Great Gatsby Vocab

Question 0

Supercilious

Answer 0

Arrogant

Question 1

Epigram

Answer 1

a tersely expressed saying

Question 2

Rotogravure

Answer 2

A photomechanical process by which pictures are printed

Question 3

Contiguous

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Touching, in contact

Question 4

Peremptory

Answer 4

Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal

Question 5

Hauteur

Answer 5

Haughty manner or spirit; arrogance

Question 6

Omnibus

Answer 6

A volume of reprinted works of a single author or of works related in interest of theme

Question 7

Erroneous

Answer 7

Straying from what is moral, decent, proper

Question 8

Convivial

Answer 8

Fond of feasting, drinking, and merry company

Question 9

Affectations

Answer 9

An effort to appear to have quality not really or fully possessed

Question 10

Somnambulatory

Answer 10

Sleep walking

Question 11

Denizen

Answer 11

A person who regularly frequents a place

Question 12

Nebulous

Answer 12

Hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused

Question 13

Meretricious

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Alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attraction; tawdry

Question 14

Euphemism

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The substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one of caravans

Question 15

Caravansary

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An inn, usually a large courtyard, for the overnight accommodation of caravans

Question 16

Contingency

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A possible but not very likely future event or condition; eventually profligate; rake

Question 17

Expostulation

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an expostulatory remark or address, earnest and kindly protest

Question 18

Redolent

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Having a pleasant odor; fragrant

Question 19

Pneumatic

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of or pertaining to air, gases, or wind

Question 20

Amorphous

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Lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless

Question 21

Provincial

Answer 21

Having attitudes and opinions supposedly common to people living in provinces

Question 22

Pandered

Answer 22

A person who caters to a profits from the weakness or vices or other

Question 23

Commensurate

Answer 23

Having the same measure; of equal extent or duration