The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby

F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald

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Chapter OneChapter One

Feign (v)Feign (v)

Feign (v)Feign (v)

To imitate deceptively; to To imitate deceptively; to make believe; pretendmake believe; pretend

Supercilious (adj)Supercilious (adj)

Supercilious (adj)Supercilious (adj)

Having or showing Having or showing arrogant superiority arrogant superiority to and disdain of to and disdain of those one views as those one views as unworthyunworthy

Conscientious (adj)Conscientious (adj)

Conscientious (adj)Conscientious (adj)

Meticulous; careful; Meticulous; careful; painstaking; painstaking; particularparticular

Incredulous (adj)Incredulous (adj)

Incredulous (adj)Incredulous (adj)

Indicating or Indicating or showing unbeliefshowing unbelief

Reciprocal (adj)Reciprocal (adj)

Reciprocal (adj)Reciprocal (adj)

Mutual; corresponding; Mutual; corresponding; matching; matching; complementary; complementary; equivalentequivalent

Wan (adj)Wan (adj)

Wan (adj)Wan (adj)

Of an unnatural or Of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; sickly pallor; pallid; lacking colorlacking color

Complacent (adj)Complacent (adj)

Complacent (adj)Complacent (adj)

Often without Often without awareness of some awareness of some potential danger or potential danger or defect; self-satisfieddefect; self-satisfied

Intimidation (v)Intimidation (v)

Intimidation (v)Intimidation (v)

Make known subtly Make known subtly and indirectly; hintand indirectly; hint

Infinite (adj)Infinite (adj)

Infinite (v)Infinite (v)

Indefinitely or Indefinitely or exceedingly largeexceedingly large

Anon (adj)Anon (adj)

Anon (adj)Anon (adj)

In a short time; soonIn a short time; soon

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Chapter TwoChapter Two

Contiguous (adj)Contiguous (adj)

Contiguous (adj)Contiguous (adj)

Connecting without Connecting without a break; a break; uninterrupteduninterrupted

Facet (n)Facet (n)

Facet (n)Facet (n)

Aspect; phase; sideAspect; phase; side

Cower (v)Cower (v)

Cower (v)Cower (v)

To crouch, as in fear To crouch, as in fear or shameor shame

Interpose (v)Interpose (v)

Interpose (v)Interpose (v)

To step in between To step in between parties at variance; parties at variance; mediatemediate

Apathetic (adj)Apathetic (adj)

Apathetic (adj)Apathetic (adj)

Not interested or Not interested or concerned; concerned; indifferent or indifferent or unresponsiveunresponsive

Languid (adj)Languid (adj)

Languid (adj)Languid (adj)

Lacking in spirit or Lacking in spirit or interest; listless; interest; listless; indifferentindifferent

Imply (v)Imply (v)

Imply (v)Imply (v)

To indicate or To indicate or suggest without suggest without being explicitly being explicitly statedstated

Strident (adj)Strident (adj)

Strident (adj)Strident (adj)

Having a shrill, Having a shrill, irritating quality or irritating quality or charactercharacter

Deft (adj)Deft (adj)

Deft (adj)Deft (adj)

Nimble; skillful; Nimble; skillful; cleverclever

Clad (adj)Clad (adj)

Clad (adj)Clad (adj)

Dressed; coveredDressed; covered

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Chapter ThreeChapter Three

Permeate (v)Permeate (v)

Permeate (v)Permeate (v)To pass into or through To pass into or through every part of; to every part of; to penetrate through the penetrate through the pores; to be diffused pores; to be diffused through; pervade; through; pervade; saturatesaturate

Innuendo (n)Innuendo (n)

Innuendo (n)Innuendo (n)An indirect comment An indirect comment about a person or about a person or thing; exp. Of a thing; exp. Of a disparaging or a disparaging or a derogatory naturederogatory nature

Erroneous (adj)Erroneous (adj)

Erroneous (adj)Erroneous (adj)Containing error; Containing error; mistaken; incorrect; mistaken; incorrect; wrongwrong

