Chapter 1 Flashcards
Inclined
“I’m inclined to reserve all judgements”
Secret
“Secret griefs of wild, unknown men”
Reserving
“Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope”
Scorn
“Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn”
Gorgeous
“Something gorgeous about him”
Extraordinary
“It was an extraordinary gift for hope”
End
“Gatsby turned out all right at the end”
Preyed
“What preyed on Gatsby”
Foul dust
“What foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams”
New haven
“I graduated from New Haven”
Single window
“Life is much more successfully looked at from a single window”
West egg
“I lived at West Egg, the - well, less fashionable of the two”
Colossal
“The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard - it was a factual imitation of Caine Hotel de Ville in Normandy”
Marble
“A marble swimming pool”
East egg
“Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water”
Wealthy
“His family were enormously wealthy”
Georgian colonial mansion
“Their house was even more elaborate that I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgia Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay”
Gold
“Glowing now with reflected gold”
Eyes
“Two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward”
Body
“A cruel body”
Guts
“I hated his guts”
Ceiling
“The frosted wedding-cake of the ceiling”
White
“They were both in white”
Charming little laugh
“Then she laughed, an absurd, charming little laugh, and I laughed too and came forward into the room”
