Gatsby 7-9 Vocab Flashcards

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Irreverent

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

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Portentous

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Ominously significant or indicative

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Vicarious

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Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person.

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Rancor

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Bitterness or resentful ness. Especially when long-standing.

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Garrulous

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Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.

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In cahoots

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Colluding or conspiring together secretly.

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Forlorn

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Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.

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Paquinade

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

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Superfluous

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Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.

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Elocution

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The skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation.

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Orgastic

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Orgasmic

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Intermittent

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Occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.

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Ravenously

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Hungrily

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Pervaded

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Spread through and be perceived in every part of.

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Amorphous

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With your a clearly defined shape or form.

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Adventitious

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Happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature. Unplanned.