Gatsby Vocab Chapter 4-6 Flashcards
Knickerbockers
A person from Manhatten. A baggy type of pants
Fluctuate
to rise and fall irregularly in number or amount
Sporadic
Something that happens at irregular intervals, only in a few places; scattered or isolated
Divine retribution
supernatural punishment
Rajah
AN Indian king or prince
Elicit
to draw out or to call forth a reaction from something or someone
Valour
Great courage in the face of danger, typically a battle
Somnambulatory
To sleepwalk
Denizen
inhabitant or occupant of a particular place.
Jauntily
to do something in a happy, confident, and dapper manner
Rout
a disastrous defeat
Suppressed
to lower the level of something
Innumerable
too many things to be counted
Ecstatic
overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement
Reproach
an expression of disapproval or disappointment
Serf
a servant or a labourer
Obstinate
To stubbornly refuse to change your actions or opinions even when people try to persuade you
Exultation
A feeling of triumph and joy
Hulking
A heavy and clumsy body
Nebulous
a concept that is unclear and vague
Laudable
an idea or an action that deserves praise
Insidious
having a gradual and cumulative effect
Repose
to be at rest
Debauch
to destroy or to deface purity
Antecedent
something that has always existed, or exists before another
Ingratiate
to get a favour from someone by trying to flatter and please them
Perturb
to make someone anxious or unsettled
Dilatory
slow to act, procrastination
Desolate
a place that is deserted of people, it is bleak
Elusive
difficult to find or catch
