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Great Gatsby
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10th Grade
01/04/2011
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vulnerable
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capable of being wounded; open to attack
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privy
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admitted as one sharing a secret
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plagiaristic
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false, fake
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scorn
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contempt; anger and disgust
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contemptuously
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desparingly
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banns
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public announcement of engagement
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deft
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quick and net in actions; skilled
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extemporizing
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to do something spontaneously
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fractiousness
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a state of being broken
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hulking
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massive
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incredulously
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disbelieving
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languidly
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weakly; sluggishly
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rotogravure
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process of making prints (photos)
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supercilious
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haughtiness
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cynic
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a person who is skeptical, sometimes selfishly
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unobtrusively
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inconspiculously
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infinitesimal
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immeasurably small
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contiguous
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touching
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hauteur
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arrogance
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incessant
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constant
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pastoral
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of or relating to rural life
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saunter
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stroll
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strident
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grating; harsh sounding
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haughtily
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snobbishly
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ambiguously
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in an unclear manner
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permeate
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pervade; seep
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melancholy
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dejection; deep sadness
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impetulously
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do without thought, spontaneously
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implored
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begged
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indiginant
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angry because of something unjust, unworthy or mean
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tantalizing
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teasing; keeping just out of reach
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malevolence
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hatred, ill will
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tumultuous
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rocky, violent
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crescendo
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increasing in loudness
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sporadic
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occuring now and then
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punctilious
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marked by precise codes or conventions
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juxtaposition
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side-by-side placement
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succulent
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juicy
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denizen
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citizen
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wan
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dim; faint
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gaudily
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extravagantly; showily
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harrowed
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tormented
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reproach
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disgrace
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pompadour
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a 20s hairstyle
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vitality
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liveliness
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illusion
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misconception
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initiative
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a self motivated first step
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perturbed
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annoyed
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oppressiveness
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burdened by an abuse of power
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oblivion
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condition of being forgotten
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menegerie
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a collection
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portentous
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foreboding; ominous
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truculent
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savage
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crooning
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singing; murmuring
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dilatory
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slow
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caravansary
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inn
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portentous
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foreboding; ominous
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malice
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desire to cause injury to another
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colossal
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of great size or degree
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unscruptuously
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in an unprincipled manner
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redolent
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suggestive
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benediction
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blessing
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interminable
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never ending
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garrulous
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wordy
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forlorn
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hopeless, sad, lonely
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holocaust
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thorough destruction (by fire)
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complacent
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calm, indifferent
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deranged
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mentally ill
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transitory
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temporary
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superfluous
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surplus
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reverent
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respectful
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aesthetic
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visual beauty
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