Great Gatsby Flashcards
Plagiaristic
Copied and passed off as your own
Levity
Lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate; frivolity
Fractiousness
Quarrelsome, irritable
Peremptory
Insisting on immediate attention or obedience
Supercilious
Haughty, disdainful, snobby
Contiguous
Connecting without a break; uninterrupted
Vacuous
Lacking in ideas or intelligence
Subterfuges
A deceptive strategy or device
Retribution
A deserved punishment
Juxtaposition
Placing side by side- often in comparison
Defunct
No longer working
Meretricious
Apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity
Turgid
Swollen
Debauchee
One given to extreme indulgence or debauchery
Dilatory
Tending or intended to cause delay; characterized by procrastination
Truculent
Feeling or displaying ferocity: cruel, savage; deadly, destructive
Redolent
Exuding fragrance: aromatic; evocative, suggestive
Garrulous
Pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
Amorphous
Being without definite character or nature: unclassifiable
Superfluous
Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary: not needed: unnecessary
Complacent
Marked by self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers: self-satisfied
Orgiastic
At the height of emotional excitement
Hedonistic
The doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the sole or chief good in life