Vehement (adj)Vehement (adj)

Vehement (adj)Vehement (adj)Strongly emotional; Strongly emotional; intense or intense or passionatepassionate

Cordial (adj)Cordial (adj)

Cordial (adj)Cordial (adj)Courteous and Courteous and gracious; friendly; gracious; friendly; warm warm

Impetuous (adj)Impetuous (adj)

Impetuous Impetuous (adj)(adj)

Characterized by Characterized by sudden or rash sudden or rash action, emotion, action, emotion, etc.; impulsiveetc.; impulsive

Vacuous (adj)Vacuous (adj)

Vacuous (adj)Vacuous (adj)Lacking in ideas or Lacking in ideas or intelligenceintelligence

Corpulent (adj)Corpulent (adj)

Corpulent (adj)Corpulent (adj)Large or bulky of Large or bulky of body; portly; stout; body; portly; stout; fatfat

Provincial (adj)Provincial (adj)

Provincial (adj)Provincial (adj)Having the manners and Having the manners and viewpoints considered viewpoints considered characteristic of characteristic of unsophisticated unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow; illiberal rustic; narrow; illiberal

Din (n)Din (n)

Din (n)Din (n)A loud, confused A loud, confused noise; a continued noise; a continued loud or tumultuous loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamorsound; noisy clamor

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Chapter FourChapter Four

Knickerbocker (n)Knickerbocker (n)

Knickerbocker Knickerbocker (n)(n)

Any New YorkerAny New Yorker

Fluctuate (v)Fluctuate (v)

Fluctuate (v)Fluctuate (v)To change To change continually; shift continually; shift back and forthback and forth

Sporadic (adj)Sporadic (adj)

Sporadic (adj)Sporadic (adj)Appearing or Appearing or happening at happening at irregular intervals irregular intervals in time; occasional in time; occasional

Divine retribution (n)Divine retribution (n)

Divine retribution (n)Divine retribution (n)

Punishment from a Punishment from a higher being for higher being for bad deeds or bad deeds or transgressionstransgressions

Rajah (n)Rajah (n)

Rajah (n)Rajah (n)

A king or prince in A king or prince in India; a minor chief India; a minor chief or dignitaryor dignitary

Elicit (v)Elicit (v)

Elicit (v)Elicit (v)

To draw or bring out To draw or bring out or forth; educe; or forth; educe; evokeevoke

Valor (n)Valor (n)

Valor (n)Valor (n)

Heroic courage; Heroic courage; braverybravery

Somnambulatory Somnambulatory (adj)(adj)

Somnambulatory Somnambulatory (adj)(adj)

Related to sleep Related to sleep walkingwalking

Denizen (n)Denizen (n)

Denizen (n)Denizen (n)

An inhabitant; a An inhabitant; a resident; one that resident; one that frequents a frequents a particular placeparticular place

Jaunty (adj)Jaunty (adj)

Jaunty (adj)Jaunty (adj)

Easy and sprightly in Easy and sprightly in manner or bearingmanner or bearing

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Chapter FiveChapter Five

Rout (n)Rout (n)

Rout (n)Rout (n)

An overwhelming An overwhelming defeatdefeat

Suppress (v)Suppress (v)

Suppress (v)Suppress (v)

To do away with; To do away with; abolish; stopabolish; stop

Innumerable (adj)Innumerable (adj)

Innumerable (adj)Innumerable (adj)

Very numerous; Very numerous; incapable of being incapable of being counted; countlesscounted; countless

Ecstatic (adj)Ecstatic (adj)

Ecstatic (adj)Ecstatic (adj)

Subject to or in a Subject to or in a state of ecstacy; state of ecstacy; rapturousrapturous

Reproach (v)Reproach (v)

Reproach (v)Reproach (v)

To find fault with (a To find fault with (a person, group, person, group, etc.); blameetc.); blame

Serf (n)Serf (n)

Serf (n)Serf (n)

A slaveA slave

Obstinate (adj)Obstinate (adj)

Obstinate (adj)Obstinate (adj)

Inflexible; stubborn; Inflexible; stubborn; not yieldingnot yielding

Exult (v)Exult (v)

Exult (v)Exult (v)

To show or feel a To show or feel a lively or triumphant lively or triumphant joy; rejoice; be highly joy; rejoice; be highly elated or jubilantelated or jubilant

Hulking (adj)Hulking (adj)

Hulking (adj)Hulking (adj)

Heavy and clumsy; Heavy and clumsy; bulkybulky

Nebulous (adj)Nebulous (adj)

Nebulous (adj)Nebulous (adj)

Hazy, vague, Hazy, vague, indistinct, confusedindistinct, confused

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Laudable (adj)Laudable (adj)

Laudable (adj)Laudable (adj)

Deserving praise; Deserving praise; praiseworthy; praiseworthy; commendablecommendable

Insidious (adj)Insidious (adj)

Insidious (adj)Insidious (adj)

Intended to entrap Intended to entrap or trickor trick

Repose (n)Repose (n)

Repose (n)Repose (n)

Peace; tranquility; Peace; tranquility; calmcalm

Debauch (n)Debauch (n)

Debauch (n)Debauch (n)

An uninhibited spree An uninhibited spree or partyor party

Antecedent (n)Antecedent (n)

Antecedent (n)Antecedent (n)

A preceding A preceding circumstance, circumstance, event, object, style, event, object, style, phenomenonphenomenon

Ingratiate (v)Ingratiate (v)

Ingratiate (v)Ingratiate (v)

To establish oneself To establish oneself in the favor or good in the favor or good graces of others by graces of others by deliberate effortdeliberate effort

Perturb (n)Perturb (n)

Perturb (n)Perturb (n)

To throw into great To throw into great disorder; derange; disorder; derange; bother; annoybother; annoy

Dilatory (adj)Dilatory (adj)

Dilatory (adj)Dilatory (adj)

Tending to delay or Tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; procrastinate; slow; tardytardy

Desolate (adj)Desolate (adj)

Desolate (adj)Desolate (adj)

Barren or laid waste; Barren or laid waste; devastated; deprived or devastated; deprived or destitute of inhabitants; destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; deserted; uninhabited; solitary; lonelysolitary; lonely

Elusive (adj)Elusive (adj)

Elusive (adj)Elusive (adj)

Hard to express or Hard to express or define; cleverly or define; cleverly or skillfully evasiveskillfully evasive

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Chapter SevenChapter Seven

Lapse (n)Lapse (n)

Lapse (n)Lapse (n)A slip or error, often of a trivial sort; A slip or error, often of a trivial sort;

failure (v) to come to an end; stopfailure (v) to come to an end; stop

Insistent (adj)Insistent (adj)

Insistent (adj)Insistent (adj)

Earnest or emphatic in Earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, dwelling upon, maintaining, or maintaining, or demanding demanding something; persistantsomething; persistant

Tentative (adj)Tentative (adj)

Tentative (adj)Tentative (adj)

Unsure; uncertain; Unsure; uncertain; not definite or not definite or positive; hesitantpositive; hesitant

Abrupt (adj)Abrupt (adj)

Abrupt (adj)Abrupt (adj)

Sudden or Sudden or unexpectedunexpected

Tumult (n)Tumult (n)

Tumult (n)Tumult (n)

Uproar; disorder; Uproar; disorder; highly distressing; highly distressing; agitation of mind or agitation of mind or feelingfeeling

Portentous (adj)Portentous (adj)

Portentous (adj)Portentous (adj)

Ominous, predictive Ominous, predictive of future bad of future bad eventsevents

Irreverent (adj)Irreverent (adj)

Irreverent (adj)Irreverent (adj)

Not respectful; Not respectful; critical of what is critical of what is generally accepted generally accepted or respectedor respected

Vicarious (adj)Vicarious (adj)

Vicarious (adj)Vicarious (adj)

Taking the place of Taking the place of another person or another person or thing; acting or thing; acting or serving as a serving as a substitutesubstitute

Rancor (n)Rancor (n)

