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The Great Gatsby Vocab List 1
Quiz 03/18
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English
11th Grade
03/12/2025

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Compel
Definition
Force somebody to do something
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Complacency
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The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
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Contemptuous
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Expressing extreme scorn
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Elation
Definition
A feeling of joy and pride
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Epigram
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A witty saying
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Extemporize
Definition
Perform or speak without preperation
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Feign
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Give a false appearance of
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Intimation
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An indirect suggestion
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Levity
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A manner lacking seriousness
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Libel
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A false and malicious publication
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Peremptory
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Offensively self-assured or exercising unwarranted power
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Privy
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Informed about something secret or not generally known
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Reciprocal
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Concerning each of two or more persons or things
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Reproach
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A mild rebuke or criticism
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Riotous
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Unrestrained by convection or morality
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Subdued
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In a softened tone
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Supercilious
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Having or Showing arrogant disdain or haughtiness
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Unobtrusive
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Not undesirably noticeable
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Wistful
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Showing pensive sadness
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Fractious
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Stubbornly resistant to authority or control
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