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1
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What is Jay Gatsby’s real name?

A

James Gatz

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2
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Where is he really from?

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Lake Superior

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3
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Who are his parents?

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unsussessful farmers

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4
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How old was Gatasby when he met Dan Cody?

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17

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5
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What happened after Gatsby warned Cody about hte coming of bad weather?

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Cody let him be his personal assisstant and they did everything together

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6
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How much did Gatsby actually receive from Cody’s estate?

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Nothing

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7
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Who invites Gatsby over for dinner in chapter 6?

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Tom

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8
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Who shows up at Gatsby’s party in this chapter?

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Tom and Sloams

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9
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Why does Daisy offer Tom her “little old pencil”?

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To take some adreesses of the famous

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10
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Why does Gastsby say he relly wants Daisy to do?

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He wants Daisy to tell TOm she never loved him and marry Gatsby

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11
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Notoriety?

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The state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed

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12
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Conception?

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The way something is perceived or regarded

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13
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Florid?

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Having red or flushed complexion

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14
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Legacy?

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An amount of money or property left to someone in the will

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Antecedents?

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A thing or eent taht existed before or logically precedes another

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Arrogant?

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Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of ones own importance or abilities

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17
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Menagerie?

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A collection of wild animls kept in captivity for exhibition

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18
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What time does Nick return at the start of chapter 5?

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2 am

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19
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Where does Gatsby want to go?

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Coney Island

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20
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Why is Nick somewhat offended by Gatsby’s buisness offer?

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Gatsby insulted his money and was trying to pay Nick back for Daisy

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21
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What three colors is Gatsby dressed i for the tea party?

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white silver gold

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22
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What does Gatsby almost knock off the mantle?

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Clock

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23
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Where does Gatsby wnt to take Daisy and Nick after the tea?

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His house

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24
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What does Daisy do when shes overwhelmed with Gatsby’s shirts?

A

she cries at the beauty

tom doesnt treat her like that

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25
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Who used ot be Gatsby’s best friend years ago?

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Dan Cody

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26
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Peninsula?

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A piece of land almost fully surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water

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27
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Coney Island?

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Residental neighborhood in NYC

Lots of carnavals

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28
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Tactless?

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Having or showing a lack of sensitivity in dealing with others or with diffult issues

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29
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Innumerable?

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Too many to be counted

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30
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Exhilarating?

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Making one feel very happy animated or elated

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31
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Counterfeit?

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Made in exact imitation of something valueable or important with the intention to deceive or defend

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32
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Defunct?

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No longer existing or functioning

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33
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Reproach?

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Address in such a way as to express ddisapproval or disappointment

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34
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Serfs?

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Agriculture laborer bound under the federal sustem to work on his lord’s estate

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35
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Jonquils?

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Yellow flowers with cylindrical leavise native to southern europe and northeastern aftica

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36
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Illusion?

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A thing that is wrongfully perceived or interpreted by senses

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37
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Who was the man that was Gatsby’s so often that he comes to be known as “the boarder”?

A

Klipspringer

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38
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What is the one nervous habit that Gatsby demostrates?

A

He will never be still

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39
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What color is G car?

A

cream

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40
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Where did G say he was from?

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San Francisco

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41
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Why had he been “educated at Oxford”?

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It was a family tradition

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42
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What country had awarded G a medal that he carried around with at all times?

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Montenegro

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43
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Who fixed the 1919 World Series?

A

Wolfsheim

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44
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What were Wolfsheim’s cufflinks made of?

A

Human molars

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45
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How old is Daisy?

A

23

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46
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What present had tom given Daisy before their wedding?

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String of pearls

47
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What does G want N to do for him?

A

Invite Daisy to his house and let G come over and have teal

48
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What is the name of Tom’s mistress?

A

Myrtile

49
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What does Myrtile husbnd do for a living?

A

car mechanic and seller

50
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Where does Myrtile live?

A

Valley of Ashes

above the mechanic shop

51
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What day is when T, N, and the mistress goes to town?

