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The Great Gatsby Flashcards

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Fractiousness

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Irritability

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Feigned

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Pretended

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Exempt

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Free from obligation

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Bizarre

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Odd, grotesque

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Bantering

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Playful teasing

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Complacency

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Self satisfaction, smugness

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Intimation

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Hint

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Desolate

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Lonely, forlorn

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Supercilious

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Arrogant

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Contiguous

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Adjoining

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Apathetic

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Indifferent

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Languid

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Listless, without vigor

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13
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Hauteur

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Disdainful pride

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Prodigality

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Extravagance

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Vehemently

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Forcefully

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Credulity

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Willingness to believe

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17
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Cynical

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Sceptical of goodness and sincerity

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18
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Ascertain

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To make sure

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19
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Convivial

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Sociable

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20
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Affectation

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Artificial behaviour

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21
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Punctilious

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Precise, formal

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22
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Labyrinth

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Maze

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Disconcerting

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Confusing

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Sinister

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Ominous, evil

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Abstracted

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Preoccupied

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Juxtaposition

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Side by side placement

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Simultaneous

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At the same time

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Defunct

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No longer

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29
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Abortive

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Unsuccessful

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Distraught

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Upset, agitated

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Vestige

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A trace of something no longer existing

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Fluctuate

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To vary

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Turbulent

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Agitated, disturbing

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Turgid

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Pompous, swollen

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Contingency

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A possible event

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Profusion

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Abundance

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Oblivion

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Nothingness

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Saunter

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Leisurely stroll

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Dilatory

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Slow delaying

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Affront

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Offense

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Abyss

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Bottomless pit

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Inviolate

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Sacred, intact

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Intermittent

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Periodic

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Presumptuous

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Overly bold

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Formidable

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Awesome, hard to handle

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Incessant

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Without stopping

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Ravenously

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Hungrily

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Pervaded

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Spread throughout

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Corroborate

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Confirm

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Garrulous

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Overly talkative

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Amorphous

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Formless

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Holocaust

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Complete destruction

53
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Adventitious

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Accidental

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Superfluous

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Excessive

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Deferred

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Yielded

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Jaunty

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Stylish

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Distort

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Twist out of shape

58
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Transitory

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Temporary

59
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Incoherent

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Disordered, unconnected

60
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Nick moves

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To west egg

61
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He lives next door to

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Gatsbys mansion

62
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He visits his cousins

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Tom and daisy Buchanan

63
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At the Buchanan’s, Nick meets the golfer

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Jordan baker

64
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Nick sees gatsby reach out

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To the green light (Daisy’s House)

65
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Tom is having an affair with

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Myrtle Wilson

66
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Nick first meets gatsby af

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His party

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Jordan tells nick that gatsby loves

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Daisy

68
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Gatsby bought his house because

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He wanted to be near daisy

69
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Gatsby wants Daisy to

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Leave Tom and come to him

70
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Tom convinces Daisy to

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Stay with him

71
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Gatsby’s fortune comes from

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Bootlegging

72
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Daisy is driving when

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Myrtle is killed

73
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Gatsby never loses hope that

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Him and daisy will be together

74
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Wilson kills

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Gatsby and himself

75
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Only three people attend

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Gatsby’s funeral

76
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Mr. Gatz is proud of

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His sons success

77
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Tom admits that

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He sent Wilson after gatsby

78
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Daisy never told Tom that

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She was the one who killed myrtle

79
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Nick plans to return to

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The Midwest

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