Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

English 2 > Great gatsby > Flashcards

Great gatsby Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
Q

Elicit

A

To bring out a response, to evoke

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Endow

A

To provide with income or property, to supply with a talent or quality

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Engrossed

A

Completely occupied or absorbed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Euphemism

A

Substituting an inoffensive or less offensive term for one that is offensive

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Exalt

A

To glorify, praise, raise in rank

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Feint

A

A false appearance, a fake punch to occupy defenses allowing a real blow

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Ferocity

A

Savagery

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Fervent

A

Ardent, showing great emotion, impassioned

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Florid

A

Flowery, flushed with color

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Interminable

A

Having or seeming to have no end, wearisomely protracted

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Inviolable

A

Secure from violation or from being profaned

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Jaunty

A

Stylish and lovely in manner or appearance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Juxtapose

A

To place close together or side by side

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Labyrinthine

A

Like a maze, very convoluted and the intricate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Languid

A

Slow, sluggish, listless, weak

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Laud

A

To praise, to extol

17
Q

Legacy

A

A gift by will, something handed down by an ancestor or predecessor

18
Q

Lethargic

A

Sluggish, languid

19
Q

Levity

A

Excessive frivolity, flippancy

20
Q

Luxuriant

A

Abundant growth, very fertile

21
Q

Magnanimity

A

Having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit

22
Q

Malevolence

A

ill will or having evil intentions

23
Q

Plagiarize

A

To steal and use another’s writings as one’s own

24
Q

Pneumatic

A

Pertaining to air or gas

25
Q

Poignant

A

Piercing, incisive, and keen

26
Q

Reserve

A

Self restraint

27
Q

Revere

A

To honor, to regard with respect

28
Q

Reverie

A

Daydreaming

29
Q

Rivulet

A

A small stream, brook

30
Q

Savory

A

Appetizing

31
Q

Scanty

A

Less than or barely sufficient, meager

32
Q

Shrill

A

A high pitched or piercing sound

33
Q

Somnambulist

A

A sleepwalker

34
Q

Sporadic

A

Occasionally occurring

35
Q

Stratum

A

A horizontal layer

36
Q

Strident

A

Loud and harsh sounding

37
Q

Succulent

A

Very juicy

38
Q

Sumptuous

A

Lavish, luxurious

39
Q

Supercilious

A

Haughty, vain, and arrogant

English 2 (12 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions