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The Great Gatsby
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English
11th Grade
12/01/2010
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abortive
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fruitless
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supercilious
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coolly and patronizingly haughty
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fractious
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irritable
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peremptory
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expressive of urgency
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tortuous
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marked by repeated bends or twists
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banns
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proclamation of marriage
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hauteur
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haughtiness
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fortnight
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two weeks time
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cordial
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a stimulant or liqueur
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prodigal
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marked by extravagant waste or profuse generosity
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vacuous
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empty
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wan
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dim
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echolalia
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repetition of words just spoken by others
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obstetrical
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relating to birth
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vinous
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affected by wine
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punctilious
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careful
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somnambulatory
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sleepwalking
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denizen
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inhabitant
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postern
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private entrance
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insidious
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seductive
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