Great Gatsby Vocab Chapter 3,6,9

Innuendo

A suggestive or disparaging remark; a subtle hint or suggestion

Obligingly

Willing or eager

Corpulent

Fat

Prodigality

Wasteful extravagance; spending extravagntly

Provocation

Action or speech that makes someone angry or annoyed; to provoke

Jovial

Hearty joyous humor or good spirited

Spectroscopic

Able to measure light

Echolalia

Uncontrollable and immediate repetition of spoken words

Malevolence

The state of malice or hatred; evil

Substantiality

Fullness; satisfication

Notoriety

Widely known

Ramifications

consequences

Transactions

Records of proceedings

Contingencies

Relies on something else in order to occur

Meretricious

Immoral

Profusion

Pouring forth liberally

Robust

strong; vigorously healthy

Hitherto

Up to this time

Laudable

Worthy of praise

Reveries

Daydreams

Oblivion

State of being forgotten or unaware

Pasquinade

A satire or lampoon (to make fun of something)

Coroner

An official who investigates and or cares for dead bodies

Instinctively

Done naturally or not of instinct

Unpunctual

Late; tardy; not on time

Commensurate

Corresponding in size or degree

Obliging

Willing to help

Incessantly

Without interruption; endlessly

Securitize

Taking an asset and turning it into a security

Provincial

Small Minded

Indecipherable

not able to be read or understood

Ejaculated

To utter a sudden or brief exclamation

Indignantly

Feeling characterized by strong displeasure at something considered unjust , offensive, or insulting

Recedes

Move back or further away from previous position

Hastily

Done in speed or haste