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Great Gatsby Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Haughty

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Disdainfully proud, snobbish

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Insolent

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Boldly rude or disrespectful

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Subterfuge

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A scheme or a trick to escape rules or consequences

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Wan

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An unnatural or sickly pallor(skin color)

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Jauntily

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Easily, sprightly, self- confident in manner or bearing

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Scornful

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Contemptuous, full of dislike

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Punctilious

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Attentive to & careful about formalities and manners

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Proprietor

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Owner of a business establishment

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Disconcerting

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Upsetting, confusing, unexpected

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Incredulity

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Inability or unwillingness to believe

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Valor

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Heroic courage, bravery

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Strained

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Produced with effort, not natural or spontaneous

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Splendor

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Brilliant or gorgeous appearance

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Luxuriated

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To enjoy oneself; to grow fully or abundantly

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Earnest

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Serious; honest; showing depth & sincerity of feeling

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Ferocious

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Savagely fierce; extreme or intense

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Delicacy

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Something delightful or pleasung

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Solemn

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Grave, sober

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Somnambulatory

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To act as though sleep- walking

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Indignant

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Displeasure for something unjust, insulting, or offensive

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Sentimental

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Expressing emotions such as love, sadness, and nostalgia in a pronounced manner

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Meretricious

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Tastefully showy

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Turgid

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Obstentatiouslt lofty in style

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Ingratiate

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To gain favor or approval for yourself by doing or saying things that people like

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Pervade

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To spread through all parts of something: to exist in every part of something

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Septic

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Infected with bacteria

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Proximity

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The state of being near

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Harrowing

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Extremely painful

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Affront

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To do or say something that shows a lack of respect for someone or someone’s feelings

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Genial

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Marked by or diffusing sympathy or friendliness

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Intermittent

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Starting, stopping, and starting again. Not constant or steady

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Supercilious

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Haughty, over proud

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Arrogant

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exaggerating ones own worth

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Gruff

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Rough, stern, harsh

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Imperative

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Powerfully, commandingly

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Pathetic

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Pitiful

37
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Ecstatically

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Showing overwhelming delight

38
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Languidly

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Drooping as if from exhaustion (not usually used as an adverb)

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Cynical

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Distrustful of human nature

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Artifical

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False, lacking in natural quality

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Indiscreet

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Showing poor judgement

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