Gatsby Vocab. - Chapter 6 Flashcards
1
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Intending to entrap or trick
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Insidious
2
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Peace; tranquillity; calm
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Repose
3
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An uninhibited spree or party
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Debauch
4
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A preceding circumstance, event, object, etc.
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Antecedent
5
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To establish (oneself) in favor of good graces of others by deliberate effort
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Ingratiate
6
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To throw in great disorder; derange; bother; annoy
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Perturb
7
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Tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy
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Dilatory
8
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Barren or laid waste; devastated; deprived or destitute of inhabitants
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Desolate
9
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Hard to express or define; cleverly or skillfully evasive
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Elusive
10
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Deserving praise; commendable
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Laudable
