The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Group 3

Question 1

Affectation; noun

• Affected; adjective
• Affect; verb

Answer 1

Behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress
synonyms: pretension, ostentation
antonyms: sincerity, genuineness
In a manner, they were all simple, direct, and void of the least affectation.
The purpose of Gatsby’s affectation was to regain Daisy’s love.

Question 2

Explicable; adjective

• Explain; verb
• Explanation; noun

Answer 2

Able to be accounted for or understood
synonyms: definable, accountable
antonyms: incomprehensible, inexplicable
Air pollution is explicable considering the amount of littering.
Nick found Gatsby’s desire for Daisy after 5 years to be explicable.

Question 3

Antecedents; noun

-Antecedence; noun

Answer 3

A thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.

Synonyms: former, precedent, preceding, prior

Antonyms: late, concluding, posterior

Ex: Yesterday is an antecedent to today.

Ex (The Great Gatsby): Daisy running over Myrtle Wilson was an antecedent to Gatsby’s death by George Wilson.

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Question 4

Vicariously; adverb

Vicariousness; adjective

Answer 4

In a way that is experienced in the imagination through the actions of another person.

Synonyms: substituted, secondary

Antonyms: primary, firsthand

Ex: Bill was vicariously living through Jim by constantly requesting pictures from his vacation.

Ex (The Great Gatsby): The reader vicariously lives through Nick when reading The Great Gatsby since it’s told in his perspective.

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