Vocab List #3 - Gatsby Flashcards

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As a physical quality: lightness, having very little weight; as a moral or mental

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levity

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Levity

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(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

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Epigram

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(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

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(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

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epigram

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Fractious

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adj. Refractory, unruly; now chiefly, cross, fretful, peevish; esp. of children

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adj. Refractory, unruly; now chiefly, cross, fretful, peevish; esp. of children

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fractious

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Credulous

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adj) Ready or disposed to believe; apt to believe on insufficient grounds

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adj) Ready or disposed to believe; apt to believe on insufficient grounds

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credulous

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Fervent

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(adj) Hot, burning, glowing, boiling; ardent, intensely earnest

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(adj) Hot, burning, glowing, boiling; ardent, intensely earnest

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fervent

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Libel

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(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.

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(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.

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libel

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libel

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(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.

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Contiguous

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(adj) Touching, in actual contact, next in space; meeting at a common boundary, bordering, adjoining. Const to, formerly also with.

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Insolent

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adj. Proud, disdainful, haughty, arrogant, overbearing; offensively contemptuous of the rights or feelings of others.

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adj. Proud, disdainful, haughty, arrogant, overbearing; offensively contemptuous of the rights or feelings of others.

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insolent

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Succulent

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(adj) Having a fleshy, juicy substance.

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Obstinate

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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.

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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.

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obstinate

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Corrugated

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adj) Marked as with wrinkles, i.e. with parallel folds, ridges, or furrows.

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Nebulous

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adj) Cloudy; misty; foggy; dank; opaque.

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Laudable

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adj) Praiseworthy, commendable

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adj) Marked as with wrinkles, i.e. with parallel folds, ridges, or furrows.

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corrugated

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adj) Praiseworthy, commendable

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laudable

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adj) Cloudy; misty; foggy; dank; opaque.

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nebulous

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Conceit

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n) That which is conceived in the mind, a conception, notion, idea, thought; device; (n) an elaborate or extended metaphor

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n) That which is conceived in the mind, a conception, notion, idea, thought; device; (n) an elaborate or extended metaphor

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conceit

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Meretricious

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Alluring by false show; showily or superficially attractive but having in reality no value or integrity.