The Great Gatsby AP vocab 31-60
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| 42670609 | desolate | deserted, without inhabitants, barren | |
| 42670610 | despairing | Hopeless, despondent, discouraged | |
| 42670611 | dilatory | Delaying, slow | |
| 42670612 | din | loud and discordant noises, cacophony | |
| 42670613 | disconcerting | upsetting, frustrating | |
| 42670614 | discord | lack of agreement, tension, strife | |
| 42670615 | disdain | intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy | |
| 42670616 | ecstasy | extreme happiness | |
| 42670617 | eddy | a current of air or water moving contrary to the main current | |
| 42670618 | elicit | to bring out a response, to evoke | |
| 42670619 | endow | to provide with income or property; to supply with a talent or quality | |
| 42670620 | engrossed | completely occupied or absorbed | |
| 42670621 | euphemism | substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive | |
| 42670622 | exalt | to glorify, to praise, to raise in rank | |
| 42670623 | feint | a false appearance, a fake punch to occupy defenses allowing a real blow | |
| 42670624 | ferocity | savagery | |
| 42670625 | fervent | ardent, showing great emotion, impassioned | |
| 42670626 | florid | flowery, flushed with color | |
| 42670627 | foliage | leaves of a plant, leafage | |
| 42670628 | formidable | menacing, causing fear or awe | |
| 42670629 | fortuitous | something that happens by accident or chance (usually good) | |
| 42670630 | fractious | unruly; disruptive | |
| 42670631 | garnish | to decorate | |
| 42670632 | garrulous | talkative, rambling | |
| 42670633 | gravity | seriousness, importance | |
| 42670634 | haughty | arrogant, excessively proud and vain | |
| 42670635 | hilarity | boisterous merriment, mirth | |
| 42670636 | homogeneous | of the same kind | |
| 42670637 | hues | colors | |
| 42670638 | impetuous | violent, hasty, rash, impulsive |