Great Gatsby Vocab
Words taken from the novels we must read in 10th grade English class.
Terms
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- debauchee (n)
- A person who habitually indulges in dissipation or debauchery; libertine; (too much indulging in sensual pleasures)
- punctilious (adj)
- Attentive to finer points of etiquette than normal.
- din (n)
- A mixture of loud or discordant noises; babble; clamor.
- supercilious (adj)
- Haughty; scornful; disdainful; arrogant.
- caterwauling (v n adj)
- 1. Screeching like a cat in heat. 2. Making discordant sounds or shrieks.
- dias (n)
- Raised platform.
- sumptuous (adj)
- Luxurious; lavish.
- redolent (adj)
- 1. Fragrant; aromatic 2. Suggestive; reminiscent
- conceit (n)
- 1. Vanity. 2. Fanciful thought or idea. 3. Ingenious or witty thought or expression.
- provincial (adj)
- 1. Of or relating to a province. 2. Of or characteristic of people from the provinces; not fashionable or sophisticated. 3. Limited in perspective; narrow and self-centered
- turgid (adj)
- 1. Swollen or distended; bloated 2. Excessively ornate in style or language; grandiloquent
- septic (adj)
- 1. Putrefied. 2. Causing putrefaction (to cause rotting)
- amorphous (adj)
- 1. Without a definite form; lacking a specific shape 2. Unorganized; formless.
- florid (adj)
- Flushed with rosy color; ruddy 2. Heavily decorated; flowery.
- peremptory (adj)
- Putting an end to all debate or action; not allowing refusal or contradiction; demanding; absolute; final.
- ineffable (adj)
- 1. Beyond expression, indescribable or unspeakable. 2. Not to be uttered, taboo
- pasquinade (n)
- A lampoon posted in a public place; ;caricature; mock; exaggeration
- discordant (adj)
- 1. Conflicting; not in accordance. 2. Disagreeable in sound.
- dilatory (adj)
- 1. Tending or intended to delay; leisurely 2. Characterized by procrastination; slow, tardy.
- vinous (adj)
- 1. Pertaining to or made with wine. 2. Caused by wine.
- obtrusive (adj)
- 1. Projecting; protruding. 2. Tending to push self-assertively forward; brash; intrusive; pushy 3. Unattractively showy.