Gatsby Vocab Flashcards

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Formidable

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Tough

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2
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Inexplicable

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Unexplainable; relates to actions

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3
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Indiscernible

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Unable to disguinish

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4
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Garrulous

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Annoyingly talkative

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5
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Incoherent

A

Describe something that doesn’t make sense

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6
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Conceivable

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Able to imagine

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7
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Forlorn

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Feeling of being down

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8
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Laden

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Weighed down

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9
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Derange

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To create disorder

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10
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Surmise

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Imagined based on evidence

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11
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Superfluous

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Excess

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12
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Elocutior

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Study of speaking

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13
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Inquisition

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Interrogation and intense

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14
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Borne

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Carried with a burden

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15
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Ceaselessly

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Without stopping

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16
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Innuendo

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Sexual message

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17
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Erroneous

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Error filled

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Wan

19
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Impetuous

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Acting without thinking

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Vacuous

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Corpulent

22
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Provincial

23
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Fluctuate

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Wave like motion

24
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Sporadic

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Elicit
Provoke
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Valor
Courage and strength
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Denizen
A person who frequents dark places
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Jauntily
With every
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Contemptuous
Looking down at something
30
Insidious
Intended to cause harm
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Repose
Lie back
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Debauch
Degrade
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Antecedent
Those things that come before
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Ingratiate
To be accepted
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Perturb
Milder form of disturb
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Genially
Professionally
37
Lapse
Pause or delay
38
Tentative
Hesitant or cautious so you pause
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Tumult
Burst of energy that upsets something
40
Irreverent
Mildly disrespectful
41
Vicarious
To feel something through others
42
Rancor
Deep hatred