Gatsby 7-9

Question 0

Irreverent

Answer 0

Adjective:

Showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously.

Question 1

Portentous

Answer 1

Adjective:

Done in a pompously or overly solemn manner.

Question 2

Vicarious

Answer 2

Adjective:
Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person: “vicarious pleasure”.
Acting or done for another: “a vicarious atonement”.

Question 3

Rancor

Answer 3

Noun

Bitterness or resentfulness, esp. when long-standing

Question 4

Garrulous

Answer 4

Adjective

Excessively talkative, esp. on trivial matters.

Question 5

In cahoots

Answer 5

pl.n. Informal

Questionable collaboration; secret partnership: an accountant in cahoots with organized crime.

Question 6

Forlorn

Answer 6

Adjective:
Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely
(of an aim or endeavor)
Unlikely to succeed or be fulfilled; hopeless:

Question 7

Pasquinade

Answer 7

Noun:

A satire or lampoon, originally one displayed or delivered publicly in a public place.

Question 8

Superfluous

Answer 8

Adjective

Unnecessary, esp. through being more than enough.

Question 9

Elocution

Answer 9

Noun:

The skill of clear and expressive speech

Question 10

Orgastic

Answer 10

Noun

Peak of excitement (sexual)

Question 11

Intermittent

Answer 11

Adjective

Occurring at irregular intervals; not steady

Question 12

Ravenously

Answer 12

Adverb

1. Extremely hungry; voracious.
2. Rapacious; predatory.
3. Greedy for gratification: ravenous for power.

Question 13

Pervaded

Answer 13

Verb
(esp. of a smell) Spread through and be perceived in every part of.
(of an influence, feeling, or quality) Be present and apparent throughout.

Question 14

Amorphous

Answer 14

Adjective
Without a clearly defined shape or form.
Vague; ill-organized; unclassifiable.

Question 15

Adventitious

Answer 15

Adjective
Happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature.
Coming from outside; not native