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Great Gatsby
Vocabulary List #2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| initiative | ability to act without being urged |
| notoriety | state of being widely but unfavorably known or discussed |
| insidious | more dangerous than seems evident |
| meretricious | attractive in a flashy way |
| conceits | witty or fanciful thoughts or expressions |
| ineffable | too overwhelming to be expressed or described in words |
| ramifications | arrangements |
| turgid | pompous |
| contingencies | possible occurrences |
| debauchee | self |
| substantiality | strong, solid, firm |
| antecedents | one's ancestry, past life |
| lethargic | abnormally dull |
| euphemisms | uses of words or phrases that are less direct but considered less distasteful than the words or phrases they replace |
| menagerie | collection of wild or strange animals kept in cages for exhibition |
| dilatory | slow or late in doing things |
| elongating | to extend the length of |
| postern | private or side entrance |
| pompadour | man's style of hairdressing |
| nebulous | indistinct, vague |
| incarnation | endowment with a human body |
| rooted | dug or searched with the nose |
| boisterously | noisily and exuberantly |
| disquieting | disturbing; causing uneasiness |
| inviolate | not broken or violated |
| portentous | threatening |
| libertine | unrestrained, immoral person |
| vicariously – in a way that is experienced or enjoyed through imaginary sharing in the experience of another | |
| presumptuous | arrogant |
| expostulation | earnest expression of protest or opposition |
| truculent | savage; fierce |
| luminosity | quality of being bright or shiny |
| despicable | to be scorned; contemptible |
| traversed | passed across; crossed |
| humidor | a container equipped with a device for keeping cigars or cigarettes moist |
| extravaganza | elaborate production; spectacle |
| redolent | fragrant; suggestive of |
| ravenously | hungrily; greedily |
| corroborate | confirm; support |
| garrulous | talkative |
| fortuitously | by chance; randomly |
| holocaust | great destruction |
| adventitious | accidental |
| surmise | opinion based on little evidence; guess |
| addenda | additions |
| pandered | helped to satisfy dishonorable ambitions |
| commensurate | equal; proportionate |
| orgiastic | having to do with wild, unrestrained indulgence |
| caravansary | in the Orient a kind of inn where caravans stop for the night |
| magnanimous | generous in overlooking injury or insult |
| grail | the cup or platter used by Jesus at the Last Supper |
| benediction | a blessing |
| circumstantial | incidental |
| pasquinade | satire posted in a public place |
| ulster | long, heavy overcoat |
| ejaculated | to utter suddenly |
| bulbous | shaped like a bulb |
| unutterably | inexpressibly |
| inquisitions | investigations |
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