The Great Gatsby Flashcards
Intimation
To indicate or make know indirectly; hint,imply,suggest
Supercilious
Haughtily distant full or contemptuous as a person or a facial feature, arrogant
Complacent
Pleased with oneself or ones merits, situation often with out awareness of potential harm
Reciprocal
Given or felt by each towers the other; reciprocal respect
Contiguous
Touching sides or corners
Cower
Crouch or curl up as in fear or shame
Permeate
To pass into or through every part of
Vehement
Strongly emotional; intense or passionate
Abyss
A deep immeasurable space; anything profound, fathomable idea
Apathetic
Indifferent; lacking interest; lethargic
Innuendo
An indirect intimation about a person or thing
Strident
Grating/ strongly expressed/ loud strong or urgent expressed
Denizen
Person who regularly frequents a place
Sporadic
Irregular intervals
Ecstatic
Really excited joyful
Elusive
Not clear perception or mental grasp
Insidious
Intended to entrap, appear innocent but actually harmful
Vicarious
Felt or enjoyed through imagined participation
Portentous
Threatening ominous
In cahoots
To share equally partners
Forlorn
Desolate or dreary unhappy miserable
Aesthetic
Concerned with beauty or appreciation of beauty
Surmise
To guess/ hypothesize
Elocution
Skillful public speaking