The Great Gatsby Vocabulary PDF

The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Below you will find words and definitions found in The Great Gatsby to use as reference as you are reading. Chapter 1 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Fra...

The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Below you will find words and definitions found in The Great Gatsby to use as reference as you are reading. Chapter 1 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Fractiousness: irritability Permeate: to pass into or through every part of; Affectation: artificial behavior Feign: to imitate deceptively; to make believe; to penetrate through the pores; to be diffused Knickerbocker: any New Yorker. pretend. through; pervade; saturate. Fluctuate: to change continually; shift back and Supercilious: having or showing arrogant Innuendo: an indirect comment about a person forth. superiority to and disdain of those one views as or thing, esp. of a disparaging or a derogatory Sporadic: appearing or happening at irregular unworthy. nature. intervals in time; occasional. Conscientious: meticulous; careful; painstaking; Erroneous: containing error; mistaken; incorrect; Divine retribution: punishment from a higher particular. wrong. being for bad deeds or transgressions. Incredulous: indicating or showing unbelief. Prodigality: extravagance Rajah: a king or prince in India; a minor chief or Reciprocal: mutual; corresponding; matching; Vehement: strongly emotional; intense or dignitary. complementary; equivalent. passionate. Elicit: to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke. Wan: of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; Cordial: courteous and gracious; friendly; warm. Valor: heroic courage; bravery. lacking color. Impetuous: characterized by sudden or rash Somnambulatory: related to sleep walking. Bantering: playful teasing action, emotion, etc.; impulsive. Denizen: an inhabitant; a resident; one that Complacent: often without awareness of some Vacuous: lacking in ideas or intelligence. frequents a particular place. potential danger or defect; self-satisfied. Corpulent: large or bulky of body; portly; stout; Jaunty: easy and sprightly in manner or bearing. Intimation: make known subtly and indirectly; fat. Punctilious: precise, formal hint. Provincial: having the manners, and viewpoints Juxtaposition: side-by-side placement Infinite: indefinitely or exceedingly large. considered characteristic of unsophisticated Anon: in a short time; soon. inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or Chapter 5 illiberal. Din: a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or Abortive: unsuccessful Chapter 2 tumultuous sound; noisy clamor. Rout: an overwhelming defeat. Desolate: lonely; forlorn Credulity: willingness to believe Suppress: to do away with; abolish; stop. Supercilious: arrogant Cynical: skeptical of goodness and sincerity Innumerable: very numerous; incapable of being Contiguous: connecting without a break; Ascertain: to make sure counted; countless. uninterrupted. Convivial: sociable Ecstatic: subject to or in a state of ecstasy; Facet: aspect; phase; side. rapturous. Cower: to crouch, as in fear or shame. Reproach: to find fault with (a person, group, Interpose: to step in between parties at variance; etc.); blame. mediate. Serf: a slave. Apathetic: not interested or concerned; Obstinate: inflexible; stubborn; not yielding. indifferent or unresponsive. Exult: to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; Languid: lacking in spirit or interest; listless; rejoice; be highly elated or jubilant. indifferent. Hulking: heavy and clumsy; bulky. Imply: to indicate or suggest without being Nebulous: hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused. explicitly stated. Vestige: a trace of something no longer existing Strident: having a shrill, irritating quality or Fluctuate: to vary character. Deft: nimble; skillful; clever. Hauteur: disdainful pride Clad: dressed; covered.  Chapter 6 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Laudable: deserving praise; praiseworthy; Humidor: a container or storage room for cigars Pasquinade: a satire or lampoon, esp. one commendable. or other preparations of tobacco, fitted with posted in a public place. Insidious: intended to entrap or trick. means for keeping the tobacco suitably moist. Derange: to disturb the condition, action, or Repose: peace; tranquility; calm. Indiscernible: cannot be seen or perceived function of; to make insane. Debauch: an uninhibited spree or party. clearly; imperceptible. Surmise: to think or infer without certain or strong Antecedent: a preceding circumstance, event, Settee: a seat for two or more persons, having a evidence; conjecture; guess. object, style, phenomenon. back and usually arms, and often upholstered. Superfluous: being more than is sufficient or Ingratiate: to establish (oneself) in the favor or good In cahoots: in partnership; in league with; in required; excessive; unnecessary or needless. graces of others by deliberate effort. conspiracy. Elocution: a person's manner of speaking or Perturb: to throw into great disorder; derange; bother; annoy. Divot: a piece of turf gouged out with a club in reading aloud in public. Dilatory: tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; making a stroke. Unutterable: unspeakable; beyond expression. tardy. Garrulous: excessively talkative in a rambling, Subtle: difficult to perceive or understand. Desolate: barren or laid waste; devastated; roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters. Orgastic: at the height of emotional excitement. deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; Incoherent: without logical or meaningful Borne: carried. uninhabited; solitary; lonely. connection; disjointed; rambling. Ceaselessly: without stopping or pausing; Elusive: hard to express or define; cleverly or skillfully Conceivable: imaginable; believable. unendingly; incessantly. evasive. Forlorn: desolate or dreary; unhappy or Adventitious: accidental Turgid: pompous, swollen miserable, as in feeling, condition, or Deferred: yielded Contingency: a possible event appearance. Jaunty: stylish Profusion: abundance Laden: burdened; loaded down. Distort: twist out of shape Oblivion: nothingness Incessant: without stopping Transitory: temporary Saunter: leisurely stroll Ravenously: hungrily Incoherent: disordered, unconnected Pervaded: spread throughout Chapter 7 Corroborate: confirm Garrulous: overly talkative Lapse: a slip or error, often of a trivial sort; failure. Amorphous: formless Insistent: earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, Holocaust: complete destruction 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