Gatsby vocab

Question 1

Hauteur

Answer 1

adj. haughtiness of manner; disdainful pride

Question 2

Incredulous

Answer 2

Adj. (of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something

Question 3

Vacuous

Answer 3

Adj. having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless

Question 4

Jovial

Answer 4

Adj. cheerful and friendly

Question 5

Indignant

Answer 5

Adj. feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

Question 6

Subterfuge

Answer 6

Noun. Deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal

Question 7

Obstinate

Answer 7

Adj. stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so

Question 8

Libertine

Answer 8

Noun. A person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility, especially in sexual matters

Question 9

Insolent

Answer 9

Adj. showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

Question 10

Ingratiate

Answer 10

Verb. To bring oneself into favor with someone by flattering or trying to please them

Question 11

Ineffable

Answer 11

Adj. too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

Question 12

Turgid

Answer 12

Adj.

1. Swollen and distended or congested
2. (of a language your style) tediously pompous or bombastic

Question 13

Unreliable narrator

Answer 13

Noun. And narrator, weather in literature, film, or theatre, whose credit credibility has been seriously compromised