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Vocab: The Great Gatsby
AP Senior English
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12th Grade
09/16/2008

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fractiousness
Definition

(n.)

  1. the trait of being readily angered
  2. prone to disobedience
  3. unruliness
Term
peremptory
Definition

(adj.)

  1. not allowing contradictions or refusal
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supercilious
Definition

(adj.)

  1. disdainful
  2. arrogant superiority
  3. condescending
Term
ectoplasm
Definition

(n.)

  1. ethereal substance associated with spirit manifestations
Term
strident
Definition

(adj.)

  1. unpleasantly loud
  2. harsh- or rough-sounding
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prodigality
Definition

(n.)

  1.  wasteful extravagance
  2. lavish generosity
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vacuous
Definition

(adj.)

  1. empty
  2. lacking intelligence
Term
echolalia
Definition

(n.)

  1. repetition of a word or phrase just spoken by another person
Term
provincial
Definition

(adj.)

  1. a person who lacks urban sophistication or broad-mindedness
  2. of or associated with a province
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punctilious
Definition

(n.)

  1. meticulous
  2. strict attentiveness to details
Term
denizen
Definition

(n.)

  1. a resident or frequenter of a place
  2. an inhabitant
Term
turgid
Definition

(adj.)

  1. distended, puffy
  2. inflated prose
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dilatory
Definition

(adj.)

  1. intentionally delaying
Term
portentous
Definition

(adj.)

  1. of ominous significance
  2. awe-inspiring
Term
truculent
Definition

(adj.)

usually for people

  1. cruel, savage
  2. destructive
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redolent
Definition

(adj.)

  1. evocative
  2. pleasantly fragrant
  3. evocatively fragrant
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garrulous
Definition

(adj.)

  1. full of trivial conversation
  2. rambling
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fortuitously
Definition

(adv.)

  1.  fortunately
  2. occuring by chance
  3. serendipitous
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