The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Flashcards
Crescendo
A gradual increase in the volume or intensity of a sound
Punctilious
Attentive to finer points of etiquette and formal conduct
Flapper
A young woman who flaunts her disdain for conventional dress and behavior in the 1920s
Jaunty
Crisp and dapper in appearance, natty
Incredulity
Disbelief
Subterfuge
An evasive tactic used to evade confrontation
Insolent
Arrogant or rude
Incredulous
Disbelieving or skeptical
Condescend
To patronize, to deign, to descend to the level of one considered inferior
Disdain
Contempt, scorn
Supercilious
Feeling or showing haughty disdain, overbearing, arrogant
Tawdry
Gaudy or cheap in nature or appearance
Vacuous
Empty or devoid of matter or stupid
Euphemism
Substituting a mild or vague term for one that is considered blunt or offensive or harsh
Enigma
Something hard to understand or explain; an inscrutable or mysterious person
Crescendo sentence
My piano teacher is very strict about the dynamics of my pieces, specifically my crescendos and decrescendos
Punctilious sentence
My mother, who is often tedious about everything, was incredibly punctilious about planning my birthday party
Flapper sentence
After watching The Great Gatsby (the one with Leonardo Dicaprio) I considered going as a flapper for halloween next year because Daisy inspired me
Jaunty sentences
My mother hopes that my brother’s friends, all of whom wear preppy colorful khakis and jaunty polos, fashion will rub off on him
Incredulity sentence
My mother was filled with incredulity when she found out I died my hair blue, however I said to her “It is none of your business”
Subterfuge sentence
When my mom finally found out about my blue hair, she figured out my subterfuge, which was wearing a hat to cover my hair
Insolent sentence
The waiter at the restaurant thought i was insolent because when I asked if the fruits in their smoothie were organic, and he said no I immediately took back my order
Incredulous sentence
I was not incredulous when I found out my mom, who is incredibly strict, grounded me after finding out I died my hair blue
Condescend sentence
The waiter’s reaction was condescending when I took back my order after hearing the fruits in the smoothie were not organic, I preceded to leave the restaurant because of his rude nature
Disdain sentence
My mom was filled with disdain because I died my hair blue, she thought I was a better daughter than that
Supercilious sentence
Whenever I go to the Chanel at the Towson mall, the security guard is very supercilious because I am only a highschooler
Tawdry sentence
My mom said that my blue hair was tawdry because she believed blue was a tacky and un-classy hair color
Vacuous sentence
At times, I feel quite vacuous in my math class because it is the advanced class and the kid who sits in-front of me always gets 99.5% on the tests
Euphemism sentence
Many of my very religious friends substititute the euphemism “oh my gosh” for “oh my god” because their church frowns upon it
Enigma sentence
Honestly, it is an enigma why I even dyed my hair blue because I personally loved my natural hair color, I think it was peer pressure
