The Great Gatsby Flashcards

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Intimation

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To indicate or make know indirectly; hint,imply,suggest

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Supercilious

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Haughtily distant full or contemptuous as a person or a facial feature, arrogant

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Complacent

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Pleased with oneself or ones merits, situation often with out awareness of potential harm

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Reciprocal

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Given or felt by each towers the other; reciprocal respect

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Contiguous

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Touching sides or corners

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Cower

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Crouch or curl up as in fear or shame

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Permeate

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To pass into or through every part of

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Vehement

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Strongly emotional; intense or passionate

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Abyss

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A deep immeasurable space; anything profound, fathomable idea

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Apathetic

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Indifferent; lacking interest; lethargic

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Innuendo

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An indirect intimation about a person or thing

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Strident

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Grating/ strongly expressed/ loud strong or urgent expressed

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Denizen

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Person who regularly frequents a place

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Sporadic

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Irregular intervals

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Ecstatic

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Really excited joyful

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Elusive

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Not clear perception or mental grasp

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Insidious

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Intended to entrap, appear innocent but actually harmful

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Vicarious

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Felt or enjoyed through imagined participation

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Portentous

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Threatening ominous

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In cahoots

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To share equally partners

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Forlorn

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Desolate or dreary unhappy miserable

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Aesthetic

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Concerned with beauty or appreciation of beauty

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Surmise

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To guess/ hypothesize

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Elocution

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Skillful public speaking