The Great Gatsby Foreword & Preface

Question 1

Acumen

Answer 1

The ability to make good judgements and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain

Question 2

Obituary

Answer 2

Notice of death

Question 3

Endeavor

Answer 3

An attempt to achieve a goal

Question 4

Gauge

Answer 4

A means of estimating something; criterion; test

Question 5

Expatriate

Answer 5

A person who lives outside of their native country

Question 6

Dissipation

Answer 6

The squandering of money, energy, or resources

Question 7

Catalyst

Answer 7

A person or thing that encourages or causes an event to happen

Question 8

Tycoon

Answer 8

A wealthy or powerful person in business or industry

Question 9

Precede

Answer 9

To come before something

Question 10

Facsimiles

Answer 10

An exact copy, especially of written or printed material

Question 11

Duress

Answer 11

Threats, violence, constraints, or other means of forcing someone to do something against their will

Question 12

Presuppositional

Answer 12

Assumed beforehand at the beginning of a line of argument or course of action

Question 13

Ebulliently

Answer 13

In a cheerful or energetic manner

Question 14

Edict

Answer 14

An official order or proclamation issued by a person of authority

Question 15

Speakeasies

Answer 15

An illicit liquor store of nightclub during the Prohibition

Question 16

Bootleg

Answer 16

Made, distributed, or sold illegally

Question 17

Hedonism

Answer 17

Pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence

Question 18

Chronicled

Answer 18

Recorded in a factual and detailed way

Question 19

Aspiration

Answer 19

A hope or ambition of achieving something; the object of one’s ambition; goal

Question 20

Bootlegger

Answer 20

A person who makes, distributes, or sells goods illegally

Question 21

Peculation

Answer 21

The act of stealing or taking something dishonestly (usually public funds)

Question 22

Penny-Ante

Answer 22

Poker played for very small stakes or risks

Question 23

Orgy

Answer 23

Wild party usually involving over-indulgence; Excessive indulgence in a specific activity

Question 24

Adherents

Answer 24

People who support a specific person, party, or idea(s)

Question 25

Umbrage

Answer 25

Offense or annoyance

Question 26

Orgastic

Answer 26

Exciting or stimulating

Question 27

Appellation

Answer 27

Name or title

Question 28

Reverberates

Answer 28

Echoes; rings; resonates

Question 29

Tawdry

Answer 29

Showy but also cheap and of poor quality

Question 30

Ostentatious

Answer 30

Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract attention

Question 31

Impressionistically

Answer 31

In a manner that is based on subjective reactions presented unsystematically

Question 32

Consummation

Answer 32

The point at which something is complete or finalized

Question 33

Elapsed

Answer 33

Passed or went by

Question 34

Transpose

Answer 34

Cause two or more things to change places with each other

Question 35

Utilitarian

Answer 35

Designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive

Question 36

Mutability

Answer 36

Tendency to change

Question 37

Augmented

Answer 37

Having been made greater in size or value