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Great Gatsby Vocabulary Flashcards

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plagiartistic

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to present the ideas or works of another’s

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proximity

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nearness

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turbulence

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commotion or disorder

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supercilious

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arrogant

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swank

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swaggering

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fractiousness

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quarrelsomeness

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reciprocal

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mutual; shared

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libel

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a false statement

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transcendent

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exceeding the usual limits

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contiguous

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in physical contact

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apathetically

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feeling little or no emotion

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rakish

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sporty

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languid

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weak; lacking energy

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hauteur

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arrogance

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prodigality

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tendency to be very wasteful

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vehemently

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passionately; forceful

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poignant

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deeply moving

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contemptuous

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expressingt disrespect

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creduilty

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the quality of beliveing too readily

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ascertain

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to find out with certainty

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convival

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festive

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malevolence

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hatred; malicious

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affectations

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attitude or behavior that is assumed but not genuinely felt

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punctilious

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marked by precise accordance

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labyrinth

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maze

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disconnecting

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confusing;upsetting

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sinister

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singularly evit

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juxtaposiiton

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placing sice by side

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denizen

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imhabitant;occupant

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abstracted

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lost in thought; removed

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harrowed

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mentally distressed

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defunct

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no longer living or existing

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abortive

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coming to nothing

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vestige

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traec; marke of something that once existed but has passed or disappeared

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insidious

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caracterized by treachery or slyness

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conceit

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exaggerated opinion of self

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ineffable

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too overwhelming to be expressed

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turgid

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swelling in style; pompous

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elicited

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to draw or entice forth

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contingency

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something whose occurrence depends on chance

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dilatory

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having the nature of causing delay

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affront

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an offence by disrespect

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abyss

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the bottomless gulf

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inviolate

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not violated; unrpofaned

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vicariously

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sharing in someone else’s experience through the use of imaginaiton

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formidable

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causing fear or dread

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redolent

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having or emitting an odor

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ravenously

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voracious; great appetite

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corroborate

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to support or confirm

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pervade

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to be prevalent

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garrulous

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habitually talkative

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fortuitously

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happening by acident or chance

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amorphous

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vague; withotu definite form

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proteges

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one whose welfare or career is promoted by an influential person

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holocaust

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burnt offering or total destruction of life

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adventitious

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addded from the outside

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superfluous

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beyond what is required or sufficient

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solidarity

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complete unity of a group

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deferred

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to put off

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jauntily

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having a self-confident air

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provincial

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of or belonging to a province

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transitory

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existing only briefly

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commensurate

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proportionate; equal is measure/size

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