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The Great Gatsby Vocabulary 1
Great Gatsby Vocabulary
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11th Grade
02/12/2008
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adventitious
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fortuitous
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amorphous
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shapeless
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ascertain
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verify
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ashen
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pale in color; like ashes; gray
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banns
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announcement of intention to marry
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caravansary
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a large square building enclosing a court for the shelter of caravans
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chafed
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rubbed
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complacency
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smugness; contentment
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contiguous
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adjacent
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contingencies
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eventualities
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convivial
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sociable; genial
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debauchee
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sensualist
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dilatory
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tardy; delayed
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din
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noise
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disconcerting
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jarring; upsetting
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discordant
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conflicting; antagonistic
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extemporary
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temporary
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ectoplasm
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the substance alleged to emanate from the body of a spiritualist medium during a trance
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expostulation
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objection; protest
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euphemism
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substitution
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deft
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skilled; proficient
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fervent
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eager; zealous
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fortuitously
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accidentally/casually; luckily/fortunately
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florid
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elaborate
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fractiousness
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disposed to rebel; peevishness
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hauteur
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haughty manner or spirit
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imperatively
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domineeringly
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indiscernible
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hard to comprehend; not visible
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ineffable
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inexpressible; indescribable
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infintiesimal
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small amount
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ingratiate
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to bring oneself into the favor or confidence of others
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innuendo
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insult; affront
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insidious
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sly; treacherous
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insolent
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insulting; disrespectful
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inviolate
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intact; pure
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irreverent
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profane; blasphemous
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jauntiness
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virility
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languidly
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wearily; lackadaisical
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laudable
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commendable; praiseworthy
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lethargic
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drowsy; listless
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libertine
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licentiates; lewd
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luminosity
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radiance; brilliance
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luxuriated
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indulged
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magnanimous
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generous
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meretricious
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gaudy; ornate; tawdry
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muster
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gather
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nebulous
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indistinct
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oblivious
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careless
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obtrusive
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jutting; bulging; intrusive; rude
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pasquinade
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an abusive or course personal satire posted in a public place
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peremptorily
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authoritatively; harsh
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poignant
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moving; touching
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portentous
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ominous; foreboding
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postern
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a back gate or door
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presumptuous
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insolent; audacious
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prig
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prude
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prodigality
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abundance; plenty
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profusion
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abundance; plenty
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punctilious
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careful; painstaking
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racy
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risque; suggestiveness
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ramifications
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radiations; deviations
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rancor
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malice; ill will
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ravenous
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gluttonous; devouring
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redolent
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aromatic; sweet
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rent
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rip; break
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reveries
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preoccupations; abstractions
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sauntered
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strolled
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savory
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delicious
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somnambulatory
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in a sleep-like, dream-like state
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staid
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modest; sedate; serious
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stratum
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sheet; layer
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subterfuge
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ruse; evasion
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succulent
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fresh, juicy
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supercilious
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haughty; arrogant
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truculent
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barbarous; furious
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unobtrusively
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unassumingly
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vacuous
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vacant; empty
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vestige
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notable relic
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vicariously
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subtitute
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wan
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colorless
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