A

Sunday

52
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Wht oes toms mistress want him to buy for her?

A

a dog

53
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Who is Catherine?

A

Myrtile sister

54
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Whta is the name of the photographer who lives downstairs?

A

Chester McKee

55
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What reason does Catherie give for T and his minstress being unable to marry?

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Daisy is a Catholic (lie) so she doesnt believe in divorce

56
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Why does T break his mistress nose?

A

Tom didnt want myritle to say Daisy’s name
tom doesnt want ot mix his lives
T can treat Myrtile however he wants

57
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In what year does Nick come East?

A

1922

58
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Which egg does Nick live on?

A

West

59
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Where was D childhood spent?

A

Louisville

60
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What relation is Daisy to Nick?

A

1st cousin

61
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Where did T and N know one another from?

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college

62
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What sex is is T and D child?

A

girl

63
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Who does J know that lives on west egg?

A

G

64
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What ime of year is it at the beggining of the novel?

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Spring

65
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Where does T keep his woman?

A

NY

66
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What has D heard about N frm 3 people?

A

he was engaged

67
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What sprt does T particulary enjoy?

A

polo

68
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How often does Gatsby have parties?

A

every weekend

69
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How do most people get into Gatsby’s parties?

A

they walk in

70
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With whom does Nick “hook up” at the pparty?

A

Jordan Baker

71
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Where do they meet Owl eyes?

A

Gatsby Library

72
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Wh;o has “one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassuuance in it?

A

Gatsby

73
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Is nick among the first or last guests to leave the party?

A

last

74
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What company does N work for?

A

Bond salesman

75
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What sport does J play?

A

Golf

76
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What does N say is his best cardinal virtue?

A

honesty

77
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Fortnight?

A

A period of 2 weeks

78
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Harlequin?

A

in varied colors

79
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Contemptous?

A

showing contempt

80
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Staid?

A

Sedate
Respectable
unadvernturous

81
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Oxford?

A

prestigious university in england

82
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Sinister?

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Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen

83
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Virtues?

A

Behavior showing high moral standards

84
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Roughneck?

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Person of hard manual labor

85
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Desolate?

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Deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness

86
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Impenetrable?

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impossible to pass through or enter

87
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Saunter?

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Walk in a slow, relaxed manner

88
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Smoldering?

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Burn slowly with smoke but no flame

89
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Indeterminate?

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Not exactly known

90
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Haughty?

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Arrogantly superior and disdainful

91
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Incessant?

A

Continuing without pause or interruption

92
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Ectoplasm?

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The more viscous, clear, outer layer of the cytoplasm in ameboid cells

93
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Shrill?

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High pitched and piercing

94
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Languid?

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Displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort

95
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Vulnerable?

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Susceptile to emotional attack or harm

96
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Plagiaristic?

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stealing another authors work

97
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Epigram?

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Apity saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way

98
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Contour?

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An outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something

99
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Anticlimax?

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A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events

100
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Supercilious?

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Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

101
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Paternal

A

aprropriate to a father

102
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Compulsion?

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The action or state of forcing or being forced to do something

103
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Hulking?

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heavy and clumsy

104
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Turbulent?

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Characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion

105
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Intimation?

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An indication or hint

106
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Cynical?

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Distrusting or disparaging the motives of others

107
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Civet?

A

A slender noturnal canivorous mammal with a barred and spotted coat and well developed
Native to Africa and Asia

108
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Voltaire?

A

versatile writer producing plays poems novels essays and historical and science works

109
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Endive?

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edible mediterranean plant whose bitter leaves may be blanched and used in salads

110
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Beluga?

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Small white toothed whale related to the narwhal, living in herds mainly in Artic coastal waters

111
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Baedeker?

A

German publisher for guidebooks for travelers

112
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Labyrinth?

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An intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find ones way or reach the end

113
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Fey?

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doomed

fated to die

114
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Klipspringer?

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small, agile African antelope

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