Great Gatsby Vocab Flashcards

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Thinking you are better than others;haughty

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Supercilious

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Talkative; loquacious

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Garrulous

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Not attracting attention

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Unobtrusive

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Slow and relaxed; showing little exertion

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Languid

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Showing a passionate intensity

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Fervent

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Noticeable; able to be seen or noticed

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Perceptible

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Loud; a confused noise

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Tumultuous

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Of the same kind; alike

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Homogeneous

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To give an income or property

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Endow

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Scattered or isolated; occurring at irregular intervals

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Sporadic

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Pale; giving the impression of illness or exhaustion

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Wan

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A type of yellow flower

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Jonquil

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Cloudy; unclear

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Nebulous

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Proceeding in a gradual but harmful way

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Insidious

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Too great or extreme to be described in words

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Ineffable

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Swollen or congested

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Turgid

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A daydream

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Reverie

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Not aware of or not concerned with what is happening

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Oblivious

19
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The thing pursued after; the cup by Jesus at the last supper

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Grail

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A clever saying, such as “there are no gains without pains”

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Epigram