Great Gatsby Flashcards by Lizel Lizaso | Brainscape

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Banns

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public announcement of intention to marry

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Deft

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dexterous, skillful

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Extenporizing

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speaking on the spur if the moment without prepeeation

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fractiousness

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quarrelsome

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hulking

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large and threatening

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indredulously

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with disbelief

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languidly

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slowly and listlessly

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peremptorily

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in a harsh decisive manner, allowing no response

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superlicious

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haughty,compemtuous

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contiguous

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adjacent, next to eachother

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ectoplasm

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a ghostly emanation

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hauteur

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haughtiness, arrogance

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incessant

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constant

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pastoral

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relating to an idealized natural setting

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saunter

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to stroll

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strident

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harsh sounding, sheill

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ascertain

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to find out

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cataracts

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floods of water; wavess

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constrained

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compelled

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echolalia

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babble; the habit of repeating what other people say

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innuendo

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a derogatory hint or insinuation

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permeate

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to spread through a substance

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Staid

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very proper and conservative in behavior

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denizen

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inhabitant

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disconcerting

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upsetting; confusing

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fluctuate

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to vary;change

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jauntily

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gaily,stylishly

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olfactory

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referring to the sense of smell

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somnanbulatory

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in a sleepwalking manner

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defunct

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completely broken, dead

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harrowed

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distressed; vexed

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nebuluous

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vague

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reproach

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blame

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serfs

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a slave bound to a land and owned by a lord

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vestige

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trace, remnant

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dilatory

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tardy, slow moving

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laudable

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praiseworthy

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proximity

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nearness

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septic

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dirty, infectious

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turgid

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inflated in language, bombastic

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caranvasary

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large inn, I the Middle East to accommodate caravans

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meretricious

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characteristic if a prostitute

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portentous

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ominous

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precipitately

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hastily

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prig

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an overly proper. or punctilious person

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truculent

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cruel, savage, destructive

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forlorn

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forsaken, pitiable

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fortuitously

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by chance

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garrulous

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talkative

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indiscernable

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imperceptible

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pervading

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spread throughout

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redolent

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fragrant, imbued with an idor

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adventitious

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accidental

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commensurate

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equal

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complacent

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self satisfied

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deranged

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driven mad

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transitory

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quickly passing; momentary

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vacuous

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emoty