Great Gatsby Flashcards by Megan kuhn | Brainscape

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Amorphous

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Shapeless or having no definite form

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Convivial

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Fond of food company and festivity

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Corpulent

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Hugely fat

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Deft

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Clever or cunning

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Dilatory

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Delaying or slow

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Euphemism

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Substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive

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Feign

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To make False of or pretend

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Florid

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Flushed with color or flowery

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Garrulous

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Talkative or rambling

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Impetuous

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Impulsive hasty or violent

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Juxtapose

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To place close together or side by side

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Menagerie

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A collective n of animals on exhibition

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Punctilious

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Precise following of rules of instructions

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Somnambulist

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A sleep walker

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Strident

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Loud and harsh sounding

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Sumptuous

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Lavish and Luxurious

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Supercilious

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Haughty vain and arrogant

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Turgid

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Swollen

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Unobtrusive

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Not noticeable

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Vestige

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Traces or remains