Great Gatsby Vocab Chapters 1-3

Fractiousness

tending to be troublesome

Apathetic

**having or showing little or no interest, concern, or emotion**

Languid

**drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion**

Hauteur

**Arrogance/Haughtiness**

contiguous

**being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point**

Intimation

an indirect, usually subtle suggestion, indication, or hint

desolate

**devoid of inhabitants and visitors :** DESERTED

supercilious

arrogant

feigned

**not genuine or real**

exempt

**free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject**

bizarre

**strikingly out of the ordinary**

bantering

to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner

Innuendo

an oblique allusion

spectroscopic

**an instrument for forming and examining spectra especially in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum**

provincial

**limited in outlook :** NARROW

lacking the polish of urban society

omnibus

a usually automotive public vehicle designed to carry a large number of passengers

vehemently

**marked by forceful energy**