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.
