Vocabulary from The Great Gatsby
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What does the term 'incoherent' imply?

  • Vague and unclear
  • Disordered and unconnected (correct)
  • Temporary and brief
  • Clear and connected

    • Which word describes something that is 'temporary'?

  • Transitory (correct)
  • Formidable
  • Abrupt
  • Incessant

    • What does 'rancor' best describe?

  • A joyful occasion
  • A peaceful resolution
  • A state of boredom
  • Resentment or ill will (correct)

    • Which word means 'spread throughout'?

    <p>Pervaded</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'insistent' signify in communication?

    <p>Persistent in demands</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'desolate' mean?

    <p>Lonely</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which word best describes someone who is 'supercilious'?

    <p>Arrogant</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'exult' mean?

    <p>To show or feel joy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a 'humidor' used for?

    <p>Keeping cigars</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes the term 'cynical'?

    <p>Skeptical</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does it mean to 'interpose'?

    <p>To step in between</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which word can describe a sound that is 'strident'?

    <p>Shrill</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'facets' refer to in a general sense?

    <p>Phases or sides</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'fractiousness' refer to?

    <p>A quality of irritability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which word best describes someone who shows supercilious behavior?

    <p>Arrogantly superior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of 'permeate'?

    <p>To penetrate through every part</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to a piece of turf gouged out with a club during a game?

    <p>Divot</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word 'erroneous' imply?

    <p>Containing mistakes or errors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'garrulous' describe?

    <p>Excessively talkative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes 'perturb'?

    <p>To throw into disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The term 'vacuous' denotes which of the following?

    <p>Lacking in ideas or intelligence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'complacent' suggest about a person's awareness?

    <p>Often unaware of potential dangers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is meant by 'superfluous' in a given context?

    <p>Beyond what is necessary</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'impetuous' mean?

    <p>Characterized by sudden or rash action</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'antecedent' refer to?

    <p>A preceding event</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which word is associated with 'juxtaposition'?

    <p>Side-by-side placement</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to establishing oneself in favor of others?

    <p>Ingratiate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'profusion' indicate?

    <p>An abundance of resources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Fractiousness" mean?

    <p>Irritability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Feign" mean?

    <p>To imitate deceptively; to make believe; pretend.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Supercilious" mean?

    <p>Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Conscientious" mean?

    <p>Meticulous; careful; painstaking; particular.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Incredulous" mean?

    <p>Indicating or showing unbelief.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Reciprocal" mean?

    <p>Mutual; corresponding, matching; complementary; equivalent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Bantering" mean?

    <p>Playful teasing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Complacent" mean?

    <p>Often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Intimation" mean?

    <p>Make known subtly and indirectly; hint.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Infinite" mean?

    <p>Indefinitely or exceedingly large.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Contiguous" mean?

    <p>Connecting without a break; uninterrupted.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Interpose" mean?

    <p>To step in between parties at variance; mediate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Apathetic" mean?

    <p>Not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Languid" mean?

    <p>Lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Strident" mean?

    <p>Having a shrill, irritating quality or character.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Hauteur" mean?

    <p>Disdainful pride.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Permeate" mean?

    <p>To pass into or through every part of; to penetrate through the pores; to be diffused through; pervade; saturate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Innuendo" mean?

    <p>An indirect comment about a person or thing, esp. of a disparaging or a derogatory nature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Erroneous" mean?

    <p>Containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Prodigality" mean?

    <p>Extravagance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Cordial" mean?

    <p>Courteous and gracious; friendly; warm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Provincial" mean?

    <p>Having the manners, and viewpoints considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Ascertain" mean?

    <p>To make sure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Knickerbocker" mean?

    <p>Any New Yorker.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Fluctuate" mean?

    <p>To change continually; shift back and forth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Sporadic" mean?

    <p>Appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the phrase "Divine retribution" mean?

    <p>Punishment from a higher being for bad deeds or transgressions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Somnambulatory" mean?

    <p>Related to sleepwalking.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Juxtaposition" mean?

    <p>Side-by-side placement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Abortive" mean?

    <p>Unsuccessful.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Suppress" mean?

    <p>To do away with; abolish; stop.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Innumerable" mean?

    <p>Very numerous; incapable of being counted; countless.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Hulking" mean?

    <p>Heavy and clumsy; bulky.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of "Fluctuate"?

    <p>To vary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of "Laudable"?

    <p>Deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Define the term "Insidious"?

    <p>Intended to entrap or trick.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Explain the meaning of "Repose"?

    <p>Peace; tranquility; calm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of "Debauch"?

    <p>An uninhibited spree or party.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Explain the meaning of "Antecedent"?

    <p>A preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Explain the meaning of "Perturb"?

    <p>To throw into great disorder; derange; bother; annoy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Dilatory" mean?

    <p>Tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Desolate" mean in this context?

    <p>Barren or laid waste; devastated; deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; solitary; lonely.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Profusion" mean?

    <p>Abundance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of "Oblivion"?

    <p>Nothingness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Define the term "Tentative"?

    <p>Unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Explain the meaning of "Tumult"?

    <p>Uproar; disorder; highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of "Irreverent"?

    <p>Not respectful; critical of what is generally accepted or respected.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Explain the meaning of "Vicarious"?

    <p>Taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Define the term "Formidable"?

    <p>Of great strength; forceful; powerful.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of "Abyss"?

    <p>Bottomless pit.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Explain the meaning of "Intermittent"?

    <p>Periodic.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Presumptuous" mean?

    <p>Overly bold.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Indiscernible" mean?

    <p>Cannot be seen or perceived clearly; imperceptible.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the phrase "In cahoots" mean?

    <p>In partnership; in league with; in conspiracy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Incoherent" mean?

