Vocab List #3 - Gatsby Flashcards
As a physical quality: lightness, having very little weight; as a moral or mental
levity
Levity
(n) As a physical quality: lightness, having very little weight; as a moral or mental
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quality: want of serious thought or reflection; frivolity
Epigram
(n) A short poem ending in a witty or ingenious turn of thought, to which the rest of the composition is intended to lead up; an inscription, usually in verse; a pointed or antithetical saying
(n) A short poem ending in a witty or ingenious turn of thought, to which the rest of the composition is intended to lead up; an inscription, usually in verse; a pointed or antithetical saying
epigram
Fractious
adj. Refractory, unruly; now chiefly, cross, fretful, peevish; esp. of children
adj. Refractory, unruly; now chiefly, cross, fretful, peevish; esp. of children
fractious
Credulous
adj) Ready or disposed to believe; apt to believe on insufficient grounds
adj) Ready or disposed to believe; apt to believe on insufficient grounds
credulous
Fervent
(adj) Hot, burning, glowing, boiling; ardent, intensely earnest
(adj) Hot, burning, glowing, boiling; ardent, intensely earnest
fervent
Libel
(v) To defame or discredit by the circulation of libellous statements; to accuse falsely and maliciously; spec. in Law, to publish a libel against; (n) A leaflet, bill, or pamphlet posted up or publicly circulated; spec. one assailing or defaming the character of some person; (n) A little book; a short treatise or writing.
(v) To defame or discredit by the circulation of libellous statements; to accuse falsely and maliciously; spec. in Law, to publish a libel against; (n) A leaflet, bill, or pamphlet posted up or publicly circulated; spec. one assailing or defaming the character of some person; (n) A little book; a short treatise or writing.
libel
libel
(v) To defame or discredit by the circulation of libellous statements; to accuse falsely and maliciously; spec. in Law, to publish a libel against; (n) A leaflet, bill, or pamphlet posted up or publicly circulated; spec. one assailing or defaming the character of some person; (n) A little book; a short treatise or writing.
Contiguous
(adj) Touching, in actual contact, next in space; meeting at a common boundary, bordering, adjoining. Const to, formerly also with.
Insolent
adj. Proud, disdainful, haughty, arrogant, overbearing; offensively contemptuous of the rights or feelings of others.
adj. Proud, disdainful, haughty, arrogant, overbearing; offensively contemptuous of the rights or feelings of others.
insolent
Succulent
(adj) Having a fleshy, juicy substance.
Obstinate
adj) Firmly adhering to an opinion or chosen course of action; inflexible, resolute, stubborn, self-willed; indicative of or characterized by inflexibility or stubbornness. Usually with pejorative connotation.
adj) Firmly adhering to an opinion or chosen course of action; inflexible, resolute, stubborn, self-willed; indicative of or characterized by inflexibility or stubbornness. Usually with pejorative connotation.
obstinate
Corrugated
adj) Marked as with wrinkles, i.e. with parallel folds, ridges, or furrows.
Nebulous
adj) Cloudy; misty; foggy; dank; opaque.
Laudable
adj) Praiseworthy, commendable
adj) Marked as with wrinkles, i.e. with parallel folds, ridges, or furrows.
corrugated
adj) Praiseworthy, commendable
laudable
adj) Cloudy; misty; foggy; dank; opaque.
nebulous
Conceit
n) That which is conceived in the mind, a conception, notion, idea, thought; device; (n) an elaborate or extended metaphor
n) That which is conceived in the mind, a conception, notion, idea, thought; device; (n) an elaborate or extended metaphor
conceit
Meretricious
Alluring by false show; showily or superficially attractive but having in reality no value or integrity.
