The Great Gatsby

Question 1

levity

Answer 1

excessive or unseemly frivolity; liveliness

Question 2

supercilious

Answer 2

arrogant

Question 3

apathetically

Answer 3

showing no interest or concern; half heartedly

Question 4

languid

Answer 4

slow and relaxed

Question 5

vacuous

Answer 5

unintelligent; mindless; empty-headed

Question 6

corpulent

Answer 6

excessively fat

Question 7

insolent

Answer 7

showing rude or arrogant lack of respect

Question 8

juxtaposition

Answer 8

two things placed next to each other for contrast

Question 9

succulent

Answer 9

juicy; tender; tasty

Question 10

nebulous

Answer 10

hazy; in the form of a cloud; indistinct

Question 11

insidious

Answer 11

harming in a subtle way

Question 12

meretricious

Answer 12

apparently attractive but having no value in reality; cheap or gawdy

Question 13

turgid

Answer 13

swollen and distended

Question 14

sauntered

Answer 14

walk in a slow, relaxed manner

Question 15

dilatory

Answer 15

causing delay

Question 16

incredulous

Answer 16

unwilling to believe something

Question 17

redolent

Answer 17

strongly reminiscent of; strongly smelling of something fragrant

Question 18

fortuitously

Answer 18

unexpectedly; occurring by chance

Question 19

amorphous

Answer 19

shapeless

Question 20

superfluous

Answer 20

unnecessary; exceeding what is sufficient