    <p>Without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Conceivable" mean?

    <p>Imaginable; believable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Ravenously" mean?

    <p>Hungrily.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Corroborate" mean?

    <p>Confirm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of "Garrulous"?

    <p>Overly talkative.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Holocaust" mean?

    <p>Complete destruction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Pasquinade" mean?

    <p>A satire or lampoon, esp. one posted in a public place.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of "Elocution"?

    <p>A person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Ceaselessly" mean?

    <p>Without stopping or pausing; unendingly; incessantly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Adventitious" mean?

    <p>Accidental.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the word "Deferred" mean?

    <p>Yielded.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of "Transitory"?

    <p>Temporary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Vocabulary from The Great Gatsby

    • Fractiousness: Irritability
    • Feign: To imitate deceptively, to make believe, to pretend
    • Supercilious: Having or showing arrogant superiority to those viewed as unworthy
    • Conscientious: Meticulous, careful, painstaking, particular
    • Incredulous: Indicating or showing unbelief
    • Reciprocal: Mutual, corresponding, matching, complementary, equivalent
    • Wan: Of an unnatural or sickly pallor, pallid, lacking color
    • Bantering: Playful teasing
    • Complacent: Often without awareness of potential danger or defect; self-satisfied
    • Intimation: To make known subtly and indirectly; a hint
    • Infinite: Indefinitely or exceedingly large
    • Anon: In a short time; soon
    • Desolate: Lonely, forlorn
    • Supercilious: Arrogant
    • Contiguous: Connecting without a break; uninterrupted
    • Facet: Aspect, phase, side
    • Cower: To crouch, as in fear or shame
    • Interpose: To step in between parties at variance; mediate
    • Apathetic: Not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive
    • Languid: Lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent
    • Imply: To indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated
    • Strident: Having a shrill, irritating quality or character
    • Deft: Nimble, skillful, clever
    • Hauteur: Disdainful pride
    • Clad: Dressed; covered
    • Permeate: To pass into or through every part of; to penetrate through
    • Innuendo: An indirect comment about a person or thing, especially disparaging or derogatory
    • Erroneous: Containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong
    • Prodigality: Extravagance
    • Vehement: Strongly emotional; intense or passionate
    • Cordial: Courteous and gracious; friendly; warm
    • Impetuous: Characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion; impulsive
    • Vacuous: Lacking in ideas or intelligence
    • Corpulent: Large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat
    • Provincial: Having manners and viewpoints considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal
    • Din: A loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor
    • Credulity: Willingness to believe
    • Cynical: Skeptical of goodness and sincerity
    • Ascertain: To make sure
    • Convivial: Sociable
    • Affectation: Artificial behavior
    • Knickerbocker: Any New Yorker
    • Fluctuate: To change continually; shift back and forth
    • Sporadic: Appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional
    • Divine retribution: Punishment from a higher being for bad deeds or transgressions
    • Rajah: A king or prince in India; a minor chief or dignitary
    • Elicit: To draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke
    • Valor: Heroic courage; bravery
    • Somnambulatory: Related to sleep walking
    • Denizen: An inhabitant; a resident; one that frequents a particular place
    • Jaunty: Easy and sprightly in manner or bearing
    • Punctilious: Precise, formal
    • Juxtaposition: Side-by-side placement
    • Abortive: Unsuccessful
    • Rout: An overwhelming defeat
    • Suppress: To do away with; abolish; stop
    • Innumerable: Very numerous; incapable of being counted; countless
    • Ecstatic: Subject to or in a state of ecstasy; rapturous
    • Reproach: To find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame
    • Serf: A slave
    • Obstinate: Inflexible; stubborn; not yielding
    • Exult: To show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice; be highly elated or jubilant
    • Hulking: Heavy and clumsy; bulky
    • Nebulous: Hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused
    • Vestige: A trace of something no longer existing
    • Fluctuate: To vary
    • Laudable: Deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable
    • Insidious: Intended to entrap or trick
    • Repose: Peace, tranquility; calm
    • Debauch: An uninhibited spree or party
    • Antecedent: A preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon
    • Ingratiate: To establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others by deliberate effort
    • Perturb: To throw into great disorder; derange; bother; annoy
    • Dilatory: Tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy
    • Desolate: Barren or laid waste; devastated; deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; solitary; lonely
    • Elusive: Hard to express or define; cleverly or skillfully evasive
    • Turgid: Pompous, swollen
    • Contingency: A possible event
    • Profusion: Abundance
    • Oblivion: Nothingness
    • Saunter: Leisurely stroll
    • Lapse: A slip or error, often of a trivial sort; failure
    • Insistent: Earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent
    • Tentative: Unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant
    • Abrupt: Sudden or unexpected
    • Tumult: Uproar; disorder; highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling
    • Portentous: Ominous, predictive of future bad events
    • Irreverent: Not respectful; critical of what is generally accepted or respected
    • Vicarious: Taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute
    • Rancor: Resentment or ill will; hatred; malice
    • Formidable: Of great strength; forceful; powerful
    • Affront: Offense
    • Abyss: Bottomless pit
    • Inviolate: Sacred, intact
    • Intermittent: Periodic
    • Presumptuous: Overly bold

    Chapter Breakdown (from provided text)

    • Chapter 6: Includes words like "laudable," "insidious," "repose," and "debauch"
    • Chapter 7: Contains terms like "lapse," "insistent," "tentative," "abrupt," "tumult," and "portentous"
    • Chapter 8: Includes words like "humidor," "indiscernible," "setee," "in cahoots," "divot," "garrulous," "incoherent," "conceivable," and "forlorn"
    • Chapter 9: Contains terms like "pasquinade," "derange," "surmise," and "superfluous"

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