Vocab for The Great Gatsby 2

Aesthetic

Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

Contingency

An event you can’t be sure will happen or not

Deranged

Unable to think or act in a normal or logical way, especially because of severe mental illness

Intermittent

Not happening regularly or continuously

Magnanimous

Generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or less powerful person

Pervading

(especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part in

Ramifications

A consequence of an action or event, especially when complex or unwelcome

Relinquish

Voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up

Solidarity

Unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group

Transitory

Of brief transition: temporary. The transitory nature of earthly joy