The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Chapters 7-9

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27 Terms

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Lapse

v. to decline from a previous level or standard; to come to an end

n. A slip or error; failure

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Insistent

adj.

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

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Tentative

adj. not certain

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Abrupt

adj.

Sudden or unexpected

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Tumult

n.

Noisy excitement; an uproar or disturbance.

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Portentous

adj.

Ominous, predictive of future bad events

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Irreverent

adj. disrespectful; critical of what is generally accepted or respected.

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Vicarious

adj. felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another

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Rancor

n. bitter resentment or ill-will

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Formidable

adj. of great strength; forceful; powerful

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Indiscernible

adj. cannot be seen or perceived clearly; imperceptible

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In cahoots

(phrase) in partnership with; in league with; in conspiracy with

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Divot

n.

a piece of turf dug out of a grass surface, especially by a golf club or by horses' hooves

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Garrulous

adj.

given to much talking, tediously chatty

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Incoherent

adj.

Not able to be understood; nonsensical

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Conceivable

adj.

Imaginable; believable

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Forlorn

adj.

Lonely, abandoned, hopeless

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Laden

adj. burdened; loaded down

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Derange

v.

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

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Surmise

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

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Superfluous

adj. Extra; unnecessary

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Elocution

n.

the skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation.

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Unutterable

adj. unspeakable; beyond expression.

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Subtle

adj.

Delicate, elusive, not obvious

So delicate or precise, as to be difficult to analyze or describe

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orgastic

adj. at the height of emotional excitement.

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Borne

v. carried or transported by; past participle of "bear"

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Ceaselessly

adv.

without stopping or pausing; unendingly; incessantly