English Lit CPA - Great Gatsby Vocab

Mr. Collinsworth I Block 8 I Test Date: 5/1/25

Corpulent

Excessively large

Denizen

Plant/Animal naturalized in a region

Dilatory

Wasting time

Ectoplasm

Thin, watery outer layer of a cell

Euphemism

Inoffensive expression turned into a offensive expression

Fortuitous

Lucky, “once in a million” chance

Fractious

Easily irritated or annoyed

Garrulous

Non-stop talking (Keep going)

Malevolence

Wishing evil to other

Meretricious

Being something that you aren’t

Peremptory

Putting an end to a discussion

Prodigality

Spending extravagently

Provincial

Region outside of a city

Punctilious

Precise, pays attention to detail

Redolent

Strong pleasant odor

Strident

Loud and Harsh

Supercilious

Thinking highly of themself

Turgid

Swollen by fluids

Mandate

Formal statement/command to do something

Manifesto

Public declaration of intentions

Modicum

Small, moderate or, token amount of something