The Great Gatsby Vocabulary List 1
This is for the test.
Terms
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- strident
- unpleasantly loud and harsh
- vulnerable
- susceptible to physical or emotional injury
- fervent
- characterized by intense emotion
- hauteur
- overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
- supercilious
- having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
- tangible
- possible to be treated as fact
- apathetic
- showing little or no emotion or animation
- deft
- skillful in physical movements
- plagiaristic
- copied and passed off as your own
- cynical
- believing the worst of human nature and motives
- feign
- make believe with the intent to deceive
- peremptory
- putting an end to all debate or action
- epigram
- a witty saying
- transcendent
- beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding
- effeminate
- characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence
- disdain
- lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
- egotism
- an exaggerated opinion of your own importance
- desolate
- made uninhabitable
- languid
- lacking spirit or liveliness
- vigil
- a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
- pastoral
- a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
- incredulous
- not disposed or willing to believe
- levity
- feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
- elation
- a feeling of joy and pride
- wistful
- showing pensive sadness
- ecstatic
- feeling great rapture or delight
- abortive
- failing to accomplish an intended result
- extemporize
- perform without preparation