Gatsby Vocab 3 Flashcards
Transpired
Occurred
Laudable
Worthy of praise
Notoriety
The state of bring famous for something bad
Platonic Love
Striving toward love of spiritual or ideal beauty
Meretricious
Superficially significant; attractive but having no value in reality
Conceits
Fanciful ideas
Reveries
Absent minded daydreams
Ramification
Consequences
Turgid
Excessively embellished in style or language
Debauchee
A per addicted to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures
Antecedent
Predecessors
Perturbed
Worried or upset
Invariably
Always
Genially
In a friendly, cheerful way
Septic
Infected and offensive
Unprecedented
Never before known or experienced
Obtrusive
Noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way
Pap
Food or an idea lacking substance or real quality
Incarnation
The embodiment of an idea or God in human form
