Great Gatsby: Chapter 4-6 vocab

Affectation

Artificial behavior

Knickerbocker

Any New Yorker

Fluctuate

To change continually; shift back and forth; to vary

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 sleep walking

Denzien

Inhabitant; a resident; one that frequents a particular place

Jaunty

Easy and sprightly in manner or bearing

Punctilious

Precise, formal

Juxtaposition

Side-by-side placement

Abortive

Unsuccessful

Rout

On overwhelming defeat

Suppress

To do away with; abolish; stop

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

Serf

An enslaved person

Obstinate

Inflexible; stubborn; not yielding

Exult

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

Hulking

Heavy and clumsy; bulky

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, 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

Desolate

Barren or laid waste; devastated; deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; solitary; lonely

Elusive

Hard to express or define; cleverly or skillfully evasive

Turgid

Pompous, swollen

Contingency

A possible event

Profusion

Abundance

Oblivion

Nothingness

Saunter

Leisurely stroll