The Great Gatsby Vocab

apathetic

Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

banter

The playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks.

complacent

Pleased with oneself or one's achievements.

wistful

Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing.

intimation

An indication or hint.

elation

Great happiness and exhilaration.

fractious

Irritable, quarrelsome, and difficult to control.

supercilious

Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.

cower

Crouch down in fear.

incredulous

Unwilling or unable to believe something.

innuendo

An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one.

levity

Humor or frivolity, especially the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect.

ascertain

Find (something) out for certain; make sure of.

languid

Weak or faint from illness or fatigue.

contemptuous

Disregard for something that should be taken into account.

desolate

Deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.

cynical

Believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

erroneous

Wrong or incorrect.

gaudy

Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless.

facet

A particular aspect or feature of something.