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
maze
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disconnecting
confusing;upsetting
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sinister
singularly evit
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juxtaposiiton
placing sice by side
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denizen
imhabitant;occupant
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abstracted
lost in thought; removed
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harrowed
mentally distressed
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defunct
no longer living or existing
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abortive
coming to nothing
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vestige
traec; marke of something that once existed but has passed or disappeared
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insidious
caracterized by treachery or slyness
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conceit
exaggerated opinion of self
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ineffable
too overwhelming to be expressed
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turgid
swelling in style; pompous
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elicited
to draw or entice forth
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contingency
something whose occurrence depends on chance
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dilatory
having the nature of causing delay
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affront
an offence by disrespect
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abyss
the bottomless gulf
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inviolate
not violated; unrpofaned
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vicariously
sharing in someone else's experience through the use of imaginaiton
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formidable
causing fear or dread
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redolent
having or emitting an odor
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ravenously
voracious; great appetite
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corroborate
to support or confirm
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pervade
to be prevalent
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garrulous
habitually talkative
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fortuitously
happening by acident or chance
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amorphous
vague; withotu definite form
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proteges
one whose welfare or career is promoted by an influential person
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holocaust
burnt offering or total destruction of life
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adventitious
addded from the outside
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superfluous
beyond what is required or sufficient
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solidarity
complete unity of a group
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deferred
to put off
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jauntily
having a self-confident air
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provincial
of or belonging to a province
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transitory
existing only briefly
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commensurate
proportionate; equal is measure/size
