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Vocabulary in the Great Gatsby
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10th Grade
05/26/2013

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privy
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sharing in the knowledge of something private
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abortive
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failing to produce the intended result
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languidly
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slow, moving lazily
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elations
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a feeling of great joy
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reproach
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to criticize someone; express disapproval of
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extemporizing
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to perform something without practice
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plagiaristic
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copied and passed off as your own
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epigram
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a brief statement on a topic
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peremptorily
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putting an end to action with a commanding manner
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levity
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humor with a serious matter
example: making a joke about a recent death
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supercilious
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arrogant pride and indifference
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intimation
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close association
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transcendent
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beyond normal and human experience
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proprietary
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relating to ownership (a proprietor)
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hauteur
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an arrogant person (haut = high in french)
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pastoral
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related to farms (pastor)
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provincial
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narrow and self centered (knowledge only pertaining to your province)
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prodigality
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extravagant wastefulness
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impetuously
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impulsive and passionate action (I think it also means arrogant but this is what the internet said)
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vinous
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associated with wine (vino is wine in italian)
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homogeneity
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uniformity (homo is same)
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vacuous
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stupid or lacking meaning or expression ( a vacuum)
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omnibus
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having to do with many things (omnis is latin)
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punctilious
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very precise
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somnambulatory
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to perform an act sleepily or while asleep
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denizen
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a resident (animals live in dens)
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harrowed
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to be tormented and fearful (the harrowing in dragon age)
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demoniac
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fiendish and evil (demon)
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postern
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small secondary door
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laudable
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praiseworthy
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turgid
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excessively ornate in language or style
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insidious
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stealthy and treacherous
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euphemisms
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a good way of saying something bad (he passed away)
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meretricious
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looks good but is actually bad
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dilatory
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slow to act, or causing delay
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ineffable
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too great to be expressed in words (jeffs hair is ineffable)
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ingratiate
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to bring oneself into the good graces of another (to suck up)
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expostulation
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To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct
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portentous
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of momentous or ominous significance ( a portent)
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vicariously
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to live through someone else
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inviolate
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untouched and free from harm
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presumptuous
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overstepping your bounds
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garrulous
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very talkative about trivial matters (mr montroll and origami)
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pneumatic
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pertaining to air, gases, or wind. (i dont get why this word is in the book its probably not the right definition find it yourself)
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corroborate
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to support with evidence (math is a very useful class b/c matrices are very useful in real life)
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fortuitously
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a lucky and fortunate occurrence (how fortuitous! it snowed so theres no school!!!)
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interminable
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tirelessly long; tedious (school feels interminable all the time)
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holocaust
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great destruction resulting in the loss of life
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adventitiuos
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Not inherent but added extrinsically
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aesthetic
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pleasing in appearance
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solidarity
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a community of shared interest
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