The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Flashcards
1
Q
adventitious
A
happening by chance
2
Q
garrulous
A
excessively talkative
3
Q
gaudy
A
extravagantly showy
4
Q
ingratiate
A
gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
5
Q
inquest
A
inquiry
6
Q
interminable
A
endless
7
Q
inviolate
A
safe from harm or desecration
8
Q
irreverent
A
lacking proper respect
9
Q
magnanimous
A
kind and generous
10
Q
meretricious
A
tastelessly showy
11
Q
portentous
A
indicating something important will happen
12
Q
precipitately
A
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
13
Q
stagnant
A
not circulating or flowing
14
Q
turgid
A
pretentiously lofty in style
15
Q
vicarious
A
indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute
16
Q
holocaust
A
widespread destruction
17
Q
amorphous
A
without a distinct form
18
Q
Trimalchio
A
a character in the Satyricon by Petronius
19
Q
caravansary
A
large inn or hotel
20
Q
grail
A
something being pursued greatly
