Gatsby Vocab 4

Question 1

Incessant (adj.)

Answer 1

Continuing without interruption

Question 2

Ravenously (adv.)

Answer 2

Extremely hungry; voracious

Question 3

Pervaded (v.)

Answer 3

To be present throughout; permeate

Question 4

Amorphous (adj.)

Answer 4

Lacking definite form; shapeless

Question 5

Holocaust (n.)

Answer 5

Great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life

Question 6

Adventitious (adj.)

Answer 6

Not inherent but added extrinsically; accidental

Question 7

Superfluous (adj.)

Answer 7

Being beyond what is required or sufficient

Question 8

Deferred (v.)

Answer 8

To put off; postpone

Question 9

Jaunty (adj.)

Answer 9

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk

Question 10

Distort (v.)

Answer 10

To twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape

Question 11

Transitory (adj.)

Answer 11

Existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary

Question 12

Incoherent (adj.)

Answer 12

Lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; not coherent

Question 13

Sumptuous (adj.)

Answer 13

A size or splendor suggesting great expense

Question 14

Facet (n.)

Answer 14

One of numerous aspects, as of a subject

Question 15

Vacuous (adj.)

Answer 15

Devoid of matter; empty