Great Gatsby I Flashcards
Colossal
Great in size; huge
Allusion
A passing or casual reference
Complacent
Pleased, especially with oneself or one’s merits, advantages, situation, ect.
Corpulent
Large or bulky body
Ether
Former inhalant anesthetic
Extemporize
To improvise
Feign
To pretend, to fake
Florid
Reddish, ruddy, rosy
Fractious
Unruly, readily angered
Implore
To beg urgently or piteously
Infinitesimal
Indefinitely or exceedingly small
Jaunty
Easy and sprightly in manner or bearing
Languid
Lacking in vigor or vitality
Levity
Lightness of mind, character, or behavior
Peremptory
Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal
Prodigality
wasteful extravagance
Reproach
To find fault with; blame
Supercilious
Haughty disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or facial expression
Vacuous
Without contents; empty
Wan
Of unnatural or sickly pallor