Great Gatsby Vocab Final Flashcards by Emma Nguyen

privy

(n) sharing in the knowledge of something secret or private

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epigram

(n) a clever remark

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extemporize

(vb) to improvise

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feign

(vb) to fake or simulate

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levity

(n) humor or frivolity

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reproach

(vb) to express disapproval

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languid

(adj) slow and relaxed

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pungent

(adj) having a strong smell or taste

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deft

(adj) skillful

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complacency

(n) smugness, self-satisfaction

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corroborate

(vb) to confirm or verify

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intimate

(adj) familiar; private or personal

(vb) to hint at

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supercilious

(adj) arrogant, contempt, disdainful

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wistful

(adj) nostalgic, yearning, longing

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effeminate

(adj) feminine, unmanly

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regal

(adj) befitting royalty

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gaudy

(adj) extravagantly bright or showy

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vehement

(adj) passionate or intense

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saunter

(vb) to make an abrupt movement

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indignant

(adj) resentful

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affectation

(n) behavior that is artificial

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retribution

(n) punishment inflicted as vengeance

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incredulity

(n) state of being unwilling

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benediction

(n) bestowing of a blessing

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denizen

(n) inhabitant or resident

prodigal

(adj) wasteful, extravagant

ascertain

(vb) to make sure of

engrossed

(adj) having ones attention completely

proprietor

(n) owner of a business or property

somnambulatory

(adj) sleepwalking related

receptacle

(n) a holder or container

vestige

(n) a trace of something; a remnant

silhouette

(n) a dark outline against a lighter background

fluctuate

(vb) to vary, change

laudable

(adj) deserving praise, worthy

insidious

(adj) treacherous, cunning

contemptuous

(adj) scornful, disrespectful

profusion

(n) an abundance

perturbed

(adj) anxious or upset

oblivion

(n) unconsciousness

lethargic

(adj) sluggish, inactive

dilatory

(adj) slow, unhurried

desolate

(adj) deserted, bleak, bare

wisp

(n) a strand, tendril

elusive

(adj) difficult to find or catch

ineffable

(adj) indescribable

harrowing

(adj) acutely distressing

affront

(n) an action that causes offense; (vb) to insult

morbid

(adj) abnormal interest in disturbing subjects

indiscreet

(adj) showing too great a readiness to reveal secrets

boisterous

(adj) noisy, energetic

disquietly

(adv) in a worried, anxious manner

inviolate

(adj) free from injury

precipitately

(adv) hastily

intermittent

(adj) irregular

libertine

(n) playboy; (adj) immoral in sexual affairs

rancor

(n) bitterness or resentfulness

wan

(adj) pale in complexion

vicarious

(adj) acting or done for another

incessant

(adj) ceaseless, continual

amorphous

(adj) without a clearly defined shape; (adj) ill-organized

superfluous

(adj) unnecessary, in excess

elocution

(n) the skill of clear and expressive speech

provincial

(adj) concerning a province of a country

pander

(vb) to indulge an immoral desire

transitory

(adj) temporary

lurch

(vb) to make an abrupt movement