The Great Gatsby Vocab

Question 1

boisterous (adjective)

Answer 1

noisy, energetic, cheerful; rowdy

Question 2

Conceit (noun)

Answer 2

excessive pride in oneself

Question 3

Contiguous (adjective)

Answer 3

to share a common border/be (placed) together

Question 4

Defunct (adjective)

Answer 4

no longer functioning

Question 5

Denizen (noun)

Answer 5

inhabitant of a particular area

Question 6

Disconcert (verb)

Answer 6

to disturb or disrupt the composure of something; to unsettle

Question 7

Effeminate (adjective)

Answer 7

to act with feminine characteristics or in a feminine manner as a man

Question 8

Euphemism (noun)

Answer 8

a mild word used to substitute a harsher one when referring to something unpleasant/embarrassing

Question 9

Florid (adjective)

Answer 9

having a flushed complexion or being very elaborate/complicated

Question 10

Fortuitous (Adjective)

Answer 10

to occur by chance, accident, or fortune/luck

Question 11

Grail (Noun)

Answer 11

something that is heavily pursued. In reference to the “Holy Grail”, it is the chalice Jesus drank from at the Last Supper.

Question 12

Ineffable (adjective)

Answer 12

too great or extreme to be spoken in words, not to be spoken

Question 13

Ingratiate (verb)

Answer 13

flattering/pleasing someone to gain their favoritism

Question 14

Innuendo

Answer 14

an oblique remark, usually a suggesting or derogative one.
Noun

Question 15

Insidious (adjective)

Answer 15

proceeding in a gradual way with harmful effects/treachery

Question 16

Libertine, noun

Answer 16

a person devoid of moral principle or a sense of responsibility/rejects widely accepted opinions

Question 17

Meretricious (adjective)

Answer 17

seemingly attractive but having no value/integrity in reality

Question 18

Pastoral

Answer 18

relating to shepherds/herdsmen and livestock raising (usually used in relation to property/land), or in the context of christianity, catholic spiritual guidance

Question 19

Peremptorily (adjective)

Answer 19

in a way that expects to be obeyed immediately and without any questions

Question 20

Presumptuous (adjective)

Answer 20

acting arrogant, overconfident, bypassing the means of what is considered rude or inappropriate

Question 21

Privy (adjective)

Answer 21

sharing the knowledge of something private

Question 22

Provocation (noun)

Answer 22

Acting/speaking in a manner that is deliberately antagonizing/rude

Question 23

Punctilious (adjective)

Answer 23

showing great attention to detail or punctuality/correct behavior

Question 24

Supercilious (Adjective)

Answer 24

behaving/acting as though superior to others

Question 25

Superficial (adjective)

Answer 25

only existing/seeming of value at surface level

Question 26

Transcendent (adjective)

Answer 26

extraordinary/superhuman, excelling and existing beyond the human experience

Question 27

Turbulent (adjective)

Answer 27

to be characterized by disturbance, conflict, and disorder

Question 28

Turgid (adjective)

Answer 28

swollen/congested or embellished

Question 29

Vestige (noun)

Answer 29

a trace/small amount of something that no longer exists

Question 30

Vicarious (adjective)

Answer 30

to be experienced through the imagination/experiences or feelings of others

Question 31

Voice in which the subject acts upon the verb/the verb receives action from the subject ex. The man ate the sandwich (The man, the subject, is placing action upon the verb- HE is doing the eating of the sandwich)

Answer 31

Active Voice

Question 32

Voice in which the verb acts upon the subject/the subject is “acted upon” by the verb; the direct object becomes the subject of the sentence influencing the verb
ex. the sandwich was eaten by the man (the sandwich, the subject, is being eaten by the man)

Answer 32

Passive voice

Question 33

Active Voice

Answer 33

Subject acts upon verb
ex. I sang the solo (“I” is the subject, imposing the singing in the sentence for the solo, the direct object, I as the subject am presently enacting the singing)

Question 34

Passive Voice

Answer 34

Subject is acted upon by the verb ex. the solo was sung by me (“The solo” is the subject, in which the singing is imposed on it/the solo is receiving the singing)

Question 35

How are active and passive voice told apart?

Answer 35

The direct object. When finding the direct object (recipient of verb in a sentence) in an active sentence, that direct object will become the subject in a passive sentence, and vice versa. when finding the subject in a passive sentence, this is actually the direct object in the active sentence.

Question 36

What are the reasons for writing in active voice?

Answer 36

It is more direct, often being more preferable

Question 37

When should passive voice be used?

Answer 37

1. The subject (do-er) of the action is unknown /unwanted/unneeded
   ex. the puppy was found on the side of the road. (in contrast to x found the puppy on the side of the road, active voice)
2. The writer wants to emphasize the action of the sentence rather than the subject doing it
   ex. the test work was heavily scrutinized during regents week by all the teachers (rather than the teachers heavily scrutinized the testwork during regents week, active voice)
3. The writer uses passive voice for sentence variety so their sentences do not redundantly use active voice.
   ex. She loved the puppy. The puppy had been pampered and played with by she for the next week. (variety)