Definitions from the Great Gatsby

Question 1

Elaborate

Answer 1

Involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning (elaborate security precautions)

Question 2

Supercilious

Answer 2

Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others (a supercilious lady’s maid)

Question 3

Effeminate

Answer 3

(of a man) having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly.

Question 4

Leverage

Answer 4

the power to influence a person or situation to achieve a particular outcome (the right wing had lost much of its political leverage in the Assembly)

Question 5

Fractious

Answer 5

irritable and quarrelsome (fractious children fight and squabble)

Question 6

Paternal

Answer 6

of or appropriate to a father

showing a fatherly kindness and care

Question 7

Contempt

Answer 7

The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn
(he showed his contempt for his job by doing it very badly)

Question 8

Wistful

Answer 8

Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing (a wistful smile)

Question 9

Abruptly

Answer 9

Sudden and unexpected

Question 10

Ajar

Answer 10

Slightly open

or out of harmony

Question 11

Conscientious

Answer 11

Wishing to do what is right, to do ones duty well and thoroughly

Question 12

Incredulous

Answer 12

unwilling or unable to believe something

Question 13

Imperative

Answer 13

of vital importance, crutial

giving an authoritative command, peremptory

Question 14

Infinitesimal

Answer 14

extremely small

Question 15

Complacency

Answer 15

a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements.

Question 16

Acute

Answer 16

Present or experienced to a severe or intense degree.

Question 17

Extemporize

Answer 17

Compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preperation; improvise.

Question 18

Subdued

Answer 18

Quiet and rather reflective or depressed

soft and restrained

Question 19

Rotogravure

Answer 19

a Printing system using a rotary press with intaglio cylinders, typically running at high speed and used for long print runs of magazines and stamps.

Question 20

Peremptory

Answer 20

insisting on immediate attention or obedience

Question 21

Libel

Answer 21

a published false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation , a written defamation

Question 22

Beaux

Answer 22

a rich, fashionable young man; a dandy.

Question 23

Armistice

Answer 23

An agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce

Question 24

Effectual

Answer 24

Successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective

Question 25

Unfathomable

Answer 25

Incapable of being fully explored or understood.

Impossible to measure the extent of.