Great Gatsby Vocab

Chapters 6,7, and 8

Transpired

Occured

Laudable

Worthy of praise

Notoriety

State of being famous, especially for something bad

Platonic

Striving toward love of spiritual or ideal beauty

Meretricious

Superficially significant; attractive but having no value in reality

Conceits

Fanciful Ideas

Reveries

Absent-minded daydreams

Ramifications

Consequences

Turgid

Excessively embellished in style or language

Debauchee

A person addicted to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

Antecedents

Predecessors

Perturbed

Worried or upset

Invariably

Always

Genially

In a friendly, cheerful way

Septic

Infected and offensive

Unprecedented

Never before known or experienced

Obtrusive

Noticeable of prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way

Pap

Food or an idea lacking substance or real quality

Incarnation

The embodiment of god in human form

Dilatory

Tending or inclined to delay or waste time

Relinquish

To give up (something)

Contingency

A possible but not very likely future event or condition; eventuality

Contemptuous

Feeling of expressing deep hatred of disapproval

Alight

To encounter or notice something accidentally

Precipitate

Proceeding rapidly or with great haste

Sensuous

Pleasant, attractive, or appealing in a way that produces or suggests feelings of physical or sexual pleasure

Explicable

Possible to explain; explainable

Portentous

Of moments or ominous significance

Intermittent

Occurring occasionally or at regular or irregular intervals; periodic

Vicarious

Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another

Sage

Very wise

Perceptible

Able to be seen or noticed

Rancor

Malicious resentfulness or hostility; spite

Slander

A false spoken statement that seriously harms someone’s reputation

Tangible

Capable of being perceived by the senses or precisely realized by the mind

Presumptuous

Too confident especially in a way that is rude; overstepping boundaries

Incessant

Continuing without stopping

Tumult

A loud confused noise as of a crowd; commotion

Expostulation

The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

Incessantly

Continuing without pause or interruption

Dejection

Depression and sadness

Inexplicable

Unable to be explained or accounted for

Malice

Ill will; intent to cause harm

Indiscernible

Impossible to see or clearly distinguish

Unscrupulously

Without morals; not honestly or fairly

Stratum

Social class

Grail

A thing that is being honestly pursued or sought after

Cahoots

Conspiring together secretly

Corroborate

Confirm or give support to

Incorruptible

Unable to be corrupted; not suited to death/decay

Tactful

Polite

Garrulous

Excessively talkative

Forlorn

Nearly hopeless

Pneumatic

Full of air (this is a pool floatie)

Grotesque

Repulsive ugly or distorted

Fortuitously

Happening by accident of change

Amorphous

Without a clearly defined shape or form