Gatsby Week 2

Question 1

Fluctuate

Answer 1

to change continually; shift back and forth

Question 2

sporadic

Answer 2

appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional

Question 3

juxtaposition

Answer 3

an act or instance of placing close together or side by side. for comparison or contrast

Question 4

elicit

Answer 4

to draw or bring out or forth; reduce; evoke

Question 5

somnambulatory

Answer 5

related to sleeping walking; “sleepily” aware in a conversation

Question 6

denizen

Answer 6

an inhabitant; a resident; one that frequents a particular place

Question 7

jaunty

Answer 7

easy and sprightly in a manner or bearing

Question 8

meretricious

Answer 8

apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity

Question 9

suppress

Answer 9

to do away with; abolish; stop

Question 10

innumerable

Answer 10

very numerous; incapable of being counted; countless

Question 11

ecstatic

Answer 11

subject to ot in a state of ecstasy; rapturous

Question 12

reproach

Answer 12

to find fault with (a person, group); blame

Question 13

exult

Answer 13

to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice; be highly elated or jubilant

Question 14

nebulous

Answer 14

hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused

Question 15

laudable

Answer 15

deserving praise; or praiseworthy; commendable

Question 16

insidious

Answer 16

intended to entrap or trick

Question 17

debauch

Answer 17

an uninhibited spree or party

Question 18

antecedent

Answer 18

a preceding circumstance event, object, style, phenomenon

Question 19

ingratiate

Answer 19

to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others by deliberate effort

Question 20

dilatory

Answer 20

tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy