Great Gatsby Vocab 1-9

Fractiousness

irritability

Feign

to imitate deceptively; to make believe; pretend.

Supercilious

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as

unworthy.

Conscientious

meticulous; careful; painstaking; particular.

Reciprocal

mutual; corresponding; matching; complementary; equivalent.

Wan

of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color.

Bantering

playful teasing.

Complacent

often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied.

Intimation

make known subtly and indirectly; hint.

Anon

in a short time; soon.

Desolate

lonely; forlorn

Contiguous

connecting without a break; uninterrupted.

Cower

to crouch, as in fear or shame.

Interpose

to step in between parties at variance; mediate.

Apathetic

not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive.

Languid

lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent.

Imply

to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated.

Strident

having a shrill, irritating quality or character.

Deft

nimble; skillful; clever.

Hauteur

disdainful pride

Permeate

to pass into or through every part of; to penetrate through the pores; to be diffused through; pervade; saturate.

Prodigality

extravagance.

Vehement

strongly emotional; intense or passionate.

Cordial

courteous and gracious; friendly; warm.

Impetuous

characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive.

Vacuous

lacking in ideas or intelligence.

Corpulent

large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat.

Provincial

having the manners and viewpoints considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal.

Din

a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.

Convivial

sociable

Affectation

artificial behavior

Knickerbocker

any New Yorker.

Sporadic

appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional.

Divine retribution

punishment from a higher being for bad deeds or transgressions.

Rajah

a king or prince in India; a minor chief or dignitary.

Elicit

to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke.

Valor

heroic courage; bravery.

Somnambulatory

related to sleepwalking.

Denizen

an inhabitant; a resident; one that frequents a particular place.

Jaunty

easy and sprightly in manner or bearing.

Punctilious

precise, formal

Abortive

unsuccessful

Rout

an overwhelming defeat.

Innumerable

very numerous; incapable of being counted; countless.

Ecstatic

subject to or in a state of ecstasy; rapturous.

Reproach

to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame.

Obstinate

inflexible; stubborn; not yielding.

Exult

to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice; be highly elated or jubilant.

Nebulous

hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused.

Vestige

a trace of something no longer existing.

Laudable

deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable.

Insidious

intended to entrap or trick.

Repose

peace; tranquility; calm.

Debauch

an uninhibited spree or party.

Antecedent

a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, or phenomenon.

Ingratiate

to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others by deliberate effort.

Perturb

to throw into great disorder; derange; bother; annoy.

Dilatory

tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.

Elusive

hard to express or define; cleverly or skillfully evasive.

Turgid

pompous, swollen.

Profusion

abundance

Insistent

earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent.

Tentative

unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant.

Tumult

uproar; disorder; highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling.

Portentous

ominous, predictive of future bad events.

Irreverent

not respectful; critical of what is generally accepted or respected.

Vicarious

taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute.

Rancor

resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.

Formidable

of great strength; forceful; powerful.

Inviolate

sacred, intact

Humidor

a container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco, fitted with means for keeping the tobacco suitably moist.

Indiscernible

cannot be seen or perceived clearly; imperceptible.

Garrulous

excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters.

Incoherent

without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling.

Conceivable

imaginable; believable.

Incessant

without stopping

Ravenously

hungrily

Pervaded

spread throughout

Corroborate

confirm

Amorphous

formless

Holocaust

complete destruction

Pasquinade

a satire or parody, esp. One posted in a public place.

Derange

to disturb the condition, action, or function of; to make insane.

Surmise

to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.

Superfluous

being more than is sufficient or required; excessive; unnecessary or needless.

Elocution

a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public.

Unutterable

unspeakable; beyond expression.

Orgastic

at the height of emotional excitement.

Borne

carried.

Ceaselessly

without stopping or pausing; unendingly; incessantly.

Adventitious

accidental

Deferred

yielded