Vocabulary words from the Great Gatsby chapters 1-9
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| public announcement of intention to marry | ||
| skillful | ||
| speaking on the spur of the moment | ||
| quarrelsomeness | ||
| large and threatening | ||
| with disbelief | ||
| slowly and listelssly | ||
| in a harshly decisive manner | ||
| haughty, contemptuous | ||
| next to each other | ||
| a ghostly emanation | ||
| haughtiness, arrogance | ||
| constant, repetitive | ||
| relating to an idealized natural setting | ||
| to stroll | ||
| harsh sounding | ||
| to find out | ||
| floods of water | ||
| compelled | ||
| babble | ||
| a derogatory hint | ||
| to spread through a substance | ||
| very proper and conservative | ||
| empty | ||
| inhabitant | ||
| upsetting,confusing | ||
| to vary, to change | ||
| a type of motorboat | ||
| gaily,stylishly | ||
| referring to the sense of smell | ||
| in a sleepwalking manner | ||
| completly broken; dead | ||
| distressed; vexed | ||
| vague | ||
| a hair style in which the hair is brushed high over the forehead | ||
| a private gate | ||
| blame | ||
| a slave bound to the land and owned by a lord | ||
| trace, remnant | ||
| thoughts, conceptions | ||
| tardy, slowmoving | ||
| praiseworthy | ||
| the mistress, and later the wife, of French King Louis XIV | ||
| nearness | ||
| dirty, infectious | ||
| inflated in language, bombastic | ||
| tastelessly showy;characteristic of a prostitute | ||
| ominous | ||
| hastily | ||
| an overly proper person | ||
| cruel,savage,destructive | ||
| pitiable | ||
| by chance | ||
| talkative | ||
| imperceptible | ||
| spread throughout | ||
| frangrant | ||
| accidental | ||
| equal | ||
| self-satisfied | ||
| driven mad | ||
| quickly passing |
