Unit 9- The Great Gatsby

Innuendo

A suggestive or disparaging remark; a subtle hint or suggestion

Obligingly

Willing or eager

Corpulent

Fat

Prodigality

Wasteful extravagance; spending extravagantly

Provocation

Action or speech that makes someone angry or annoyed; to provoke

Jovial

Hearty joyous humor or good spirited

Spectroscopic

Able to measure light

Echolalia

Uncontrollable and immediate repetition of spoken words

Malevolence

The state of malice or hatred; evil

Substantiality

Fullness; satisfaction

Notoriety

Widely known

Ramifications

Consequences

Transactions

Records of proceedings

Contingencies

Relies on something else in order to occur

Meretricious

Immoral

Profusion

Pouring forth liberty

Robust

Strong; vigorously healthy

Hitherto

Up to this time

Laudable

Worthy of praise

Reveries

Daydreams

Oblivion

State of being forgotten or unaware

Pasquinade

A satire or lampoon (to make fun of something)

Coroner

An official who investigates and or cares for dead bodies

Instinctively

Done naturally or out of instinct

Unpunctual

Late, tardy; not on time

Obliging

Willing to help

Incessantly

Without interruption; endlessly

Securitize

Taking an asset and turning it into a security

Provincial

Small minded

Indecipherable

Not able to be read or understood

Ejaculated

To utter a sudden or brief exclamation

Indignantly

Feeling characterized by strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, or insulting

Commensurate

Corresponding in size or degree

Recedes

Move back or further away from previous position

Hastily

Done in speed or haste