
Made a participant in knowledge of something private or secret.
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feign
Definition
To give a false appearance of.
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levity
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Lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate; frivolity.
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conviction
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The state of being convinced.
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epigram
Definition
A short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation.
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fractiousness
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Inclined to make trouble; unruly.
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wan
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Suggestive or indicative of weariness, illness, or unhappiness; melancholy.
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languidly
Definition
In a slow and lethargic manner.
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extemporize
Definition
To do or perform (something) without prior preparation or practice.
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peremptorily
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In an imperative and commanding manner.
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supercilious
Definition
Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
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anemic
Definition
Lacking vitality; listless and weak.
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ectoplasm
Definition
The visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
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staid
Definition
Fixed; permanent.
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vacuous
Definition
Devoid of substance or meaning; inane.
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