Great Gatsby V1 Flashcards by Clare Dittemore | Brainscape

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Hedonism

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Life focused on achieving pleasure

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Ebulliently

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Bubble out, boil, agitated

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Concomitant

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Something that accompanies something else

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Peculations

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Embezzlements

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Umbrage

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Reason to doubt, suspicion, resentment

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Antecedents

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Those who came before

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Feigned

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Pretend, give false appearance

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Levity

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Lack of steadiness, changeableness, unreliable

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Revelation

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To reveal a divine truth

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Epigram

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Sage, witty saying

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Supercilious

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Patronizingly haughty

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Effeminate

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Having feminine characteristics

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Fractiousness

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Troublesome, quarrelsome, irritable

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Divan

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Large couch without back or arms

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Reciprocal

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To give and take mutually

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Wan

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Sickly, pallid, suggesting poor health

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Languidly

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Slow, lacking force or quickness of movement

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Bantering

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Witty, joking conversation

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Claret

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Red wine

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Complacency

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Self-satisfied, unconcerned