2024 Gatsby Vocab Ch. 1-5

feign

to fake or pretend something that you don’t feel

wistful

feeling nostalgic longing for the past

extemporaneous

made up on the spot; not pre-planned or rehearsed

haughty

stuck up, arrogant

incredulous

completely shocked, in disbelief

deplorable

shockingly bad, wrong and immoral behavior

feign

When my nephew talks about Pokemon, I ____ interest even though I couldn’t care less.

wistful

When it snows, I feel _____ for the days when my friends and I would meet at the sledding hill and play all day.

extemporize

I didn’t have a rain jacket, so I had to ____ one out of plastic bags when I got caught in a downpour.

haughteur

I was expecting _____ and rudeness from Lady Bixbury due to her rank and title, but she was surprisingly down-to-earth.

incredulity

I had never seen my sister run more than a mile without getting winded, so I could not hide my ____ when she said that she was joining the Cross Country team.

deplorably

The middle schoolers behaved _____ on the field trip, so our school was banned from visiting the Science Museum again.

mutual

agreed upon or shared by multiple people

mutual

The break-up was ______: neither Sam nor Andi dumped the other one; they just decided they were better as friends.

conflate

to assume two things are the same, when in reality, they are not

conflates

The toddler I babysit frequently ______ stories she’s heard before, and it takes a while before I figure out that the story of the cat who saves the forest is really The Cat and the Hat AND The Lorax.

innate

existing from birth; in-born

innately

Some people are more ________ attuned to their natural environment and can pick up on bird songs or signs of weather to come. Some of us are more oblivious and never notice these things.

entailed

to be included within something; involved

entails/entailed

My sister wanted to be a gymnast, but she was not prepared for all the stretching and physical endurance that the sport ________.

conspicuous

obvious, evident

inconspicuous

not noticeable

inconspicuous

I left to use the bathroom during a noisy part of the play because I wanted the disruption to be as ______ as possible.

libel

lies published by the press

libelous

The political candidate sued our local newspaper, claiming that the reporter had published ______ accusations that cost him the election.

affectation

a behavior or manerism that is unnatural and fake - adopted to impress others

unaffected

this word describes someone who is genuine and doesn’t act phony at all

affectation

She tried to use the word “indubitably” so much that it seemed like a(n) ______ to make her sound smarter.

jaunty

fashionable, stylish, confident

jaunty

Felix stood out among the other middle schoolers because his _______ outfits were nothing like the sweatpants and hoodies that most other students wore.

wan

pale and sick-looking

wan

Before she said anything, I could tell by my friend’s ____ appearance that she was not feeling well.