Great Gatsby Vocab

Question 1

Fractious

Answer 1

Inclined to make trouble

Question 2

Supercilious

Answer 2

Characterized by haughty scorn

Question 3

Oculist

Answer 3

A physician who treats diseases of the eyes

Question 4

Hauteur

Answer 4

Arrogance; haughtiness in bearing or attitude

Question 5

Caterwaul

Answer 5

To cry or screech like a cat in heat

Question 6

Juxtapose

Answer 6

To situate side by side

Question 7

Succulent

Answer 7

Full of juice or sap

Question 8

Beaux

Answer 8

The sweetheart of a women or girl

Question 9

Reproach

Answer 9

To blame for some thing

Question 10

Pompadour

Answer 10

A women’s hair style formed by sweeping the hair straight up from the forehead

Question 11

Insidious

Answer 11

Working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner

Question 12

Meretricious

Answer 12

Pertaining to or resembling a prostitute

Question 13

Turgid

Answer 13

Over-distended, swollen, bloated

Question 14

Florid

Answer 14

Flushed w a rosy color, ruddy

Question 15

Flapper

Answer 15

A young women, especially one who flaunts her disdain for conventional dress & behavior, used during the 1920’s