The Great Gatsby Vocab Flashcards by Daria Wonderlick | Brainscape

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Fractious

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Stubborn; irritable

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Languid

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Listless;weak

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Fervent

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Passionate

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Peremptory

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Dictatorial, imperious

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Contiguous

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Touching

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Anaemic

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Spiritless, weak

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Crepe-de-chine

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Fine, thin cloth

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Ectoplasm

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Gel-like outer layer, blob

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Hauteur

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Haughtiness, arrogance

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Erroneous

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False, mistaken

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Vacuous

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Empty

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Florid

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Flusher, ruddy

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Corpulent

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Fat, obese

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Klipspringer

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African antelope

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Punctilious

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Extremely careful

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Sinister

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Evil

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Incredulous

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Unbelieving

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Somnambulatory

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Sleep walking

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Presbyterian

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Traditional

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Juxtaposition

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Placement side by side

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Supercilious

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Haughty

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denizen

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inhabitant

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Orgiastic

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Excessively indulgent

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nebulous

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cloudy, indistinct

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Commensurate

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Proportionate; corresponding

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insidious

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treacherous, sly

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Aesthetic

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Having to do with beauty

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platonic

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ideal

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Transitory

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Lasting only a short time

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meretricious

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insincere

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Superfluous

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Extra; unnecessary

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ineffable

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unable to be expressed in words

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Amorphous

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Shapeless

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Madame de Maintenon

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second wife of King Louis XVI: mistress

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Fortuitous

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Accidental

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turgid

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flowery; swollen or excessive

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Garrulous

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Talkative

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debauchee

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one who indulges excessively in pleasure

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Redolent

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Aromatic

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euphemism

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a pleasant expression used in substitution for one that is unpleasant or offensive

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Truculent

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Fierce; cruel; savage

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dilatory

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tardy

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Portentous

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Ominous

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trimalchio

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extravagant host

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Magnanimous

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Generous; noble

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caravansary

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hotel

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Rancor

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Bitterness

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libertine

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one who pursues dissolution excessively

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Vicarious

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Enjoying an experience through another person

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Prig

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Prude