Gatsby Vocab
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- levity
- n. lightness or gaiety of disposition (humor)
- ineffable
- adj. incapable of being expressed in words
- knickerbockers
- n. any new yorker
- platonic
- adj. of or relating to, or being a relationship marked by the absence of romance or sex
- alignment
- n. the act of aligning or state of being aligned
- nebulous
- adj. vague, indistinct
- contingency
- n. something liable to happen as an adjunct for or result of something lese
- punctilious
- marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details or codes
- olfactory
- adj. of or relating to smell
- dilatory
- adj. tending to delay or procrastinate
- plagiaristic
- n. something that is plagiarized
- staid
- adj. permanent
- infinitesimal
- n. a quantity almost too small to count, almost less than zero
- extemporizing
- v. improvising
- caterwaul
- n. a harsh cry
- unobtrusively
- adv. not blatant or aggressive
- supercilious
- adj. coolly and patronizingly haughty
- meretricious
- adj. of or relating to a prostitute
- tumultuous
- adj. marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence
- lethargic
- adj. without energy, lazy
- ramification
- n. the act or process of branching
- contiguous
- v. continuing without a break
- menagerie
- n. a place where animals are kept and trained, especially for exhibition
- somnambulant
- adj. relating to sleep walking
- fractiousness
- adj. quarrelsome, irritable, tending to cause trouble
- peremptory
- adj. characterized often by imperious or arrogant self- assurance