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The Great Gatsby
Vocab Words
23
English
11th Grade
09/17/2015
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Indiscrete
 Definition
not divided into parts.
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Explicable
 Definition
capable of being explained
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Expostulation
 Definition
kindly protesting
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 Boisterously
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rough and noisy
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Portentous
 Definition
amazing
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Contingency
 Definition
something identical to a thing
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Vicariously
 Definition
acting as a substitue for another thing
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 Inviolate
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unbroken
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Proprietary
 Definition
belonging orcontrolled as property
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Hauteur
 Definition
arrogance
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Supercilious
 Definition
arrogant
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innuendo
 Definition
an indirect intimation about a person or thing, especially of adisparaging or a derogatory nature.
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 Punctilious
 Definition
demanding, careful
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Vestige
 Definition
evidence of something not existing
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meretricious
 Definition
simular qualities to a prostitute
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 Ineffable
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not to be spoken of because of its sadness
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Sonambulatory
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to walk while asleep
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Denizen
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a person who regularly goes to a place
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Retribution
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revenge
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Harrowed
 Definition
to disturb painfully
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Postern
 Definition
a private entrance
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 Distraught
 Definition
distracted
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Demoniac
 Definition
relating to a demon
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