Rancor (n)Rancor (n)

Resentment or ill Resentment or ill will; hatred; malicewill; hatred; malice

Formidable (adj)Formidable (adj)

Formidable (adj)Formidable (adj)

Of great strength; Of great strength; forceful; powerfulforceful; powerful

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Chapter EightChapter Eight

Humidor (n)Humidor (n)

Humidor (n)Humidor (n)

A container or storage A container or storage room for cigars or room for cigars or other preparations of other preparations of tobacco, fitted with tobacco, fitted with means for keeping the means for keeping the tobacco suitably moisttobacco suitably moist

Indiscernible (adj)Indiscernible (adj)

Indiscernible (adj)Indiscernible (adj)

Cannot be seen or Cannot be seen or perceived clearly; perceived clearly; imperceptibleimperceptible

Settee (n)Settee (n)

Settee (n)Settee (n)A seat for two or more A seat for two or more persons, having a persons, having a back and usually back and usually arms, and often arms, and often upholsteredupholstered

In cahoots (phrase)In cahoots (phrase)

In cahoots (phrase)In cahoots (phrase)

In partnership; in In partnership; in league with; in league with; in conspiracyconspiracy

Divot (n)Divot (n)

Divot (n)Divot (n)

A piece of turf A piece of turf gouged out with a gouged out with a club in making a club in making a strokestroke

Garrulous (adj)Garrulous (adj)

Garrulous (adj)Garrulous (adj)

Excessively talkative in Excessively talkative in a rambling, a rambling, roundabout manner, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial esp. about trivial mattersmatters

Incoherent (adj)Incoherent (adj)

Incoherent (adj)Incoherent (adj)

Without logical or Without logical or meaningful meaningful connection; connection; disjointed; ramblingdisjointed; rambling

Conceivable (adj)Conceivable (adj)

Conceivable (adj)Conceivable (adj)

Imaginable; Imaginable; believablebelievable

Forlorn (adj)Forlorn (adj)

Forlorn (adj)Forlorn (adj)

Desolate or dreary; Desolate or dreary; unhappy or unhappy or miserable, as in miserable, as in feeling, condition, or feeling, condition, or appearanceappearance

Laden (adj)Laden (adj)

Laden (adj)Laden (adj)

Burdened; loaded Burdened; loaded downdown

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Chapter NineChapter Nine

Pasquinade (n)Pasquinade (n)

Pasquinade (n)Pasquinade (n)

A satire or lampoon, A satire or lampoon, esp. one posted in esp. one posted in a public placea public place

Derange (v)Derange (v)

Derange (v)Derange (v)

To disturb the To disturb the condition, action, or condition, action, or function of; to function of; to make insanemake insane

Surmise (v)Surmise (v)

Surmise (v)Surmise (v)

To think or infer To think or infer without certain or without certain or strong evidence; strong evidence; conjecture; guessconjecture; guess

Superfluous (adj)Superfluous (adj)

Superfluous (adj)Superfluous (adj)

Being more than is Being more than is sufficient or required; sufficient or required; excessive; excessive; unnecessary or unnecessary or needlessneedless

Elocution (n)Elocution (n)

Elocution (n)Elocution (n)

A person’s manner A person’s manner of speaking or of speaking or reading aloud in reading aloud in publicpublic

Unutterable (adj)Unutterable (adj)

Unutterable (adj)Unutterable (adj)

Unspeakable; Unspeakable; beyond expressionbeyond expression

Subtle (adj)Subtle (adj)

Subtle (adj)Subtle (adj)

Difficult to perceive Difficult to perceive or understandor understand

Orgastic (adj)Orgastic (adj)

Orgastic (adj)Orgastic (adj)

At the height of At the height of emotional emotional excitementexcitement

Borne (v)Borne (v)

Borne (v)Borne (v)

CarriedCarried

Ceaselessly (adj)Ceaselessly (adj)

Ceaselessly (adj)Ceaselessly (adj)

Without stopping or Without stopping or pausing; pausing; unendlingly; unendlingly; incessantlyincessantly