The Great Gatsby Vocabulary

Question 1

Burgeon

Answer 1

To grow or increase rapidly

Question 2

Heady

Answer 2

To rush forward in an enterprise without thought

Question 3

Ostracize

Answer 3

To banish by popular vote, typically someone from public services

Question 4

Smolder

Answer 4

Burning or smoking without vent; show or feel barely suppressed anger or another powerful emotion

Question 5

Misogynistic

Answer 5

A women hater

Question 6

Insularity

Answer 6

One who dwells on an island

Question 7

Immutable

Answer 7

Not capable or susceptible of change

Question 8

Raucous

Answer 8

Hoarse, harsh

Question 9

Intrinsically

Answer 9

Internally, in it’s nature

Question 10

Wreathing

Answer 10

Twisting, entwining, encircling

Question 11

Predicated

Answer 11

To affirm one thing of another

Question 12

Affirm

Answer 12

Assert positively

Question 13

Romp

Answer 13

A rude girl who indulges in boisterous play

Question 14

Anatomized

Answer 14

Dissected, as an animal body

Question 15

Levity

Answer 15

Lightness or temper or conduct; unsteadiness

Question 16

Plagiaristic

Answer 16

One that takes the writing of another and parades them as their own

Question 17

Epigram

Answer 17

A forcefully expressive remark or saying expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way

Question 18

Perpetual

Answer 18

Never ending or changing

Question 19

Supercilious

Answer 19

Looking or behaving as though one thinks one us superior to others

Question 20

Effeminate

Answer 20

A man having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly

Question 21

Fractious

Answer 21

Irritable and quarrelsome

Question 22

Languid

Answer 22

Lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow

Question 23

Extempore

Answer 23

On the spur of the moment; without premeditation or preparation

Question 24

Libel

Answer 24

Defamation written or printed in words

Question 25

Peremptory

Answer 25

Leaving no opportunity for refusal or denial

Question 26

Contiguous

Answer 26

Touching, in contact

Question 27

Anaemic

Answer 27

Lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness; weak

Question 28

Prodigality

Answer 28

Wastefully or recklessly extravagant

Question 29

Innuendo

Answer 29

An indirect imitation about a person or a thing, usually in a derogatory manner

Question 30

Mellow

Answer 30

Soft and rich

Slang: a state, atmosphere, or mood of ease and gentle relaxation